British Rema, Chesterfield, UK, has appointed Dr John Robinson to the new position of technical sales director. His responsibility will be to lead the commercial function of the company’s process equipment division. With a background in mechanical engineering and a PhD in Materials Engineering, he brings to his new role over 25 years of senior technical, commercial and operational experience in the powder industry.

 

Dr Robinson spent much of his early career in innovation and technical leadership roles, working on the development of advanced powder products, particularly metal oxides.  Having worked overseas for many years, he returned to the UK to serve in various senior positions including commercial manager of the polishing powders division of AMG Superalloys and subsequently its chromium and advanced alloys metal powder processing function. British Rema specialises in milling, micronising, classification and blending of powders and is a leading supplier of powder processing equipment and contract processing services for the chemical, food, metal powders, mineral, pharmaceutical and plastics industries. www.britishrema.com