Telford-based Vargus Tooling UK Ltd — a developer, manufacturer and supplier of precision threading, grooving, turning and hand-deburring tools — has expanded its team with two new staff.

With more than 30 years of industry experience, primarily in technical application roles with leading machine tool and cutting tool manufacturers, Barry Pender brings a wealth of knowledge to the new role of technical sales engineer for Scotland and Ireland. He will be based in Motherwell and offers expertise in the aerospace, offshore, oil and energy sectors.

Meanwhile, Rhianna Harris has been appointed as Vargus’s new customer relationship specialist, based at the company’s UK head office in Telford.

She has spent almost 10 years employed by a world-leading cutting tool manufacturer, and her new role will include “updating, informing and educating customers and the wider industry with the technical solutions available from Vargus to improve productivity, quality and reduce costs for customers”.

Graeme Troughton, Vargus UK’s managing director, said: “As we move into a new year, the new appointments state our intent to build upon our established market position and grow the Vargus brand in the UK and Ireland. The new appointments aim to improve processes, productivity and performance for our customers, driving cost reductions through advanced tooling solutions.

“The new starters will create a seamless flow from introducing and educating industry on the benefits of our new technologies through to implementing and demonstrating the benefits on the shopfloor.”