New Faces at Hardide Coatings

Business development appointments to boost European and US growth

Advanced surface coatings technology company Hardide Coatings has appointed two senior business development managers to drive uptake of its tungsten carbide-based coatings as the company expands its business in Europe and North America.

Gary Roberts will focus on developing European sales of Hardide coatings into new market sectors such as material processing, mining, mineral extraction and metal injection moulding and Houston-based Dan Wilson will increase penetration of the US oil and gas sector as well as develop interest from new markets.

The new appointments bring a combined experience of more than four decades, and join as the company embarks on an ambitious but focused growth strategy. Gary Roberts joins from the mineral processing sector where he was in a senior sales role at Tarmac Limited. In addition, he brings a strong background in industrial sales in the fields of bearings, filtration, centrifuges and compressors, including four years working and successfully developing a business in the USA. His role at Hardide Coatings is to develop new market areas in order to broaden the customer base.

Dan Wilson joins from M Cubed Technologies, Inc where he was sales manager. Previously, he held manufacturing and sales management positions at Saint-Gobain and CoorsTek. He returns to Hardide Coatings having previously worked with the company from 2006 until the global downturn caused the hibernation of the Houston facility in 2009. Wilson holds a B.S. and M.S. in Ceramic Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla.

Philip Kirkham, chief executive officer of Hardide Coatings said: “There is strong interest in the Hardide coating technology from markets that previously we have not had the resources to investigate. These appointments, which double the size of our business development team, will enable us to develop these opportunities and make real progress towards realising our growth potential.”

Hardide Coatings develops and produces nanostructured tungsten carbide-based coatings which save cost, reduce downtime and optimise component life. The full range of nanostructured Hardide coatings provide abrasion, erosion and chemical resistance to metal substrates while themselves being tough, ductile and impact resistant.

Hardide Coatings
Tel: 01869 353830
www.hardide.com

Published: 16th October 2013