Motion Industries promotes employee to head of automation team

Esposito

Motion Industries named Mike Esposito as group vice president of Motion Automation Intelligence.

Most recently, Esposito served as director of Motion Automation Intelligence’s engineering assembly solutions, having joined Motion as part of the Kaman Distribution Group (KDG) acquisition. Prior to joining Motion/KDG, he held senior management roles at iAutomation, CDF Corp. and SencorpWhite.

Esposito has more than 25 years of experience in industrial automation and manufacturing, according to Motion. In that time, he has developed a systems approach with cross-functional experience as an automation consumer, producer and supplier, the company adds.

In his new role leading the Motion Automation Intelligence team, Esposito’s responsibilities will include the development and implementation of multi-year strategic business and marketing plans. He will report to Joe Limbaugh, Motion’s executive vice president and COO.

“We are thrilled to have Mike at the helm of our automation group,” Limbaugh says. “With his diverse yet relevant background and technical expertise, he possesses a unique insight into the industry’s needs and operations. In addition, Mike’s leadership skills and deep passion for automation will certainly spur Motion Automation Intelligence to new heights.”

Motion Automation Intelligence solution technologies include robotics, motion control, machine vision, digital networking industrial framing, pneumatics and custom mechatronic systems.

Related: NSK earns Motion’s top supplier award