GF appoints new sales manager for Ireland region

GF Machining Solutions, the milling, EDM, laser and additive manufacturing (AM) machine tool specialist and advanced automation and tooling systems’ supplier, has appointed Gary Purcell as its new country sales manager for Northern and Southern Ireland.

Previously employed as an applications engineering manager at Waterford-based Schivo Medical, an innovative contract manufacturing organisation specialising in the medical device and life sciences sectors, and with considerable sales experience from working in and across Ireland’s and Europe’s medical device and mass spectrometry manufacturing supply chains, Mr Purcell, a seasoned sales professional, joined GF Machining Solutions in February 2024.

Employing a sales manager with such extensive, first-hand experience of Ireland’s MedTech sector as well as an in-depth knowledge of medical devices and the manufacturing processes involved in making them, is a significant development for GF Machining Solutions offering significant new business and growth opportunities.

Ireland is Europe’s largest per capita employer of medical device professionals and the second largest exporter of medical device products. The country exports MedTech products worth €12.6 billion to more than 100 countries.

Ireland is also a global leader in the design, manufacture and supply of cardiovascular devices, orthopaedic implants, diagnostic equipment and surgical instruments – and is home to numerous multinational MedTech companies supported by a large, buoyant and strong supply chain.

Mr Purcell commented: “As GF Machining Solutions’ new Country Sales Manager for Northern and Southern Ireland, and armed with my knowledge and experience of working in the MedTech sector through my previous employment at Schivo Medical and Takumi Precision in Limerick, I am confident that I can make a telling contribution.

“I am no stranger to GF Machining Solutions’ advanced machine tool technologies and automation systems, and how they can help, and are helping, Irish component and mould tool manufacturers improve their productivity and process efficiencies.

“I aim to use my knowledge and experience to help improve GF Machining Solutions’ sales performance not just in the Irish MedTech supply chain but across the board, with OEMs, Tier One companies and precision subcontractors operating in Ireland’s aerospace, pharmaceutical, electronics, materials handling and transport sectors too.”

Mr Purcell has numerous qualifications (L7 & L8) in sales and marketing, international selling and pharmaceutical and medical device operations.

GF Machining Solutions

www.gfms.com/uk