Barry Pender, area sales manager for Scotland and Northern Ireland joins the company with a strong background in machine tool solutions and 16 years working for Rolls-Royce in a variety of roles including component inspector and CNC machinist.
“Throughout my career I’ve always worked with best-in-class companies, so joining the Matsuura team with their commitment to deliver quality products and services is a great opportunity,” he enthused.
In his new role at Matsuura, Mr Pender will be responsible for accelerating the potential of Matsuura’s product offering and supporting both existing and new customers. He will report to Domenic Seminerio, national sales manager.
Joining the service team are Ben Pringle and Leon Boucher, further boosting Matsuura’s commitment to providing exemplary customer service. Both new recruits have many years’ experience in machine tool fitting, service and maintenance and will support customers on a national basis.
With decades of applications experience under his belt, Richard Stretton joins Matsuura as applications engineer, further developing his speciality of 5-axis and 4-axis horizontal machining.
Finally, with 22 years’ experience in business to business marketing, Samantha Brown, marketing communications officer officially joins the marketing team.
Commenting on the new positions, Roger Howkins, managing director said: “The appointment of these roles is key in continuing to meet and exceed our customers’ expectations. We have an experienced team in place to deliver a strong performance in 2018. We welcome Barry, Ben, Leon, Richard and Sam to the Matsuura team.”
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