Star Micronics appoints area sales manager
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Phil Roberts has been appointed as Area Sales Manager for the South and South East of England, by sliding-headstock lathe company Star Micronics GB.
Mr Roberts brings directly relevant experience to his new role, having been responsible for setting and operating sliding head lathes, at a sub-contractor, specialising in aerospace, defence and medical work.
He served a 4-year apprenticeship at BAE Systems and holds an HND in Engineering, from what is now the University of Hertfordshire. Latterly, he has worked in machine tools sales and also has experience selling cutting tools.
There is a significant installed base of Star machines in the South, so in addition to developing new contacts, Mr Roberts will be visiting existing users to underline his additional roles outside of sales. These include first-line contact for applications engineering and service, and arranging demonstrations at the company's technical centre in Melbourne, Derbyshire.
Other products sold by Star GB, for which Mr Roberts will be responsible, are the German-built range of short and full-length bar magazines from FMB, and JBS compensating guide bush systems, also from Germany.
