Ceratizit USA announced the promotion of Steve Kuhnle to U.S. business development specialist for Defence. Kuhnle previously served as the cutting tool company’s sales director for the East Region.
Kuhnle will focus on strengthening the company’s engagement with the U.S. security and defence sector by identifying opportunities where the company’s materials expertise and cutting tool technologies can best support manufacturers.
“Steve has been a valued member of our team for more than a decade and an ideal choice for this position,” Managing Director Troy Wilt said. “The combination of his institutional knowledge of Ceratizit, cutting tool solutions and the defence industry will be an asset to our customers in the U.S.”
In addition, Kuhnle will immerse himself with customers to better understand their machining challenges and requirements while helping develop a portfolio of cutting tools and solutions tailored to the unique demands of security and defence applications.
“After more than 40 years in the cutting tool industry, I’m motivated to apply my experience to supporting defence manufacturers,” Kuhnle said. “I look forward to helping them address manufacturing challenges with machining strategies and tooling technologies that improve efficiency and keep production moving.”
