2 MoldMaking Technology —— AUGUST 2016
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Vic Baez
Advanced Manufacturing
Engineering Executive
GE Energy Management
Industrial Solutions
Hartford, Connecticut
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Strategic Account Manager
Byrne Tool & Design
Rockford, Michigan
bakera@byrne-tool.com
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VP of Operations
Mold Craft Inc.
Willernie, Minnesota
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John Berg
Group Marketing Director
MGS Manufacturing Group
Germantown, Wisconsin
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Wayne M. Hertlein
Program Manager
Wilbert Plastics Services
Troy, Michigan
whertlein@wilbertinc.com
David Hirt
AIS/FVSS/Lighting New Model
Tooling/Feasibility Engineer
Automotive Components
Holdings LLC
Sandusky, Ohio
dhirt@ventraplastics.com
Ralph Neufarth
Design Leader
iMFLUX (subsidiary of
Procter & Gamble)
Hamilton, Ohio
neufarth.re@pg.com
Tim Peterson
Vice President
Industrial Molds Group
Rockford, Illinois
tim.peterson@industrialmolds.com
Steve Rotman
President
Ameritech Die & Mold
Mooresville, North Carolina
srotman@amdiemold.com
Mike Walter
President
MET Plastics
Elk Grove Village, Illinois
mwalter@metplastics.com
Mike Zacharias
President
Extreme Tool & Engineering
Wakefield, Michigan
mike.zacharias@extremetool.com
Dan Mishek
Managing Director and
Co-Owner
VistaTek
Stillwater, Minnesota
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