TPT May 2011

I ndustry N ews

GYS expands with four new appointments

GYS Ltd – UK Fax: +44 1926 429 764 Email: uk@gys.fr Website: www.gys-welding.com GYS – France

GYS Ltd, the French welding equipment and battery charger manufacturer, has appointed four new personnel, as its operations continue to expand in the UK market. Neil White has been appointed area sales manager, East Midlands. He brings with him considerable experience in sales and sales support within the tooling and automotive sectors. Jenny Nightingale has been appointed area sales manager, South West England, and she also brings experience working with distributors in the industrial sector. Both of these important appointments will be responsible within their respective regions for introducing GYS to new distributors and working with them to increase sales in the tool shop, welding, agricultural and automotive equipment distributor sectors for the complete range of GYS welding and battery charger products. Laura Howell has been appointed marketing assistant and will be

responsible for the company’s marketing activities, enhancing all communication materials through traditional and new media, building the GYS brand and supporting distributors’ sales advertising, literature production, exhibitions and media relations. Jack Rombach has joined as warehouse operator with responsibility to run the warehouse operations, ensuring high levels of logistics service to GYS distributors. Neil Pulsford, UK commercial director, commented, “These four appointments come at a crucial time, as we continue to expand into the UK market, and will be very important for our future growth. We have only been in the UK for a relatively short period but the GYS brand is being received very well. “We are of course delighted to be expanding at the rate we are, having recently moved into new larger premises in Warwick and added these four people to our team.”

Fax: +33 2 43 68 35 21 Email: contact@gys.fr Website: www.gys.fr

GYS’s new UK premises

Hexagon in Dormer deal HEXAGON Metrology Ltd, the supplier of dimensional metrology systems, has entered into a partnership with Dormer Tools based in Sheffield. At their new facility in Waverley, near Sheffield, there is a concentration of high technology cutting tool solutions. Alongside these will be various solutions from Hexagon Metrology’s arsenal of high-tech dimensional metrology systems. One application of particular relevance will be the inclusion of PC-DMIS NC and M&H Machine Tool Probes, these Hexagon Metrology products allow for in-process metrology on CNC machine tools. “A partnership like this allows us to demonstrate that bringing metrology and cutting tool technologies closer together can offer benefits for the end user,” explains David Brown, general manager of Hexagon Metrology Ltd, UK. “Having our products on hand at the Dormer facility will allow users to learn and understand how metrology is truly an integral part of the production cycle.” Hexagon Metrology UK Website: www.hexagonmetrology.co.uk

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