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MICHAEL GRANLUND NAMED SALES ENGINEER FOR KURT CUSTOM ENGINEERED WORKHOLDING
21 March 2005 - Kurt Manufacturing Company
| Kurt Manufacturing Company, Industrial Products Division, announced the appointment of Michael Granlund to the position of sales engineer for its Custom Engineered Workholding operations.
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Granlund will head up concept design for new Custom Engineering Workholding projects. He will work directly with both customers and Kurt sales representatives coordinating Kurt's design engineering resources to develop individual workholding solutions that maximize productivity for all types of vertical and horizontal machining centers. A 30-year employee of Kurt, Granlund brings to his new position broad experience as a precision machine operator and as a process and manufacturing engineer. Most recently, he was a process and manufacturing engineer working on Kurt's full line of standard 'D' series vises and accessories, a position he held for 6 years. Prior to that, Granlund served as a tool maker for 5 years with Kurt and then became a special machine and fixture designer and assembler for 9 years. In his first 10 years at Kurt, Granlund operated horizontal machining centers used in many of Kurt's largest precision contract manufacturing projects which included machining engine crankcases for Polaris all-terrain vehicles and housings for IBM mainframe computers. Granlund holds a 3-year tool, die and mold degree from Alexandria Technical College in Alexandria, Minnesota.
http://www.kurtworkholding.com
About: Kurt Manufacturing Company
History of Kurt Manufacturing1947 - Founded by Kurt Kuban, father of current president and owner Bill Kuban
1950's - Introduction of the "Kurt Vise", the industry leader in precision workholding solutions
1960's - Kurt Manufacturing is positioned as a major supplier to the burgeoning disk drive industry and other high tech industries
1970's- Kurt's success with business partner relationships grew Kurt into an industry leader in contract manufacturing
1980's - As part of a vertical integration strategy, acquisition of several businesses complimenting the existing corporate capabilities - acquisitions include:
Two screw machine facilities; one in Minneapolis, MN and one in Lyman, NE
Summit Gear - a precision gear manufacturer in Minneapolis, MN
Strite Anderson - an aluminum die cast facility in Fridley, MN 1986 - Kurt introduces the Kurt Check, an SPC software and hardware package. Kurt Electronics is the premier custom manufacturer of SPC data collection systems, modular gaging systems and inline gaging systems. 1987 - Kurt opened a second precision machining facility in Pueblo, CO in support of Colorado's high tech industry, with the addition of impact extruding as a new capability 1990's - Kurt Manufacturing's continued quality journey through implementation of the following processes which are the basis for our current quality policy: 1996 - Dyna Fab (tube bending) and Theradyne Healthcare were acquired to further expand into the healthcare market
1998 - Development of Kurt Kinetic Trainer
2003 - Development of Kurt Hydraulics
2003 - Development of Kurt Chipmunk
2004- Manufacturing partner for Delta Hawk
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