Kaman Industrial Technologies Corp., Bloomfield, CT, No. 15 on MDM’s list of top industrial distributors, has appointed Kyle Ahlfinger area vice president of its Minarik Division. Ahlfinger will report directly to Steve Smidler, president of KIT, and will join KIT’s executive committee.

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\”Under his leadership we will continue to fulfill our strategies of sustained growth and market expansion for Minarik while enhancing our unique positioning as the only nationally focused distributor of automation and motion control products in the U.S.,\” Smidler said.

Ahlfinger joins Minarik from Flowserve Corp. where he was the corporate vice president and chief marketing officer for the last four years.