CERATIZIT appoints new head of business development for solid round tools

CERATIZIT has named Scott P. Walrath as the company’s new head of business development for the solid round tools division. Walrath brings 39 years of management, sales, and product development experience to the position.

Walrath has acquired a deep understanding of customer needs and challenges through a career that touches on virtually all aspects of the metalworking and machining industry. His work includes CNC programming and operating through product development and deployment with a focus on progressive and proprietary tool design. He has also directed research and testing of the latest tool coating technologies, substrates and macro and micro geometries.

As a solid round tool milling specialist, Walrath supervised the design and development of advanced-engineered end mill and shank tooling solutions for key manufacturers throughout North America.