Star SU Aligns Global Gear Tool Strategy with Dual Role for Rick Yan
Star SU, the marketing, sales and service affiliate of Star Cutter Company, announces the expansion of Rick Yan’s role, strengthening global leadership in gear tools and cutting tool solutions. Yan, currently General Manager of Star SU Tools and Machines in Shanghai, China, now also will serve as Gear Tools Product Manager for all domestic and international locations.
In this dual role, Yan will serve Star SU customers by leveraging his solution-driven technical expertise and global market perspective to strengthen product strategy, application support and customer success across the company’s gear tool portfolio.
Yan has served as General Manager of Star SU China since 2016, overseeing three business units: Gear Tools, Carbide Materials, and Round Tools, along with sales, marketing and reconditioning operations. Under his leadership, Star SU China has supported automotive, industrial gearbox, robotics, wind power and precision gear manufacturers with high-precision gear cutting tools, while providing guidance to optimize quality, manufacturing processes and overall production costs.
“Rick’s outstanding success in growing Star SU Machines and Tools in Shanghai is a great asset to our clients worldwide,” said Andreas Blind, president at Star SU. “We are pleased to expand his role and benefit from his insights as we continue to enhance the value we deliver across all Star Cutter brands.”
In his new role as Gear Tool Product Manager for Star SU, Yan is responsible for product strategy, market research, product development, pricing, technical support and collaboration with sales, marketing, engineering and production to drive innovation, application excellence and customer-focused solutions.
Yan holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Changzhou University.
ABOUT THE STAR CUTTER FAMILY OF COMPANIES
Headquartered in Farmington Hills, MI, and originally founded in 1927, the Star Cutter Company is a global leader in the cutting tool industry with more than 700 employees working in 15 manufacturing facilities. Each facility specializes in producing a specific type of product or service: carbide blanks and preforms, solid carbide cutting tools, gundrills, PCD tooling, gear cutting tools, and 5-axis CNC tool and cutter grinding machines.
Star SU LLC is the marketing, sales, and service partner in North America, South America, Europe and Asia.
