Phil Eates appointed service manager for technotrans

Print Solutions

technotrans has strengthened its management and service team with the appointment of Phil Eates who joins the company from outside the graphic arts industry.

Phil is appointed service manager reporting directly to managing director Peter Benton and he will work out of the Colchester office.

technotrans is a market leader for press peripherals, supplying cooling systems for digital and litho presses, inking systems (conventional and UV, LED-UV and LE-UV), filtration products and water treatment.

Over the past five years the company has diversified, increasing its range of services but also extending into new markets and working with design engineers to project manage cooling solutions from concept stage through to sellable product. One area it is especially targeting currently is plastic injection moulding, following the acquisition of a major shareholding in gwk, which is a specialist in this sector.

‘We have enjoyed a growth in service and maintenance agreements and so it is right that we invest and create this role to further improve our overall performance,’ said Peter Benton. ‘Phil is experienced in service and especially maintenance and he will develop our processes and performance and be a real asset on the management team.’

Phil said, ‘I was looking for a new challenge and I like the fact this is a business to business role serving both groups and independent companies.

‘Service management skills are the same irrespective of the industry. I believe we can further develop our maintenance contracts business and there are processes we can implement and training we can introduce that will enable us to do things even better than before.’