NETZSCH Premier Technologies LLC has added two new senior staffers, both of whom join the company as part of its recent acquisition of Premier Mill. Stewart Rissley has been named Midwest regional sales manager, while John R. Sneeringer is the new technical advisor for dispersion and grinding in NETZSCH’s Sales and Testing Laboratory.  

Rissley will handle former Premier Mill key accounts for the central U.S. and Canada, reporting to Frank Warburg, national sales manager. Rissley was the national sales manager for Premier Mill for the last six years. Previously he was Midwest regional sales manager for Morehouse Cowles, a company that manufactures mills, dispersers, and mixers. Rissley attended USAF Community College of the Air Force and Western Michigan University, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree.

Sneeringer will provide technical support for Premier Mill products for existing customers and technical support during integration of the Premier Mill line into the NETZSCH Premier Technologies LLC product offering. Sneeringer was with Premier Mill for 23 years as its laboratory manager, technical director, and technical sales representative. He attended Penn State and holds a patent for a fine media mill.

NETZSCH Premier Technologies LLC (Exton, PA), an affiliated company of the Germany-based NETZSCH Feinmahltechnik GmbH, provides customized grinding, mixing, dispersing, kneading, deaeration, classifying, press, and laboratory solutions for the paint and coating, pigment, pharmaceutical, food processing, ceramics, agricultural, minerals processing, cosmetics, and R&D markets. For more information, visit www.netzsch-grinding.com.