Cosen Band Saws, a leading bandsaw manufacturer and developer MechaLogix, announced Tony Leitner has taken the position of director of service operations. Tony comes from a background of 24 years with Earle M. Jorgensen. Mr. Leitner had worked with the company since he was 19 years old. For twenty of those years, he worked within the Schaumburg, Illinois facility. The first three were spent working in the shop, and 17 as assistant plant manager in charge of production cutting and full bar orders. Afterwards, he moved to the Charlotte facility where he spent four years as Quality Administrator for three branches (ISO 9001:2015), safety coordinator for four branches, handled building maintenance, scheduling machine maintenance, and negotiated pricing with vendors on consumables and labor rate for repairs.
Tony says that he is excited about working with Cosen for a new adventure with a solid company, “I believe I can bring some good ideas to the company after being on the purchasing end for so many years”
About Cosen Saws
Founded in 1976, Cosen is one of the world’s leading band saw manufacturers with a broad product line and a global sales network including Cosen USA and Cosen Europe. Cosen’s North American office and warehouse is located in Charlotte, NC. From there, the company provides an extensive selection of service replacement parts and local machine technicians. Our warehouse inventory contains over 100 new machines in stock and ready to ship at all times. Cosen offers 140 models including vertical, horizontal, miter-cutting, NC & CNC automatic and customized band saws. Capacity ranges from 7 to 126 inches; cutting materials from steel to titanium, chromium and silicon. The diverse cutting abilities of Cosen machines serve numerous industries such as construction, automobile, transportation, wind power generation, etc. Cosen was rated as the No. 1 Sawing Equipment Brand by U.S. Metal Center News in 2015. In 2016, the company launched it’s Industry 4.0 MechaLogix CPC App – positioning itself as the technology leader in band saw manufacturing.