Rollomatic Appoints Chief Executive Officer

Rollomatic Inc., a subsidiary of Rollomatic Holding Switzerland, has named Joe Kane as CEO as of January 1, 2023.

Rollomatic is a builder of CNC tool/cutter and peel grinding machines as well as laser cutting machines based in Le Landeron, Switzerland. Its North American headquarters is in Mundelein, Illinois, featuring a machine demonstration and customer support facility. Its sister company, Strausak Inc., is located in the same building.

While being Rollomatic’s CEO, Kane is continuing his position as Strausak’s CEO as well. The combined companies plan to further fill out their global presence by providing solutions for precision tool grinding and other manufacturing applications.

Kane continues to be based in the company's North American office. In this position, Kane is overseeing all areas related to the operation of the two companies. He will lead a team of four senior managers who supervise sales and operations on a cross-functional basis.

“Joe’s impressive track record working as COO of Rollomatic Inc. and his ability to communicate and relate to people make him the ideal leader, says Eric Schwarzenbach, retiring president of Rollomatic. “Such qualities are key to expanding the brand name and drive the ever-evolving new technologies of the companies. We fully expect that his talents will support the profitable growth of the Rollomatic and Strausak business. Joe has proven repeatedly that he has the combination of capability, ambition and high level of customer engagement that will allow the Rollomatic Group to continue to expand and gain market share in North America.”

Prior to joining Strausak as CEO in 2017, Kane spent over 14 years in the manufacturing and quality industry where he began as a metrology technician with the United States Marine Corps. He later translated these skills and expanded his career into product and national sales manager positions. This experience resulted with him setting up distribution and service channels throughout North America for CNC machine tool companies specializing in automated turnkey solutions for production machining.