TODAY SMART NEWS - SEPTEMBER 2009
Imenco to settle in Aberdeen
For Imenco it is an important step forward to be present in the offshore capitol of UK, Aberdeen.
The man who is going to set up and develop the Imenco UK Aberdeen office is George Falconer (65), a Scottish engineer well known in Aberdeen’s oil and gas circles. For 30 years he has been involved in projects related to submarine pipelines and oil and gas constructions in the North Sea and beyond. For the last ten years he has been the Region Sales Manager of the American company Oil States Industries, as such responsible for the operations of the group in Europe, North Africa and major parts of Asia. He was planning to retire shortly, but was tempted when he was offered the chance to develop the second Imenco foreign office. - This is actually my second ‘retirement’. Last time was ten years ago, but then I was tempted by an offer from Oil States Industries. Since I still find I have a lot of energy to spend, Imenco’s offer was so tempting that I said yes, says Falconer to Imenco Today. He reckons it is going to take one to two years to build an organization. Finding
suitable premises and selecting key personnel for the Imenco UK office have first priority. - I firmly believe that we will succeed, mainly because Imenco can offer quality products and substantial competence in its fields. Even if Imenco has grown significantly during the last years, we are still small from an international point of view, which is one of our greatest advantages on the market. Imenco has a flexible organization consisting of people with the ability to turn around quickly. Therefore, we are able to provide our customers with the products and solutions they need, when they need them. Larger organizations and companies are often less flexible and unable to produce exactly the solutions the customers really want. Instead, they simply offer the customers what they have in store. Working in this trade for three decades has made me realize that this is not always to the benefit of the customers, says Falconer. George Falconer is an Mechanical engineer, originally from Edinburgh,
with 30 years’ experience within the offshore industry. His main working area has been Subsea projects related to pipelines. George Falconer started with Imenco 1st September. His first priority will be to develop a sales department and a service department in Aberdeen.
George Falconer has 30 years of experience in the management of Subsea projects offshore. He is currently responsible for the development of Imenco’s UK department in Aberdeen.