News - Jul 2013

Vapormatt enhances customer service with new appointment

Paul Rawlinson Vapormatt

Vapormatt has strengthened its position within the surface preparation industry and enhanced its offer for customers with the appointment of Paul Rawlinson as an Application Specialist and Sales Engineer.  Paul brings to Vapormatt more than 30 years’ experience within the industry and this will significantly assist customers in the selection and specification of equipment within the markets that he is responsible for developing: aluminium, aerospace and contract processing operations.

Paul will be responsible for helping customers gain the maximum advantages from Vapormatt’s latest wet blast systems for the cleaning and polishing of extrusion dies at the correction stage. These include the ever-popular Cougar Radial and the Jaguar, which has recently been developed still further to help customers improve productivity, precision and profitability.
During his career, Paul Rawlinson has held key senior positions at Rösler, a major player in the surface preparation sector. These positions have included Aerospace Business Development Manager and General Manager within the UK and USA.

“Vapormatt has an extremely successful and well established business, backed a strong technical team, a comprehensive range of advanced products and a global network of distributors,” Paul Rawlinson said.  “I’m looking forward to this new and exciting challenge, and to working with the team to deliver an even better service to all our customers.” 

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