Thompson Automation Systems makes appointments

Neal Owen brings more than 20 years of robotics expertise to his role of projects manager at the Halesowen-based company. He gained his experience with an allied robot systems business where he was responsible for developing and delivering projects for customers that included car makers BMW, Ford and Nissan. David Merchant has been appointed as technical sales and projects engineer. He served his apprenticeship in the machine tool industry and has worked for many years in the manufacturing sector. Thompson Automation Systems has been chosen by two leading research organisations to supply robotic production cells for investigating new processes for the high technology manufacturing sector. The systems are being built for the Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry and Bristol's National Composites Centre. Thompson Automation Systems supplies automated production solutions for general industries as well as the aerospace and nuclear power markets.