PITTSBURGH and MILLDALE, Conn., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- MaxTek LLC, a Milldale, CT developer of super abrasive machining equipment used by the automotive industry and others, has partnered with PRIMA Problem Solving, Inc., a multi-faceted business management and manufacturing solutions firm with offices in Pittsburgh and State College, PA, as its exclusive agent in the technical development of applications to the global powder metal industry for MaxTek's line of super abrasive machining equipment.
"The true power of the MaxTek super abrasive machining system remains virtually untapped in the global powder metal industry," noted Rocco Petrilli, Managing Partner of PRIMA. "This relationship is a further extension of the mid-1990's partnership that resulted in the first meaningful application of super abrasive machining technology to automotive component manufacture."
"We are confident that this partnership with PRIMA will give MaxTek credible access to the powder metal industry," stated Ed Elie, MaxTek LLC President. "This combination of MaxTek's ingenuity and PRIMA's manufacturing problem solving knowledge and experience is the key to establishing this cost saving technology in the powder metal marketplace."
In addition to Petrilli, a twenty-year-plus veteran of the powder metal and automotive industries, the PRIMA Operational Specialists group includes Steve Meyer, who also has over twenty years experience in powder metal plant operations and maintenance management, and William Jandeska, Ph.D., a long time leading global automotive industry expert.
"This partnership with MaxTek is exactly what we envisioned when we created our Operational Specialist service offering. Our team of industry veterans has the contacts and experience to help MaxTek apply its innovative technology to the specific needs of the global industry," added Petrilli.
PRIMA Problem Solving, Inc. helps a wide variety of businesses solve problems with such services as temporary executive assignments, business brokerage, business valuation and strategic and business planning and execution. Its Operational Specialists group focuses on business and operational issues for manufacturing companies.
MaxTek LLC designs and sells Superabrasive Machining Systems for the aerospace, power generation, automotive, compressor and medical industries. The MaxTek machines offer many new features not found in the marketplace today.
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