Manufacturing Machinery World July 2018

APPOINTMENTS
NEW RECRUIT BOOSTS CUSTOMER SUPPORT AT ELLESCO
As one of the UK’s leading providers of deburring and surface finishing equipment and
systems, Ellesco has developed a reputation for high levels of customer support and service.
This will now be enhanced by the appointment of Armin Berndt to the role of applications
engineer.
Armin will be using his extensive knowledge of the sector to provide detailed customer
support across the full range of equipment offered by Ellesco, whether that be its range of
consumable items for deburring and finishing or, the machines and systems that make use of
those consumables, specifically Timesavers’ range of rotary brush and belt deburring, edge
rounding, finishing and oxide removal
machines. “This is a fantastic opportunity to
work with world-leading brands and be a
part of Ellesco’s continuing success in this
area of manufacturing,” says Armin Berndt.
In addition to Timesavers, Ellesco
represents several major brands including
Autopulit providing a range of fully
automatic and CNC machines for polishing,
abrasive belt grinding, deburring and microfinishing
of metal parts; VG Machines for
sanding, grinding and brushing machines for
processing wood and metal components;
Peitzmeier whose range is designed for
surface processing of stainless steel, steel and
MOLLART
APPOINTS
IAN PETIT AS
MANAGING
DIRECTOR
In his new role as managing director of
Mollart Engineering, Ian Petitt has set a 10
year target to progressively build the
business from a £17 million operation to a
£30 million turnover international company
with enhanced return on investment to
support its machine tool sales, tooling and
sub-contract manufacturing operations.
Mr Petitt has been employed by Mollart
for some 22 years of which 18 have been
served in the role of sales director which has
returned highly successful worldwide sales
for its machine tool operations. Orders have
been frequently won against very
competitive international deep hole drilling
companies to supply machines to the USA,
Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, India,
Scandinavia, Central and Eastern Europe.
Said Mr Petitt: “Mollart is an international
UK business with a very strong and
experienced team in deep hole drilling
technology that has led to well over 95 per
cent of the 1,000 machines built being
exported. In running the business, I will
draw further on our international reputation
and experience to continue to enhance our
success in the customisation of our standard
machine build portfolio and special
application development which often
involves automation and bespoke solutions
for customers.”
Tel: 0208 391 2282
mark.dore@mollart.co.uk
www.mollart.com
aluminium, with emphasis on weld-seams
and grinding and polishing surfaces; KBM
with its range of continuous belt machinery
for dressing, blending, graining and
brushing; and WMS, which is expert in
delivering automated solutions for
deburring, including robotic handling
systems.
“Armin’s appointment comes at an
exciting time for Ellesco after we finished
2017 with a record order intake in December
and this positive trend has continued in the
first quarter of 2018. Having additional
resource to provide ongoing customer
support is vital in maintaining this
momentum and Armin will have a widereaching
role to drive sales growth across the
business as well as providing applications
expertise to further enhance the productivity
of our customers,” says Vincent Simonis,
Managing Director, Ellesco.
Tel: 01202499400
general@ellesco.co.uk
www.ellesco.co.uk
SCHUNK GROWS TEAM WITH NEW
AREA SALES MANAGER
One of the market leaders in gripping systems and clamping technology, SCHUNK, has
welcomed a new area sales manager to its expanding UK team. As the latest addition to the
team, Mr. Gerry Cook will be covering London and the South East area for clamping
technology.
Gerry is a self-motivated sales professional with a strong engineering background. With
extensive manufacturing expertise, Gerry
will be a key addition to the existing sales
team at SCHUNK, as the company continues
to benefit from a great MACH 2018
exhibition.
Martin Kent, the General Manager of
SCHUNK Intec Ltd, said: “I am delighted to
introduce Gerry as our latest addition to the
team. Gerry joined us the week of MACH
2018 and his timely arrival gave him the
opportunity to meet the rest of the SCHUNK
team and more importantly customers from
his new area. Customer service is a key focus
point for SCHUNK; and I believe our new
area sales manager, with his deep industry
knowledge, will be able to service the wide
variety of requests we receive from our
customers in the post-MACH period and
beyond”.
Tel: 01908 611127
info@gb.schunk.com
www.gb.schunk.com
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