Harry Moser, Chairman emeritus, AgieCharmilles 2010 IW Manufacturing Hall of Fame Inductee
Making Good on His Promise
Harry Moser has spent most of his career promising America's youth that skilled manufacturing careers are the way to go. He is planning to spend the next stage of his life keeping that promise.
Moser began his own manufacturing career at General Electric as an engineer. He worked at Disamatic Inc., Acme-Cleveland Corp. and then was president and general manager at Roto-Finish. In 1985, he joined Charmilles Technologies as president and currently serves its successor, GF AgieCharmilles, as chairman emeritus. GF AgieCharmilles is a supplier of machines, automation solutions and services to the tool and moldmaking industry as well as to manufacturers of precision parts and components.
Throughout his career, he implemented successful management techniques and process improvements. GF AgieCharmilles became the "company to emulate in the machine tool industry," asserts Moser.
He serves as president of the International Special Tooling and Machining Association as well as the Swiss Machine Tool Society.
His ties to the industry began before he was born. "My grandfather and father worked their entire careers at Singer Sewing Machine at the Elizabeth, N.J., factory," Moser recalls. "It was during the time when the U.S. dominated the field. Once the envy of the world, the Singer plant is now long gone and I don't want to see more U.S. manufacturing disappear."
Consequently, he is focusing his formidable energy on trying to convince manufacturers to return to the U.S. His passion has led him to travel the country, work with policymakers and offer manufacturers a total-cost-of-ownership (TCO) formula that helps them calculate the real impact of offshoring on their balance sheet.
"I won't stop until my reshoring initiative brings hundreds of thousands of job back to the U.S. and manufacturing becomes a career choice for the next generation," Moser vows.
