WARREN, OH-Drake Manufacturing Services Co., a precision machine tool builder, has recently promoted Jill Palumbo to mechanical engineering manager.

Palumbo earned a bachelors of science in chemical engineering at Youngstown State University, and joined Drake in 1997 as a systems engineer. In 2000, she was promoted to project engineer. In her present position, Palumbo supervises the design of mechanical and electro-mechanical systems on Drake machines, and manages design and project engineering teams in the mechanical engineering department.