ARKU appoints North American president

ARKU Coil Systems, Cincinnati, has appointed Jurgen Jost as its president for North America. He brings many years of sales and management experience to the position.

The company — the U.S. subsidiary of ARKU Maschinenbau GmbH of Baden-Baden, Germany — manufactures hydraulic precision levelers, cut-to-length lines and punching units, press feeding lines, and coil preparation lines for roll formers.