August 8, 2008 — Stiles Machinery Inc. Stiles Machinery Inc. has appointed Russ Suor to the management position of vice president-technology. Suor joined Stiles 1995 and has held several important positions during the past 13 years, most recently as the company’s technical director. Following in the footsteps of Dennis Stephen who held this title until his retirement in October 2006, Suor will support the company’s continued efforts to fully develop and expand the potential of existing product lines and core technologies as well as examine new and diverse business opportunities to fulfill the company’s Total Production Solutions promise.

The company has also promoted Duane Moore to regional service manager for the company's northeast region. Moore began his career at Stiles in 1999 as a field service representative in the south central region working remotely in the state of Colorado. He later relocated to Tennessee to assist with an installation at a major customer facility and continued as an onsite production support specialist for two years. For the past four years, Moore has been a district team leader in the south central region and since November 2007 has functioned as the interim regional service manager for the northeast region.

Founded in 1965, Stiles Machinery Inc. is the nation's largest supplier of advanced CNC equipment for panel processing, solid wood, and related industries. Stiles offers a Total Production SolutionsSM approach to manufacturing, from equipment integration and manufacturing consulting to education, service, and parts. Headquartered in Grand Rapids, Mich., Stiles has regional offices in High Point and Gastonia, N.C,, Shelton, Conn., Irving, Texas, and Ontario, Calif.