ROHM Products of America recently promoted Ervin Vallejo, former Regional Sales Manager—Midwest territory, to Automations Product Manager, a move intended to increase visibility and support for the company's end-of-arm tooling in North America. The company also appointed Tim Heitzman, Regional Sales Manager— Southeast territory and Adis Malkoc, Service Center Coordinator. Leading a team that includes staff from North America and Germany, Ervin Vallejo is now responsible for building the company's automation business throughout North America by targeting robotic workholding distributors and integrators. Based in the Chicago area, Vallejo has been with ROHM Products of America for the past three years and has 19 years total experience in the machine tool industry. His background includes design engineering, technical consulting for sales staff and technical sales. As the new regional sales manager for the company's Southeast territory, Tim Heitzman is tasked with augmenting product sales and support in Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. A 25-year veteran of sales in the metalworking industry, Heitzman has previously worked for two of ROHM's competitors, and won four awards for setting sales records at each company. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Relations from Northern Illinois University and has completed two management training programs from Caterpillar and Kelly-Springfield. In his new role, Adis Malkoc will handle a variety of tasks, such as managing the flow of the company's service department, dispatching service engineers for on-site repairs, fielding customer service requests and managing the service center's spare parts inventory. Previously employed at Reed Construction Data, Malkoc has a solid background in research and management For more information contact: ROHM Products of America Lawrenceville, GA 30243 770-963-8440 rohmusa@roehm.biz www.rohm-products.com