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22|April 2019
Slippery rock GAzette
“Iron rusts from disuse;
stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.”
—
Leonardo da Vinci
Ronnie Benton Joins Diamut America’s Stone Division as Southeast Area Product Manager
industry will help us better serve our end-users and distributors,” said Peter Hauser, VP of Sales Diamut America Stone Division.
“We are looking forward to con- tinuing to grow our business with Ronnie and our new redressing and manufacturing facility here in Charlotte. Our ultimate goal for 2019 is to help more com- panies get the best ROI on their tooling and increase their produc- tion while maintaining the highest quality in their operations.”
For more than 30 years, Diamut has manufactured a complete range of diamond tools for work- ing stone, glass and synthetic ma- terials, designed for use on the majority of the machines on the market. In recent years, the va- riety of products Diamut offers has expanded to include tooling for machines ranging from CNC routers to inline and 5-axis ma- chines, as well as edge polishers and bridge saws.
Visitors to Coverings19 can meet Benton in person and ask questions about tooling solutions. Look for Diamut in Booth 3377.
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Group in 2002, has announced the appointment of Ronnie Benton as Southeast Area Product Manager serving the states of Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and Florida.
After more than 30 years of
iamond tool manufac- turer Diamut, which became part of Biesse
advising and collaborating with customers who work with stone, Benton is bringing his talents, experience and stone industry ex- pertise to a company dedicated to serving its North American cus- tomers closer to home. The news that Benton has joined the Diamut team comes after the company an- nounced a $3 million expansion at the Biesse Group Campus in
Charlotte, starting with the new tool redressing facility that began operation last fall. He will be re- sponsible for developing sales strategies, working with distrib- utors, and assisting with direct sales, sharing his expertise in finding and selling tools.
“We are very excited to have Ronnie on our Diamut team. His sales experience in the stone