Machine Tool Builders, Inc. (MTB) proudly announces the appointment of Hans Grass as the company’s CEO. Grass brings a wealth of knowledge and experience backed by 48 years in the machine tool industry, including forty-four years in management roles – most recently (for 5 years) as vice president for the Star SU machine tool group and (10 years) as vice president of engineering (managing both engineering and product development) for Bourn & Koch in Rockford.

Prior positions included various management and sales/service positions with Pfauter, Gleason and Index Corporation. Hans has gained in-depth expertise of gear manufacturing machine tools as well as milling, turning, grinding and other machine tools. He was educated in Germany with a Pfauter machine tool apprenticeship program, complemented by three years of engineering studies. Please join us in welcoming Hans Grass to the MTB Family as the CEO of Machine Tool Builders, Inc.