66 MACHINERY UPDATE MAY/JUNE 2022 www.machineryupdate.co.uk
Who What Where
Who’s done what and gone where... Omron
Southgate Global
Winkworth
Fernando Colás has been promoted to chief executive officer of Omron’s Industrial Automation Business in EMEA. He takes over from Seigo Kinugawa who is returning to Japan to head the Global Business Process and IT Innovation HQ at the company. Colás has been with the company for 37 years and since 2015, has led product and industry marketing and technical support as general director of marketing EMEA, in addition to overseeing post-merger integration for the company.
Mark Potter has joined Southgate Global as service manager to run its expanding service and repair team from the company’s Kings Lynn HQ. This growing Southgate team of specialist technicians provide on-site and remote repair service to ensure any customer downtime with equipment is kept to a minimum. Potter brings over 26 years of experience in managing both on-site and remote service centres to this new role.
Sidel
Michael Elrington has been appointed sales manager at JenAct, part of the Jenton Group of companies, to drive sales of its high performance uv disinfection systems. He joined Jenton two years ago as sales engineer and in this time, has helped to develop the company’s ceiling mounted uv air disinfection system called the GRU-V Jet.
Callum Lindsay has joined Winkworth as a design/ project engineer and in this new role, will be responsible for progressing projects from inception to the finished product, overseeing design, manufacturing and customer liaison. Kyle Hillman has joined the company as quality controller/health & safety assistant bringing experience gained working on contracts for a number of aerospace manufacturers to the role.
Pascal Lefèvre has been named global vice president at Sidel as part of a move to strengthen the company’s commitment to food, home and personal care markets, developing the strategy in this evolving and changing sector.
Watson-Marlow Abdul Butt has joined WatsonMarlow as operations and supply director, responsible for driving the company’s supply excellence to enable continued growth. In his new role, he becomes part of the executive team and reports directly to the group’s md Andrew Mines.
JenAct
27 - 29 SEPTEMBER
PPMA Total Show 2022 NEC, Birmingham www.ppmatotalshow.co.uk 24 - 27 MAY
HISPACK 2021 Barcelona, Spain www.hispack.com 15 - 18 JUNE
Propak Asia 2022 Bangkok, Thailand janette.lane@ppma.co.uk 21 - 23 JUNE
RMGroup Paul Smith has joined the RMGroup as product manager – mobile robotics and automation in a company move designed to add impetus to the growth of the company’s AMR/AGV offering. He brings nearly 30 years of comparable experience to his new role.
tna solutions
Introduction to 3D CAD MAKE UK, Birmingham training@ppma.co.uk 22 - 24 JUNE
Propak China 2022 Shanghai, China www.propakchina.com/en 4 - 8 JULY
Robotics for Maintainers MAKE UK, Birmingham training@ppma.co.uk 5 JULY
BARA Webinar Automation & Sustainability Online event www.ppma.co.uk/bara 24 - 26 AUGUST
Propak Philippines
Paramount Pkg Aaron Bessell, sales director of Paramount Packaging Systems, is celebrating 20 years with the Fuji Machinery supplier.
Diary Dates
tna solutions is celebrating its fortieth birthday. The company was set up by Nadia and Alf Taylor in 1982, and today has over 500 employees and has installed more than 14,000 processing and packaging systems worldwide. “A lot has changed over the last four decades but one thing that hasn’t is our positive outlook and dedication to serving the needs of our customers,” says Alf Taylor, ceo and md at the company.
Manila, Philippines janette.lane@ppma.co.uk 21 - 23 SEPTEMBER
Propak India 2022 Bengaluru, India www.propakindia.com
