Andrew Pearce (42) has been recruited by Princes Risborough-based Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Ltd (www.sumitomotool
.com) to represent tool sales and provide customer support in the area “from Leicester to North Yorkshire”.

He brings specialist skills gained from the heavy engineering and aerospace sub-contract sectors, where he was involved with machining difficult materials and the development of lean manufacturing techniques.

Mr Pearce started as a machinist at British Steel in 1993. He then moved to aerospace sub-contract machining, followed by selling sub-contract machining capacity and a move into tooling sales five years ago.