Lincolnshire, Ill. - MLP USA, Inc. announced today that Mike Stock, a longtime sales and engineering manager with the organization that markets printing presses manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, has been promoted to the position of Director Sheetfed and Web Offset Sales.

"Mike is the consummate sales professional who has the ideal combination of press engineering and sales management experience to direct our sales team across the U.S. and Latin America," observed Marke Baker, president.  "Mike has been with us for 19 years, having served several key roles including director of engineering, director of web press sales, and as a district sales manager for sheetfed presses.  We're proud of what he has accomplished and are excited to have him lead our national sales strategy."

Stock joined MLP in 1991, helping guide its U.S.-based engineering for its Mitsubishi line of web offset presses, working with customers and MHI engineering and R&D to expand the company's line of high performance heat set web presses for US markets.  In his new position, Stock will oversee MLP's sales force and cultivate current and prospective customer relationships through the company's highly respected press equipment.