Industry News Tormach Names Darcy Johnson Chief Financial Officer Tormach Inc. has announced it has appointed Darcy Johnson as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Tormach, Darcy worked with various clients as their Interim Chief Financial Officer, partnering with Lauber Business Partners in Milwaukee. Before that, she worked for over five years as Director of Finance for Dynamic Solutions (DynaTrap), where she led all finance, IT and HR functions. She was the company’s M&A lead during its acquisition by Woodstream Corporation in late 2019, and worked with them to transition the company. Darcy holds an MBA from the Keller Graduate School of Management at DeVry University and a BA in Accounting and Business Administration from Lakeland University. “We are excited to have Darcy joining our team here at Tormach,” said Daniel Rogge, Tormach’s CEO. “She brings a wealth of experience with her to this position and we’re confident she will help us successfully manage our continued growth.”
Siemens Extends Xcelerator Portfolio With Enterprise-Wide Quality Management System Siemens Digital Industries Software announces Teamcenter® Quality software, a new suite of solutions that provide a closed-loop approach for quality management, from design to manufacturing on the shop floor and back again. Teamcenter Quality helps keep product development, quality planning and continuous improvement processes in synchronization to help maximize the value of change management and configuration management capabilities on the Teamcenter collaboration platform. “Given today’s product complexities and time to market agility needs, leading manufacturers include quality management into their collaboration, change management and data backbone, such as Teamcenter represents today,” said Matthew Littlefield, President and Principal Analyst at industrial transformation analyst firm, LNS Research.
WD-40® Brand Partners with Habitat for Humanity to Help Meet Housing Needs Worldwide Having a place to call home means more now than ever —and WD-40 Brand is helping to make that happen for families across the
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globe by donating 50 cents to Habitat for Humanity International for every 12 oz. can of WD-40 Smart Straw® sold at participating Lowe’s Home Improvement stores. Between February 1 and April 30, 2021, WD-40 Brand will donate up to $50,000 to Habitat for Humanity International to assist the global nonprofit housing organization in creating a world where everyone has a decent, safe and affordable place to call home. The effort marks the second year in which WD-40 Brand is supporting Habitat for Humanity. “WD-40 Company values making things better than they are today with its products and through partnerships with organizations like Habitat for Humanity,” said Erin Bala, director of brand management and innovation at WD-40 Company. “Throughout the pandemic, Habitat for Humanity has continued to advocate for housing solutions that will allow more people to gain access to affordable housing and we’re proud to help the organization achieve its goals.”
Universal Robots’ Safety Expert Recognized in ‘20 Exceptional Women in Robotics and Automation’ List by SME The international group of remarkable women on SME’s list published today represent a comprehensive cross section of technologies in robotics and automation. The list was developed by U.S.-based Smart Manufacturing magazine published by SME in consultation with several leaders across the robotics and automation industries. The list highlights the work of Roberta Nelson Shea, who joined Universal Robots (UR) as the company’s Global Technical Compliance Officer (GTCO) in 2016. She has long blazed the trail for women in a traditionally male-dominated industry; Nelson Shea was the first woman to serve on the Board of Directors of Robotic Industries Association (RIA) where she also participates in mentoring diversity efforts to get women more involved and recognized. “From an engineering and management standpoint, women were and continue to be in the minority in the robotics industry. Fortunately, we are starting to see this slowly changing,” she says. “Since joining UR, I see more female engineers in software development, coding and user interface than I saw before.”
BIG KAISER Presents Fifth Annual Donation to NRL Customers of BIG KAISER helped to raise $6,275 to benefit the National Robotics League (NRL) – the fifth annual contribution to the program. The NRL is a manufacturing workforce development program of the NTMA that organizes student teams to design and build remote-controlled robots (Bots) to face-off in a gladiator-style competition. Through the process of Bot building, students gain practical knowledge of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) – all essential skills for manufacturing careers.
