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Mazak president accepts AMT In this initial position, he developed post processors for 5 to

Chairman post 11-axis CNC machines, one of which was a composites tape
layer machine that produced wings and structures for the US
B-2 Bomber.
With experience in the manufacturing industry
dating back to the age of 13, Mazak President Dan His extensive manufacturing education and work experience
primed Janka for numerous executive positions in the machine
Janka once again this past spring accepted the tool industry, and in 2016, he became President of Mazak.
position of chairman of the board of The Association
for Manufacturing Technology (AMT). The AMT approached Janka in 2021 about accepting the
chairman position again. “I was a bit hesitant,” said Janka,
Janka, an AMT member since 2005, last served as chairman in “mainly because, my position at Mazak is my top priority and
2010. He retired from the board in 2013, but remained an active main commitment . However, I felt that serving on the AMT
committee member and attended the association’s forecasting board again is a way for Mazak and myself to give back to the
conferences. Janka’s first exposure to manufacturing came on industry that I’ve been in basically my entire life. And, like me,
milling and turning machines in his father's basement hobby AMT is a steadfast advocate for manufacturing.”
machine shop.
In high school, Janka opted for a vocational path, attending New baggage system a boost at
classes during the first half of each day and working in a Region of Waterloo International
machine shop the second half. After graduation, he attended
Illinois Valley Community College, where he received an Airport
associate degree in mechanical technology. The Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF)
In the early 1980s, Janka put himself through a four-year college
degree program while still running NC machines, welding and officially opened its newly constructed outbound
performing other tasks at a machine shop. He graduated baggage system this past summer.
from Southern Illinois University with a bachelor’s degree in The system is a critical piece of the second of the three phase
industrial engineering and technology. With his combined Airport Terminal Expansion Project. Phase three will see
degrees, Janka originally was hired into the machine tool the complete transformation of the Canada Border Services
industry in 1984 as a software systems developer and analyst. Agency space.

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