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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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