Heller Machine Tools has announced that Stephen Pegram has joined the company as vice president of sales for North America. He will be based at the Heller USA headquarters and manufacturing facility here.

Pegram joins Heller after a long and successful career in the machine tool industry which included management positions within Mazak, DMG and Hyundai Wia.

“My focus is to grow our special machine tool business including our very profitable applications into new market segments,” Pegram said. “Heller has always been a supplier of full production solutions, which we will continue into the future. Total client satisfaction is at the very top of our business plan.”

“The Heller product range is of the very highest quality, and this includes several new products including 5-axis horizontal machining centers. It is these new products and applications that will help provide future business growth both for Heller and our customers,” he said.