EuroWire September 2021

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New regional manager for Proton Victor Muñiz has been appointed as Proton’s regional manager for Latin America, to lead and develop the com- pany’s sales and services business in Latin America and the Caribbean. Mr Muñiz studied industrial engineering in Barcelona, Spain, before moving to the UK to complete his MBA in London. At the same time, his professional career in the instrumentation industry began, starting with Alcatel Cable as a laboratory and project engineer. After working as a software engineer in product development, he went to the USA to take on marketing and sales roles. In 2001, he relocated to Brazil to cover the South and Central American market; five years later he was promoted to Latin America sales manager, and moved to Mexico. “I am very excited about joining Proton Products,” said Mr Muñiz. “Proton supplies many industries with state-of-the-art Xaloy adds sales agent in Austria Xaloy, a manufacturer of plasticising components for injection and extrusion machinery for the global plastic pro- cessing industry, has selected MEP technische Handels GmbH as its agent in Austria for Xaloy® core components. MEP will provide sales, technical support and rework services for Xaloy screws, barrels and front-end components. “MEP draws on over 15 years of industry expertise to support our customers in reaching their manufacturing goals and help them maximise quality, productivity, efficiency and profitability,” said Ralf Hilbert, managing director of Xaloy Europe GmbH. MEP was founded by Stefan Putschögl, who has more than 15 years’ experience in technical and operational management positions in the plastics industry. After a basic commercial training and a master’s degree at a technical college in upper Austria, Mr Putschögl gained eight years of practical experience as a technical

measurement and control technology, focused on industrial communications, Industry 4.0, an extensive product line, and some really great new product and business developments underway. I am really looking forward to supporting our amazing customer base here in Latin America and being part of the team here at Proton Products.” Proton Products www.protonproducts.com sales manager at an Austrian company. In this role, he supported companies in the production, processing and reprocessing of plastics before starting his own company – MEP technische Handels GmbH – earlier this year. He currently serves as MEP’s managing director. Xaloy www.xaloy.com MEP technische Handels GmbH www.mep-gmbh.at

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