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Belmont Equipment & Technologies Announces Mike
Stern to Take Over for Brian Burns After Retirement

After 40 years, Brian Burns
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has retired. Brian had a
continuous 40-year career
with Belmont. In 1985, Brian
started at Belmont as an Outside Sales Representative. Over the years,
Brian worked his way into a Senior Territory Sales Manager position.
He had a great personal connection with his customer base, and would
Belmont CEO Larry Ianitelli and Brian Burns
always leave you smiling with his well-timed humor. He is also a true
sports fanatic, always knowing the stats from the game the night before. We wish Brian and his wife Pam all the best
as they take this next step in a wonderful life. Brian offi cially stepped into retirement on Friday, March 28th.

Brian has passed the baton over to Mike Stern, whom he helped train over the last
several months. Mike comes to Belmont with a wealth of experience in sales and
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manufacturing. Graduating from the University of Michigan in 2008, Mike has honed
his skills over the past seventeen years. He has held various positions, including
Precision Machinist and Fabricator, where he worked with manual mills, gun drilling,
OD/ID grinding, and manual turning machines, as well as commercial sales, oper-
ation management, inventory management, customer service, and territory sales
management. These experiences have helped to support his leap into the EDM in-
dustry, and the big shoes he will be fi lling. We welcome Mike to the Belmont Team.

Mike Stern www.belmont4edm.com
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MANN+HUMMEL Introducing New Wire EDM Filter
Technology Designed Specifi cally for Aluminum

MANN+HUMMEL has developed a revolution-
ary fi lter technology designed specifi cally for
EDM machines cutting aluminum. The new fi lter
incorporates proprietary nanofi bers spun onto
a cellulose fi lter media. The result is a three-
dimensional “web” that greatly increases the particulate holding capacity.
Nanofi ber Web
The new fi lters are part of the MANN+HUMMEL H34 Series. In testing
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conducted by multiple major OEMs, the H34 fi lters demonstrated up to 375%
greater capacity compared to standard 5µm and 10µm cellulose fi lters.
fi ltration effi ciency of 1–2µm. Jason Foster, MANN+HUMMEL Machine
Tool Account Manager, identifi ed several benefi ts of the new technology.
In addition to dramatically longer service life, the new fi lters provide users
with lower operating costs, reduced maintenance requirements, and
superior cut quality due to higher fi ltration levels.
MANN+HUMMEL will showcase the new fi lter technology at EASTEC
H34 Series Filter Cartridges
(Booth 1650) and other upcoming shows. For more information, contact
Jason directly at Jason.Foster@mann-hummel.com and use the email subject “Alum Filter.”
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