Yushin America Announces New President
The robotics supplier named Michael Greenhalgh as the new president, taking over the Japanese company’s largest overseas subsidiary.
Yushin America Inc., Cranston, Rhode Island, has named Michael Greenhalgh as its new president, effective May 1. Greenhalgh, who has been with the company for 24 years, replaces Daichi Suzuki as the leader of the Japanese company’s largest overseas subsidiary.
Greenhalgh started at Yushin America as an end-of-arm tooling (EOAT) manager in 2000, before being promoted to Robot Group Manager in 2001. He further advanced into the role of director of operations for Yushin America in 2006. Greenhalgh has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and an MBA in operations management.
Suzuki will continue to support Yushin America in the short term as vice president until he returns to Japan and takes on another role to support Yushin Precision Equipment.

Yushin America has named Michael Greenhalgh as its new president. Source: Yushin America
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