Airbus nominates new commercial aircraft business CEO

Christian Scherer is to become Airbus Commercial Aircraft business CEO, reporting to Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury. The leadership roles of Airbus and its Commercial Aircraft business, combined since 2019, will now be split.

“Empowering Christian in the Commercial Aircraft CEO role will enable us to reinforce focus on the success of our commercial aircraft business while allowing me to dedicate my time to steering Airbus in a complex and fast-evolving global environment,” Faury says. “Christian and I have been working hand in hand over the last five years and we will continue to do so in this new configuration.”

Scherer has been chief commercial officer since 2018 and currently is head of Airbus Int’l. He joined Airbus in 1984 as a commercial contracts manager and served as vice president of contracts for Airbus North America from 1987 to 1994. He later served as managing director of Airbus Defence and Space GmbH. https://www.airbus.com

Methods expands OKK sales, service throughout N. America

Methods Machine Tools Inc., which began selling OKK CNC machines in the U.S. in 2019 and recently expanded its coverage into the U.S. Southeast and Wisconsin, now represents OKK machines throughout North America. OKK offers 5-axis, horizontal, and vertical machining centers for heavy-duty cutting and with large workpiece capacity. https://www.methodsmachine.com/machines/okk

Appointments

DN Solutions America appointed Daniel Medrea CEO. He brings 27 years of experience in technical and leadership roles in the machine tool industry, most recently as chief sales and service officer of DMG MORI USA. https://www.dn-solutions.com

Global surface finishing and shot blasting technologies company Rösler named Dr. Tayfun Sigirtmac as CEO of Rösler USA, based in Battle Creek, Michigan. His professional background includes more than 18 years’ experience in management and serving as GM of Kromas Makina (Rösler Türkiye) for nearly a decade. https://www.rosler.com

Star Cutter Co. named Dean Stetson vice president of information technology (IT) for all the company’s manufacturing facilities, as well as Star SU’s sales and marketing offices across North America, Europe, Brazil, China, and India. Stetson is joining Star Cutter with 25+ years as an IT leader in enterprise software applications and enterprise resource planning. https://www.starcutter.com

Star SU, the marketing, sales, and service affiliate of Star Cutter Co., appointed Bart Trublowski as service manager and project coordinator. He’ll oversee service of the company’s gear manufacturing tools in North America, including its hobbing, chamfer/deburring, and Scudding machines. https://www.star-su.com

Fives North America appointed Dr. John Russell vice president of business development for Defense. An international leader in materials, structures, and manufacturing for aerospace and defense R&D, Russell brings expertise to the Fives team from his roles as chief of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Aerospace Systems Directorate and chief engineer of AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, among others. https://www.fivesgroup.com/hpm