Schmitt Industries, Inc. announced the appointment of Michael J. Ellsworth as the chairman of the company's board of directors, effective January 5, 2017. Mr. Ellsworth has served as a director of the company since April 2006. Mr. Ellsworth served as Chief Operating Officer and advisor to the board of directors of ADE Corporation, Westwood, Massachusetts (‘ADE’), from 1993 to 1997. After retirement from active management in 1997, he continued to serve as a Vice President and an advisor to ADE’s Board of Directors until 2001. He is presently Chairman of Motion Optics Corporation, and also works as a consultant to the semiconductor industry through his firm, Kinetic Technologies, Inc. where he serves as the President.