Bourn & Koch, Inc. is pleased to announce that Blake Consdorf has been named President effective April 20th, 2020.
Mr. Consdorf, who was most recently President & CEO of Felsomat USA, Inc. brings over 20 years of relevant industry and leadership experience in machine tools and automation to Bourn & Koch. Prior to Felsomat, Consdorf was Divisional President of Acieta, LLC, a leading provider of automation solutions. During his tenure with Acieta, he also served as Engineering Manager. Prior to Acieta, Consdorf served as Vice President of Manufacturing and Engineering at Wes-Tech Automation Solutions.
Mr. Consdorf is excited to work with a talented team at Bourn & Koch that has objectives to grow the company’s key products in machine tools and related services while expanding Bourn & Koch core competence to the global manufacturing market.
Prior President & CEO of Bourn & Koch, Terry V. Derrico, will now serve as President & CEO of Precision Cutting Technologies (PCT). PCT is a holding company of Alleghany Capital Corporation with 3 operating segments: (i) precision automated machine tool solutions through Bourn & Koch, Inc; (ii) diamond orifices and nozzles for the waterjet industry through Diamond Technology Innovations, Inc. and (iii) high-performance solid carbide tooling and solutions through CID Performance Tooling, Inc. and Supermill LLC.
In this new role, Mr. Derrico will work to expand the reach of PCT to include additional interests in the machine tool and consumable cutting tool sectors. Mr. Derrico is eager to further the growth of all Precision Cutting Technologies companies. To learn more about PCT, visit www.precision-cutting.com.
About Bourn & Koch, Inc.
Bourn & Koch, Inc. is located in Rockford, Illinois. The company is celebrating their 45th year of business in 2020. Bourn & Koch, Inc. is known best as an American manufacturer of automated machine tool solutions for gear manufacturing under the Bourn & Koch and Fellows brands along with precision grinding under the Blanchard and Springfield brands. They are also the OEM for a long list of well-known American made machine tools such as Barber-Colman, Blanchard, Bullard, DeVlieg, Motch, and Mattison. They provide quality OEM parts, field service, rebuild and retrofit services for these machines. To learn more about Bourn & Koch, visit www.bourn-koch.com.