Willi Saric

Managing Director, European Operations

Mr. Saric oversees all sales, marketing, engineering and financial operations at Climax GmbH, Climax’s European facility in Düren, Germany.  Under his management, Climax GmbH has expanded its diverse customer base and is now recognized as a first-class supplier of portable machine tools throughout the European market. With more than 30 years experience in the machine tool industry, Mr. Saric held positions in engineering, sales and marketing for some of the world’s major machine tool suppliers, including Dörries Scharmann AG, Bohle Machine Tools, Inc., Engrenasa-Maquinas Operatrizes S/A and EFCO GmbH.  He was a co-founder of Westec GmbH, which specialized in portable machine tools and testing equipment, and the developer of portable valve repair machines used for in-situ valve maintenance and refurbishment. Mr. Saric excels at building strong customer relationships, and was instrumental in Climax GmbH being named as one of the top 100 suppliers for Siemens Power Generation. He graduated from Rheinische Akiademie e.V. Koln, Germany as a state-certified Engineer.