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Investing for further growth in North America
Investing for further growth in North America.
About this update from Hardide Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 9317T Hardide PLC 09 July 2018 \n\n09 July 2018\n \nHardide plc\n(\"Hardide\" or \"the Group\" or \"the Company\")\n \n \n \nInvesting for further growth in North America\n \nHardide (AIM: HDD), the developer and provider of advanced surface coating technology, is pleased to announce that it has appointed Mark Hanania as Business Development Engineer based in Houston, Texas to help drive growth in the oil, gas and energy sectors throughout North America.\n \nStrong growth in demand from oil and gas customers in North America and recent entry into the aerospace market is underpinning significant investment in coating technology and quality accreditation at the Company's US coating facility in Martinsville, Virginia.\n \nA third coating reactor will be installed by Q4 2018 to accommodate increased demand from major oil and gas operating and service companies. The Martinsville facility is on-track to receive accreditation to aerospace quality management standard AS9100 during summer 2018.\n \nMark Hanania joins Hardide Coatings, Inc. as Business Development Engineer - Oil, Gas & Energy, North America from 3M Canada where he was responsible for driving 3M innovation into the Alberta/British Columbia oil and gas markets. He brings 20 years of engineering and business development experience, previously spending more than 13 years with Hilti Canada where he held several engineering roles. Mark has a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Calgary.\n \nPhilip Kirkham, CEO of Hardide plc, commented: \"We are seeing a strong rise in demand from oil and gas customers in North America and Mark's appointment will enable existing North America VP Business Development, Dan Wilson, to concentrate on other high-tech markets including aerospace, where we believe there are significant opportunities throughout the region.\n \n\"We are expanding our capacity in the USA with investment in people, equipment and technology supported by the highest, aerospace quality standards.\"\n \n\n\n\n \nEnquiries:\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \nHardide plc\nPhilip Kirkham, CEO\nJackie Robinson, Communications Manager\n\n\n \n \nTel: +44 (0) 1869 353830\n\n\n\n\n \nIFC Advisory\nGraham Herring / Heather Armstrong / Florence Chandler\n\n\n \nTel: ...