Illinois Tool Works (ITW) has appointed Eugenio Calderón as Vice President of Buehler ITW Test & Measurement effective February 1st, 2021. Based at the company’s headquarters, Calderon is responsible for Buehler’s global business with systems for cutting, embedding, grinding, polishing and analysing material samples as well as hardness testing systems. Applications range from metals to ceramics and glass to plastics for a variety of key industries including aerospace, automotive, and electronics.
A native of Mexico, Calderón earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from the Tecnológico de Monterrey and EGADE Business School in Mexico. After working in sales and business development at Hilti in Mexico, he joined ITW in 2011, first with responsibility for Latin America and then as Vice President & General Manager with global responsibility for High Precision Welding. After a short break in plastics distribution, he returned to the Group in 2021.
He succeeded Julien Noel, who took over the position of Vice President & General Manager at ITW Powertrain Europe in Geneva.
