I am pleased to announce that Tom Grobbel will join us effective Wednesday, September 4, 2013 as New Product Development Engineer, Manual Clamps, reporting to me. In this role, Tom will be responsible for assisting in the design and development of our new product designs, including manual clamps with potential pneumatic and electrical applications in support of the product and business development team and DE-STA-CO business goals. Tom will be located in our Corporate Office in Auburn Hills, MI.
Tom has more than 30 years of mechanical design experience across a variety of products in the manufacturing industry. Most notably, he was in the product development group at ITW-Workholding where he designed and developed new products and obtained a U.S. patent.
Tom has an Associate’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lawrence Technical University.
Tom has been married to his wife Melissa for 25 years and they have a 6 year old son, Peter, who starts 1st grade this year. When he is not working, Tom and his family like to go "up north" to Roscommon, MI. Tom and his son Pete enjoy fishing and bike riding together.