His position prior to joining Lantek was vice president of Metamation where he largely contributed to the areas of sales and product management. He partnered with such OEMs as Trumpf, Mitsubishi, Cincinnati, and others and contributed to exponential business growth for Metamation.
Before his time with Metamation he was senior manager - strategy with Carborundum Universal Ltd. Earlier in his career he also held a design and engineering position at Thyssen Krupp.
“I am delighted and excited to work with the Lantek group and its customer base here in North America,” said Chakraborty. “I look forward to sparking strategic growth in new areas and continuing to develop and refine Lantek’s software and digital solutions to the sheet metal fabricating market.”
The appointment is particularly significant for Lantek following its recent strategic partnership with Trumpf and the objectives of both companies to bring open solutions for digitization and the smart factory to manufacturers in the sheet metal sector.
Chakraborty’s experience at Metamation and Trumpf brings in-depth knowledge of both sheet metal software and machine tools to Lantek’s US operation.
Lantek is the acknowledged leader in the field of sheet metal software and digital transformation and its open software can drive hundreds of different makes and models of cutting and punching machines.
With OEM partnerships with more than 120 machine tool suppliers worldwide, Chakraborty is committed to expanding OEM and reseller partnerships in the US and, in turn, helping companies, irrespective of the make and model of the machines they use and their state of digital readiness, towards a smart factory.
Chakraborty added: “The software tools that Lantek is developing in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning have the potential to bring disruptive change to the sector. To be part of this transformation and bring it to American manufacturers is a privilege.”
