The Canadian Tooling & Machining Association (CTMA) named Chris Hergott, as its new President.

Hergott has 27 years of tooling industry experience. He began his career at Millard’s Precision Machine and Tool and also spent time at BES Tool as well as Diemedic Machine and Tool.

In 2001, he partnered with Gord Jokic of XL Tool Inc., and helped grow the company, which is now operating out of a 36,000 sq/ft facility in Kitchener, Ontario. In 2009, they started a tool shop in Queretaro, Mexico.

Hergott has expertise, experience and knowledge of the industry, and several years serving on the Board of Directors of the CTMA.