Joe Kane Appointed as President of Strausak Inc.

The Rollomatic Group has appointed Joe Kane as president of Strausak Inc., further filling out its global presence in providing top solutions for precision tool grinding.

Mr. Kane will be based in the company's North America office located in Mundelein, Illinois alongside Rollomatic Inc. and will focus on accelerating Strausak's innovation and customer-focused applications in the precision grinding space for the cutting tool industry.

“Joe’s impressive track record working as sales manager for other CNC machine tool companies, and his ability to communicate and relate to people make him the ideal leader. Such qualities are key to expanding the brand name and drive the ever-evolving new technologies of the company. We fully expect that his talents will support the profitable
growth of the Strausak business,” says Eric Schwarzenbach, president of Rollomatic Inc. 

Mr. Kane comes to Strausak with over 14 years in the manufacturing and quality industry where he began as a metrology technician with the United States Marine Corps. He translated those skills into a service engineer role in the workholding industry, focusing mainly on custom chucks for CNC lathes. Mr. Kane was a product manager for a company selling fourth- and fifth-axis rotary tables where he set up distribution and service channels throughout North America. Prior to joining Strausak, Mr. Kane was a sales manager for an Illinois-based machine tool importer and distributor, specializing in automated, turnkey solutions for production machining.