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DriSteem Hires Two New Engineers

The water treatment corporation welcomes Tom Swanson and Hugo Chavolla
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DriSteem Corporation announced the hiring of two new engineers. Tom Swanson will join as Project Engineer II and Hugo Chavolla will join the team as Electrical Development Engineer II. 

Prior to joining DriSteem, Tom was a Product Engineer with St. Cloud Window in St. Cloud, MN, and preceding his time with St. Cloud Window, he was a Mechanical Engineer at Rainier Industries out of Seattle. Swanson also has extensive experience in working in the 3D Printing Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin, Stout, as well as Tufco Technologies in Green Bay, WI. 

Hugo was a Controls and Instrumentation Engineer with Aero Systems Engineering prior to DriSteem. Preceding his time at Aero Systems, Chavolla was an Electrical Engineer at Tetra Pak. Chavolla has extensive experience in engineering with focused expertise in electrical controls, panels, and motor systems with design, maintenance, testing, and troubleshooting.  

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