Rollomatic Appoints Joe Kane COO

The Rollomatic Group appointed Joe Kane COO for both Rollomatic Inc. and Strausak Inc., companies focused on providing precision tool grinding solutions. Kane will continue to hold his position as president of Strausak Inc. and will also continue to be based in the company’s North American office located in Mundelein, Illinois.

As COO, Kane will oversee all areas related to the operation of the two companies, including managing the combined team of applications engineers and providing leadership and training to the field service manager, parts and logistics manager as well as the customer solutions manager and their respective teams. He will also focus on the day‐to‐day running of the company.

“Joe’s impressive track record working as president of Strausak Inc. and his ability to communicate and relate to people make him the ideal leader. These qualities are key to expanding the brand name and drive the ever‐evolving new technologies of the companies,” says Eric Schwarzenbach, president of Rollomatic Inc.

Kane has been president of Strausak Inc. for 2 ½ years where he has focused on accelerating Strausak’s innovation and customer-focused applications in the precision grinding space for the cutting tool industry.

Prior to joining Strausak Inc., Kane spent over 14 years in the manufacturing and quality industry where he began as a metrology technician with the United States Marine Corps. He later translated these skills and expanded his career into product and sales manager positions where he set up distribution and service channels throughout North America for CNC machine tool companies specializing in automated, turnkey solutions for production machining.