The Engineering Technology Group (ETG), based in Wellesbourne, has announced the appointment of Jon Mannion as its regional sales manager for the East Midlands, spanning Sheffield, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire and Suffolk areas. He returns to the company having previously spent an eight-year spell at ETG.

Starting his engineering apprenticeship in 1978, Mr Mannion has spent his entire career in the machine tool industry. He has academic and shopfloor experience as well as decades of sales engineering expertise honed from over 30 years of working with many of the world’s leading machine tool manufacturers.

Welcoming him back, ETG managing director Mr Martin Doyle said: “Jon has proven to be a very successful and dynamic sales engineer down the years, and we are delighted to welcome him back to the ETG family. Not only is he a talented sales engineer, but his vast industry experience also gives him a complete understanding of how to meet the exact needs of manufacturers by delivering bespoke solutions for customer requirements from ETG’s extensive product portfolio.”