Seco Tools Inc. Names Don Graham as Manager, Education Services

Seco Tools has announced the appointment of veteran employee and metallurgy expert Don Graham as Manager, Education Services.  In this new position, Graham will be responsible for internal and external education programs including the Seco Technical Education Program, Seco application support, and new product development.  He will also oversee the resources of the product team and field-based educators.

“One of Seco’s key areas of focus is assisting our customer base through Seco’s Technical Education Program (STEP),” says Bob Goulding, manager of product marketing.  “We intend to intensify our efforts on this program and there is no one better-suited to lead this initiative and expand this program than Don.”

Graham obtained his degrees in physics and metallurgy from Michigan Technological University. He began his career at General Electric's Research and Development Center (Schenectady, NY) working on materials for aerospace and nuclear applications before joining Seco Tools Inc. (formerly Carboloy) in 1978 to work on coatings for cutting tool applications. He has also studied the mechanical properties and stress corrosion cracking behavior of cemented carbide, and failure analysis of cutting tools. In 1992 he became Seco’s Manager of Grade Development responsible for the development of both substrates and coatings for cutting tool applications, and then assumed the position of Manager, Turning Products in 1997.

He has authored over thirty technical papers in the areas of metal cutting, tool failure analysis, solid state physics, fatigue, fracture, stress corrosion cracking, and wear resistant coatings in addition to holding four patents and being published in over 50 technical articles. Graham is a member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, The Materials Society, and the Association of Powder Metallurgists International. He lives in Lenox, MI, with his wife and five children.

Seco Tools Inc. is part of Seco Tools AB (Fagersta, Sweden), a world leader in metalworking technologies.  Seco is committed to solving its customers’ ever-increasing demands for greater productivity, quality and cost-effectiveness by offering a full range of tools for milling, turning, holemaking, and threading applications as well as service and software solutions.  Its cutting tools and related technologies are sold through a network of more authorized distributors in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

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