Tom Pursch Joins Company as Chief Operating Officer
Nashua, NH, March 17, 2011: Rapid Sheet Metal, Inc, specializing in the rapid turnaround of sheet metal prototypes, is pleased to announce Tom Pursch has joined the company in the newly created role of new Chief Operating Officer. Pursch previously worked for Teradyne Connection Systems (now Amphenol TCS) in Nashua, NH, ultimately serving as Vice President of both Printed Circuit Board and Connection Systems. Most recently Pursch led a startup business for Park Electricochemical Corp., as President. Pursch obtained an engineering degree from Purdue University.
“Tom is a natural leader, and has already proven to be an enormous asset to our company” said James Jacobs, President of Rapid Sheet Metal©. “With the addition of Pursch’s experience and talent, we are helping to ensure the continued success of the Rapid Company, as well as its employees.”
Rapid Sheet Metal is now the world’s largest Rapid Prototype Sheet Metal service and employs more than 50 people in a state-of-the-art, 25,000 square foot prototype manufacturing facility. With record sales in 2010, the addition of Pursch to the Rapid Team ensures that customer’s expectations of rapid quotes and rapid deliveries of custom sheet metal prototypes will continue to be met in 2011 and beyond.