Adams Machinery was founded in 1967 by Ollie Adams and has been serving the metal working community of Arizona and New Mexico ever since. In 1991 Richard Short purchased Adams Machinery and has been operating in Tempe, Arizona.

Richard Short started in the metal working industry in 1967 as an apprentice at Pivot Punch Corp. building punches and dies for the stamping industry. He filled several managerial positions in his tenure with Pivot Punch then joining the Wiedeman Division of Warner and Swasey filling sales positions in Los Angeles and Atlanta. Richard was moved to the Bendix Industrial Customer Operations Division in 1982 and under went extensive product training for all machine tools manufactured by the Bendix Industrial Group. In 1984 Richard joined Toyoda Machinery USA as Regional Manager for the North Central region stationed in Detroit. He held several positions including National Sales Manager and Director of sales for G F I, the Grinding Machine Division of Toyoda Machinery USA through 1991, with a two year break in which he was International Sales Manager for Dynapath Controls.

You can depend on Adams Machinery for assistance in determining what machine will best fit your needs. This includes special application advice, the tooling necessary and many other components for a turnkey process. The components used in building the machines we distribute by world-class manufactures, and the use by many leading companies is testimony to the high degree of confidence we have in the products we offer.

SALES ENGINEERS

Ken Goodman joined Adams Machinery in September 2003 bringing with him 28 years experience in the manufacturing industry. Most recently Ken was General Manager for an EDM and machining job shop in Tempe where he was responsible for all facets of the operation. Prior to that he had worked at Charmilles Technologies in Lincolnshire, Illinois for 16 years. While at Charmilles, Ken worked in the applications department for 12 years as a specialist and then as manager of the department. During that time he was deeply involved in developing cutting strategies with the R&D department in Geneva Switzerland. These strategies are still used on the machines sold today. As district manager for Charmilles for 4 years Ken was responsible for sales in the Midwest territory for EDM's as well as the high-speed graphite milling machines. Prior to working at Charmilles Ken was a mold maker for 8 years.

Al Schwister joined Adams Machinery in February 1998 with many years of experience in sales. Al also served as the COO of a large job shop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Al brings the experience of having operated a manufacturing facility similar to the customer's facilities he interfaces with. The sales department at Adams certainly brings more to any customer than a catalog and a quick price. The philosophy of added value customer service is the watchword and the last word in the Adams Machinery sales department.

Paul Czaplicki, the newest member of the Adams team, came on board October 1, 2007. Paul’s first taste of machining (and the smell of cutting oil embedding in his clothes) came at the age of 16 when he started working in his cousin's screw machine shop.  This is where Paul came to appreciate and respect the talents of manual and cam machinists. His 14 years of experience with the Mori Seiki line of machine tools gave him irreplaceable experience in the positions of sales manager, sales engineer and applications engineering manager.  Seven of these years were spent in Arizona, the balance in Wisconsin. Prior to that Paul spent 4 years starting and managing a CNC machine shop for a large Hartford, WI manufacturer.  The previous 8 years were spent at Milwaukee Valve Co. and George Meyer Co. as manufacturing / industrial engineer and CNC programmer.

Robert Cowan joined Adams Machinery in August of 2003 and is a U. S. Navy Veteran. Bob has 18 years experience in Field Service including 7 years with Liebherr America / Klingelnbert working on CNC equipment used in the automotive and aerospace gear industry and 7 years with Cincinnati Milacron / Cincinnati Machine working on vertical and horizontal mills and lathes. In addition Bob has traveled extensively across the United States and Canada with training in Germany and Switzerland.

Scott Hornbeak came to Adams Machinery with 11 years experience in manufacturing and design. He worked for a midwest machine shop for six years programming, autocad designing and overseeing the laser-marking department. For two years Scott serviced and sold nationwide for a workholding company. Scott has formal training in Mazatrol programming, Autocad, Mechanical Desktop, LaserCad, and also attends ASU for engineering.

Adams Machinery is pleased to announce the addition of Len Shockley to our service staff. Len comes to us with a background in electronics, rebuilding and repair of machine tools and processing equipment. The addition of Len will help us maintain the quick service response that our customers, new and old, have come to expect from Adams Machinery.

Nancy Short joined the team in May 1997 with a 13-year background in machine tool sales and marketing. This experience included organization of machine tool shows, distributor sales materials, and order entry. Nancy enjoys helping our customers with day-to-day repair part orders as well as monitoring our in house parts inventory. Since joining our team Nancy has expanded her experience to include A/R, A/P, Payroll, month end / quarterly report functions and arranging freight for new machine purchases.

Judy Morrison came to Adams Machinery in April 2004 with over 30 years banking experience. During her career at Bank One, Arizona she began as Customer Service Manager then Relationship Manager developing new business and retaining high profile corporate clients and advanced to the level of Vice-President. As part time administrative assistant, Judy interfaces with our customers by answering phones, processing repair parts orders including sales and management of our EDM parts inventory as well as working with our Service Department with service and warranty issues. Judy coordinates transportation and rigging requirement for machine sales.

Karen Ruby-McBride is Adams Machinery’s newest addition, starting in January, 2008. She comes to Adams with 6 years as a business co-owner in the Residential Homebuilding field, over 20 years of collective Administrative experience. Karen interfaces with our customers by answering phones, processing invoices and service reports, and is learning shipping and rigging logistics, as well as working with our Service Department with service and warranty issues.