AMT Elects New President

The board of directors of AMT-The Association For Manufacturing Technology has elected Douglas K. Woods as AMT president.

Mr. Woods’ experience ranges from small tool and die shops to multibillion-dollar machine tool corporations. He comes to AMT after his tenure as president of Parlec, Inc., a company that specializes in tooling, workholding and presetting solutions. Mr. Woods was also president at Liberty Precision Industries, and he held executive posts with the Automation Systems Division of Cross & Trecker and Gleason. He began his career at Alliance Automation Systems, where he completed his apprenticeship before holding several management positions.

Additionally, Mr. Woods was a member of AMT’s board of directors from 2000 to 2008 and served as chairman in 2005 and 2006. He also chaired the committee for AMT’s Custom Automated Systems Group.

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