XYZ Machine Tools has added two area sales engineers to enhance sales support in the south west of England and south Wales; and Scotland. The two new recruits, Sam Ayres and Alasdair Fraser, combine youth and experience. Sam having completed an apprenticeship with XYZ, gaining a strong grounding in the company’s ProtoTRAK range of machines, including overseeing the assembly and pre-sale testing of the XYZ 2-OP and LPM machines; Alasdair’s background is in the toolmaking sector, where he completed his apprenticeship and spent six years working across a number of disciplines including operating and programming CNC machines as well as gaining experience in 3D CAD/CAM. At 22 and 24 years of age respectively, Sam and Alasdair will bring a fresh outlook to generating business for XYZ Machine Tools as it develops its own product range, with several new machine launches in 2017.
Meanwhile, midlands-based MNB Precision Engineering has appointed a new global sales manager as the company looks towards further international expansion.
MNB supplies high end precision parts and components to a range of industries from defence and nuclear to transport, power, oil and gas. It already works with businesses in the USA, Scandinavia, Middle East and Europe as well as the UK.
Ken Burnett
The appointment of Ken Burnett as the new global sales manager is part of the business plan to grow the company's presence in the export market. He has an in depth knowledge of global markets and the oil and gas sector in particular, and has worked across Scandinavia, the USA and Eastern Europe.
He said: "It was MNB's ambition in the global market which attracted me to the business. It is a growing company with plans to increase its international work. For some that might sound daunting, but I enjoy a challenge. These are very exciting times for the business and I am delighted to be part of that."
