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News Release from: Colchester-Harrison
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 17 January 2006
Northern England lathes sales manager
appointed
To support growing sales success in the North of England, Chris Smith has been appointed as regional sales engineer covering the complete range of Colchester Lathe products.
To support growing sales success in the North of England and following promotion of David Wilkinson to sales manager of Colchestersales (UK), Chris Smith has been appointed as regional sales engineer covering the complete range of Colchester Lathe products Smith, 49, joins Colchestersales (UK) following five years representing XYZ in the North East and returns to the 600 Group where he was an indentured apprentice with TS Harrison and chalked up some 15 years progressively developing his career through machine tool assembly and service, playing a key role in support of overseas agents and distributors
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 23 Mar 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Says Wilkinson: "Chris has been a formidable competitor throughout my selling career in the North and he brings a lot of knowledge and expertise to the Colchestersales operation." Living in Dewsbury Smith has acquired a tremendous local knowledge of users of machine tools and his product knowledge spans turning, milling and special purpose equipment.
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