ENTEK Manufacturing Names Three New Vice Presidents
Extrusion machine builder promotes three veteran employees.
ENTEK Manufacturing has named three new vice presidents. The company manufactures turnkey production extrusion systems, twin-screw extruders, and components. It is a leading supplier of extrusion technology for natural fiber-plastic composites, pelletizing, custom compounding, specialty sheet lines, food and medical applications and plastics recycling.
John Burke Photos: ENTEK
John Burke has been named v.p., manufacturing. Burke started at ENTEK in 1999, and has an extensive background in manufacturing and production scheduling His training in the principles of servant leadership has inspired him to be a passionate practitioner of, and advocate for, servant leadership in life.
Tim Glover is now v.p., machining. Glover has made machining and manufacturing his career, and 18 years of that has been at ENTEK. He leads the machining team, which will soon mean he has a lot more ground to cover once move-in is completed at ENTEK’s new manufacturing facility in Henderson, NV. Since beginning his career in 1982, Tim’s primary focus has been on machining and product management. He also believes strongly in the principle that you need to grow people in order to grow a business successfully.
Tim Glover
Glover takes a particular interest in educating young people about the opportunities available in machining, as well as encouraging and mentoring the next generation of machinists.
Marvin Kuenzi has been appointed v.p., engineering. Growing up in an Oregon farming community, Kuenzi has always relied on his aptitude for hard work, creative problem solving, and mechanical abilities to keep things running. As an integral part of the equipment manufacturing division since joining ENTEK in 2007 as a design engineer, Kuenzi has exercised these aptitudes daily to help both ENTEK separator factories and its third party equipment customers to design, build, and commission highly technical production facilities.
Marvin Kuenzi
His involvement in multiple projects through the years, including critical work on the capacity expansion for ENTEK’s U.S. separator division in 2014, led to his promotion to engineering manager in 2018.
As v.p., engineering he continues to lead both people and projects for ENTEK globally, including the company’s recent Asia expansions and U.S. turnkey factory development for its third-party customers.
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