Rollomatic Names Joe Kane New CEO

Rollomatic Inc., a subsidiary of Rollomatic Holding Switzerland, has appointed Joe Kane to CEO of Rollomatic Inc. Rollomatic is a builder of CNC tool/cutter and peel grinding machines as well as laser cutting machines based in Le Landeron, Switzerland.

Its North American headquarters is in Mundelein, Illinois, featuring a machine demonstration and customer support facility. Its sister company, Strausak Inc., is located in the same building.

While serving as CEO of Rollomatic Inc., Kane will continue to hold his position as CEO of Strausak Inc. The combined companies will further fill out their global presence in providing top solutions for precision tool grinding and other manufacturing applications.

Kane will continue to be based in the company’s North America office located in Mundelein. In this position, Joe will oversee all areas related to the operation of the two companies. He will lead a team of four senior managers who supervise sales and operations on a cross-functional basis.

“Joe’s impressive track record working as COO of Rollomatic Inc. 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 companies,” says said Eric Schwarzenbach, Rollomatic’s retiring president. “We fully expect that his talents will support the profitable growth of the Rollomatic and Strausak business. 

Prior to joining Strausak Inc. as CEO in 2017, 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 national 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.