Matsuura appoints five new employees

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Matsuura Machinery Ltd has continued to strengthen its service and sales team with the appointment of five new employees.

Barry Pender (pictured), area sales manager for Scotland and Northern Ireland, joins Matsuura with a strong background in machine tool solutions and 16 years working for Rolls Royce in a variety of roles.

In his new role at Matsuura, Pender will be responsible for accelerating the potential of Matsuura’s product offering and supporting both existing and new customers.

He says: “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.”

Joining the Service Team are Ben Pringle and Leon Boucher, service engineers – further boosting Matsuura’s commitment to providing world class customer service. Both have many years’ experience in machine tool fitting, service and maintenance and will support customers on a national basis.

Richard Stretton also joins Matsuura as applications engineer and Samantha Brown, marketing communications officer, officially joins the marketing team.

Says managing director Roger Howkins: “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.”