He will manage Greenleaf Europe’s Schimmert, Netherlands sales office.
Greenleaf’s line of carbide and ceramic inserts and advanced toolholding systems, distributed in the UK by Matrix Tooling, have helped companies realise increased productivity across various machining applications.
Damaschek has 11 years’ experience at Kennametal, including managing director of Eastern and South Eastern Europe & Russia. Prior to joining Kennametal, he worked at Walter Tools from 1998-2003.
Bernie McConnell, executive vice president – commercial, says: “We are fortunate to have someone with his leadership skills, tenacity, industry knowledge and business management experience leading our European organization as we look to rapidly expand our footprint and profitably grow Greenleaf Corporation.”