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MachinePoint over 11 years ago and has grown within the team to become the new Sales Director of MachinePoint´s Extrusion division. He is a naturally born sales driven person, with high levels of activity which makes him unbeatable when reaching sales results. He has a deep understanding of the extrusion market where he has been focused since he joined MachinePoint. His capacity to speak several languages fluently has help him to develop a key position within the extrusion market in Europe. He speaks Spanish, English, German, Portuguese, French and Italian. Mr. Rodriguez takes over a mixed team of senior and junior sales people and will be focusing on training and expanding it to achieve superior sales results. Pilar Alvarez, prior Plastics Division Director commented: “Having worked with Marco and Isaac on multiple complex projects along all these years I feel that both possess a vast experience in their respective machinery industries. Their strong expertise will enable them to lead their teams in the following years and I wish them all the best in this challenge of growth and development.” . www.machinepoint.com GRC LLC, in the Republic of Georgia, Selects Thermatool CFi Solid State Welder Inductotherm Heating & Welding are pleased to announce the successful commissioning of a new Thermatool 250kW CFI welder to GRC LLC. Inductotherm Heating & Welding’s is the European base for one of their leading brands Thermatool. The UK Thermatool team have worked closely with GRC project managers and our sister company Inductotherm Group Russia to ensure the successful commission of this new equipment. The power of being part of the global Inductotherm Group is that our customers feel the benefit of our “Global Yet Local” approach. With this project we were able to utilize the services of our Moscow based Service Engineers to commission the welder in a timely manner to the customers satisfaction. The benefit to the customer also comes through knowing that they have highly trained engineers on their doorstep for future maintenance and servicing needs. We are proud to be able to offer this service to our customers and it fit in well to our bespoke approach to each project. Inductotherm Heating & Welding’s – UK Thermatool team will look forward to meeting existing and new customers at Metal Expo Moscow, November 2019 where we will present the latest generation of Thermatool induction heating for the tube and pipe industry. . www.inductothermhw.co.uk TUBE NEWS November 2019 13