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Futura Automation Adds Regional Manager for Southern California



George Wilken

Futura Automation LLC has added George Wilken to its management team. Wilken has 20+ years of experience in industrial machining and tool management, most recently with Arconic Fastening Systems and Rings (formerly Alcoa).

Wilken will be responsible for the Futura Automation product lines represented in southern California: Air Turbine Tools, Applied Motion Products, Applied Robotics, Carter Enterprises, Flexomation, Joulin, Robot System Products, Rohm Products, Sicron, Technology Brewing, Toshiba Machine (TM) Robotics, Visumatic and Weintek. Weintek offers the capability to monitor machine controllers, including CNC, and translate existing data into predictive maintenance algorithms or PDA notifications alongside or through the CMMS systems. With the addition of Wilken, Futura Automation will be able to support Southern California aerospace, automotive, medical and general manufacturing customers for machine tool maintenance, packaging automation and robotic handling cells. Futura Automation is also partnered with Manufacturing Asset Solutions for its software services: CMMS and ToolTrax.

"Futura Automation covers most of the needs of robot and automation customers with our expertise and the breadth and depth of our product and service offerings. We provide competitive solutions to tough manufacturing problems", says President Brian McMorris. "George Wilken is a great addition to our team so that we can provide senior level machining, robot and tooling expertise and bring Industry 4.0 benefits to more clients in North America."

For more information contact:

Futura Automation LLC

10407 E Rosemary Lane

Scottsdale, AZ 85255

612-756-2390

sales@futura-automation.com

www.futura-automation.com

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