The HEIDENHAIN Corporation has announced the hiring of John Parker as their new North American Product Manager for Controls.

Parker has almost 30 years of experience in the machine tool industry and will serve as HEIDENHAIN’s point person for the Computer Numerical Control (CNC) product lines (both HEIDENHAIN and ACU-RITE brands), as well as serve as a liaison between the company’s sales and marketing and engineering departments.

Parker holds an electronics degree from Devry Institute of Technology.  He then started his career at ACU-RITE Inc. in the 1980s wher he initially served in field and customer service.  Moving into a product specialist position, Parker also helped to introduce the well known ACU-RITE MILLPWR control in 1994.

HEIDENHAIN CORPORATION is the North American subsidiary of DR. JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GmbH, a manufacturer of precision measurement and control equipment.  Their product lines include linear scales, rotary and angular encoders, digital readouts, digital length gages, CNC controls, and machine inspection equipment.

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