Jergens, Inc. recently appointed Steve Schmidtke as the group manager for the Workholding Solutions Group.

“In his new role, Schmidtke will be responsible for all of the Workholding Group’s activities including application engineering, product management, new product and new market development as well as sales and support of our Workholding products through our network of partner distributors,” says Jergens General Manager, Robert Rubenstahl.

Prior to accepting this position with Jergens, Schmidtke served in both sales and operations management in our industry and other related industries. His experience and proven track record of success will play a key role in meeting our departmental goals and objectives. Schmidtke comes to Jergens with a bachelor’s degree from Kent State University and he resides in Chagrin Falls, an eastern suburb of the Cleveland area. 

“I’m very pleased to join the Jergens team and eager to continue the growth initiatives we have in place to support our robust products and technologies,” says Schmidtke.