Mitsui Seiki USA Appoints Chairman, CEO and COO
Mitsui Seiki USA announced that its long time president, Scott Walker has accepted the position of chairman, former business and technology director Robb Hudson has been named CEO and William “Bill” Malanche, former executive vice president, has been appointed chief operating officer.
The three gentlemen have distinct roles and areas of responsibility. Mr. Walker, chairman, is assisting the executive management team in an advisory capacity as the duties transfer. Mr. Hudson, CEO, leads all sales and marketing management functions and new and current product development. Mr. Malanche, COO, assumes all operational management responsibilities and oversees engineering and technical support for pre- and post-sale activities. Together they will manage inventory mix and levels, business strategy development and implementation, and financial oversight.
Mr. Hudson joined Mitsui Seiki in 2015 as a key account business and product development manager. He was instrumental in developing the company’s recently introduced hybrid machining system, comprising both additive and subtractive manufacturing functionality in one precision machine tool. This system was successfully launched at IMTS 2016. Mr. Hudson has spent his entire adult life in the machine tool industry. Since the sale of his family’s Indiana-based machine tool distributorship in 2002, he gained a depth of experience in both traditional and non-traditional machining applications in the aerospace, energy, medical device, automotive and electronics industries across North America and Europe and brings that knowledge to his new role at Mitsui Seiki and its customers.
Mr. Malanche, COO, joined Mitsui Seiki in 1985 as a service and applications engineer trainee. His value and contributions to the company grew over decades, as he became an important liaison with customers, vendor partners and the factory in Japan. He has also been instrumental in product development and application in manufacturing facilities all over the world. Mr. Malanche is particularly well versed in the Mexican, Central America and South American markets.
Mr. Walker personally selected these two individuals to take over the day-to-day operations. During Mr. Walker’s leadership as president since 1995, the company has successfully continued its long history in building application-specific machine tools for core competency manufacturing requirements for global OEMs and their suppliers.
Image: Mr. William Malanche, COO – Mitsui Seiki USA, Inc. (Photo: Business Wire)