Montalvo, an international specialist in web tension control, has hired Steve Franklin as its new director of engineering. Franklin will be overseeing Montalvo’s electrical, mechanical and automation engineering teams, directing the development of new products, customized products, and larger-scale projects, while improving processes and expanding the company’s overall engineer capabilities.

Chief executive officer Bryon Williams says: “Steve is an incredible asset to the team. We are continuously pushing ourselves as a company, creating new products, expanding into new markets, and providing additional offerings to our customers as a total web handling and web tension control solutions provider. Steve’s background and experience are only going to accelerate these objectives and our overall growth. Mr. Franklin brings new ideas, innovations, and leadership to the team, and I am very excited to see what the future brings.”

Franklin has over 25 years of experience as an engineer and 14 years as an engineering manager for a global automation supplier, where he monitored the execution of procedures and processes that engineering is involved with, and encourage changes that make the company more flexible, competitive and quality conscious. Franklin holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.