Matthew Bartle has been appointed as the new UK sales director at Houghton International plc (www.houghtonintl.com), following a restructure of its UK sales division.

Mr Bartle joined Houghton in 2010 as a technical account manager and has been the UK business and development manager for the last three years.

He said: “Houghton International has been built upon the principles of developing ground-breaking fluid solutions and supporting these products with technical expertise that benefits the manufacturing industry world-wide.

“Our products are internally accredited by many of the world’s leading aerospace, automotive, food and consumer goods companies.

“Houghton will be aiming to educate and support the supply chain of these key sectors — delivering cost, efficiency and environmental benefits to the end users through effective fluid-management programmes.”