Gary Bates will be responsible for growing the East Midlands firm’s market share in aerospace, automotive and CNC machine tools.
The mechanical engineer’s arrival is at a perfect time for the company, with it recently boosting its DIGILOG touch probe system range by officially launching LC50 at the MACH 2018.
He says: “My previous roles have seen me work across the globe and in numerous different sectors, with the most recent position as a metrology consultant for some of the biggest names in the aerospace world.
“Blum-Novotest’s reputation was a major attraction for joining the company and I’m very excited about leading the sales team in pushing the DIGILOG range and LC50, not to mention traditional products including workpiece probes, roughness and bore gauges.
“There’s never been a better time to be driving these innovations with manufacturing now going away from Co-ordinate Measuring Machines towards what we can offer. Speed, accuracy and ease of installation are all major selling points.”
Blum-Novotest employs 534 people and turned over £77m across its 16 subsidiaries.
Image Caption: (l-r) Nathan Baulk (Engineering Manager) and Gary Bates (Technical Sales Manager) of Blum-Novotest
