Methods Machine Tools Appoints Key Managers

Methods Machine Tools, Inc. (Sudbury, MA) announced two key management appointments: company president Jerry Rex has been named president and chief executive officer, and Dale Hedberg has been promoted to vice president of operations. Methods’ board of directors recently appointed Rex to this new role after he served as president over the past year. Prior to that, he was their chief operating officer. “We are pleased to appoint Jerry to this new position,” said Scott McIver, the company chairman and third generation owner. “With his strong skill set, machine tool industry knowledge and energetic management approach, we are looking forward to moving ahead through his continued leadership, positioning us as the industry’s leading supplier of machine tool technology and automation for our customers throughout North America.”

Rex has an extensive amount of machine tool industry and leadership experience, including hands-on manufacturing, engineering, sales and executive management. He has also served for many years as a member of The Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT; McLean, VA) board and as chairman of the board of directors of AMT until April 1, 2016. He has carried the CMTSE designation since 1997 and remains an active committee member. Spanning 40 years, his manufacturing career began with a machinist position at GE Locomotive and steadily rose from roles in engineering and applications to production and sales management, then executive positions, including executive vice president of Concept Machine Tools (Minneapolis, MN); president of Hegman Machinery, LLC, a Morris Group Company; president of Morris South (Charlotte, NC) and vice president of Gosiger, Inc. (Dayton, OH).

Hedberg is now responsible for all company operations, including production, shipping/receiving, inside sales, trade shows and continuous improvement. A machine tool industry veteran, he has been an employee for nearly 20 years in engineering positions, and most recently was product manager for a high performance CNC machining line. Prior to Methods, Hedberg was the production manager of a tooling systems company for ten years. “Dale’s proven skills for strategically managing our product lines, deep knowledge of our infrastructure and extensive machine tool experience made his promotion a logical one,” said Rex. “He will play a key role on our management team.”

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