TPT May 2011

I ndustry N ews

Appointments to services and sales management team at Beta LaserMike

BETA LaserMike, a global provider of precision measurement and control solutions, has appointed four key management to further the company’s focus in delivering customer service and product solutions to the markets and customers it serves. Ken Bornhorst joins the company as director of global service and business development; Ian Warren is appointed Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) service manager; Charles Wrinkle is named district sales manager for the Southeast US region; and Mike Cooley assumes the South Central US region. As director of global services and business development, Ken Bornhorst has overall responsibility for structuring and developing a high-performance global service organisation to deliver services and technical solutions to customers. He will also drive the company’s service expansion strategy and growth objectives through next- level relationships, technical consultation and tailored, comprehensive customer- value implementation programmes. As EMEA service manager, Ian Warren will oversee the overall customer service and support operation in this region as well as play a key role in optimising best practices in service delivery. He will work closely with Mr Bornhorst to execute strategic service and support programmes in line with the company’s mission. As district sales manager Charles Wrinkle will have overall responsibility for the growth and development of the Southeast US sales territory, as well as the management of Beta LaserMike’s agents and representatives in this region. He will play a key role in

delivering Beta LaserMike’s complete portfolio of solutions to all industrial markets. Beta LaserMike also announces expanded sales responsibilities for Mike Cooley, district sales manager for the Central US. His new responsibilities include the addition of the South Central region, which consists of Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana. Mr Cooley is presently responsible for managing sales activities in the North Central region, which includes Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri. In addition to account management, Mr Cooley will be responsible for managing the network of agents and representatives in this new region. Beta LaserMike – USA Website: www.betalasermike.com

Ken Bornhorst

Mike Cooley

Charles Wrinkle

Insituform expands India operation

Insituform Pipeline Rehabilitation Private Limited (Insituform-India), has been awarded a contract valued at US$5.6mn to rehabilitate 16,000ft of medium diameter sewer pipelines for the Indian water utility Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam, located in Northern India. The contract strengthens Insituform- India’s position in the Indian market with the expansion into Uttar Pradesh. The project marks the first contract for Insituform-India outside Delhi, where it has been awarded approximately $42mn in work to date. Daniel E Cowan, Insituform’s vice president for the Asia-Pacific area, said: “We are proud to partner with M/s IVRCL,

the project’s general contractor, and are confident in our unique capabilities as a global leader in pipeline protection to meet the demands of this project.” Insituform-India was expected to begin the project in February, installing Insituform ® CIPP (cured-in-place pipe) product and iPlus ® Composite, with the work to be completed in approximately 15 months. Insituform-India is a joint venture formed in 2007 between Insituform Technologies and SPML Infra Limited. Insituform Technologies Inc – USA Website: www.insituform.com

INSITUFORM Technologies Inc has announced that its Indian joint venture,

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