November 1, 2005

WAFIOS Machinery Corporation of Branford CT announces the appointment of Michael Rief as Sales Mgr for Canada. Mr Rief apprenticed and worked as a tool maker in Austria at Plansee AG, a world leader in high temperature tooling materials (molybdenum, tungsten). Most recently he was the Manager of North American Sales & Service for special equipment builder, Burger, of Germany, where he gained extensive experience of metal tube forming applications and processes. He will be responsible for sales in Canada, of WAFIOS wire and tube bending machines as well as spring machinery and other WAFIOS wire working products.