From left to right: Peter Boothby, Rhys Thomas and Michael PingarelliAs part of its ongoing commitment to enhance customer service and experience,
Walter GB Ltd has appointed three new field sales engineers to support the manufacturing supply chain UK-wide. By investing in new engineers, Walter is demonstrating its intent to build upon its unsurpassed reputation as a customer solutions provider while bolstering market share with its groundbreaking machining solutions.
To support customers in the Midlands and South Yorkshire area, Peter Boothby has joined Walter to underpin the company’s commitment to customer service and support. A time-served machinist with over 10 years experience in industry, Mr Boothby has worked in the heat exchanger, crankshaft, and gas turbine industry for world-renowned brands including Siemens. With extensive expertise in machining the most challenging materials on high-end machine tools, he transferred this skillset to the technical cutting tool sector. With years of supporting manufacturers with technical cutting tool solutions with a global cutting tool manufacturer, he is delighted to bring this expertise to the Walter family.
Michael Pingarelli joined the Walter family as a field sales engineer on the South Coast as of February. Joining the Walter team with almost 20 years’ industry experience, Mr Pingarelli climbed the ranks from engineering apprentice, to machinist, and then manufacturing engineer at Magellan Aerospace. Following this tenure, he worked for prestigious Tier One and OEMs in the oil and gas, defence, offshore, nuclear, marine and automation sectors. This extensive industry experience will prove invaluable for identifying the optimal cutting tool solutions for Walter customers in the area.
Innovative and unique solutionsCompleting the trio, Walter has appointed Rhys Thomas to provide process optimisations through cutting tools in the South East region. Based near Luton, Mr Thomas joins the Walter family to underpin the existing market presence and develop new business in the South East region while demonstrating innovative and unique solutions from the industry-leading portfolio of products. As an apprentice trained machinist with extensive experience in the sub-contract motorsport and OEM aerospace sectors, he will apply his industry expertise to deliver productivity and performance gains for Walter clients.
Commenting upon the new appointments, Walter GB’s managing director Ashley Battison said: “We are delighted to welcome three enthusiastic and driven engineers to the Walter family. As we continue on our growth trajectory, bringing new talent into the business and growing our team demonstrates our commitment to delivering unsurpassed customer service, support and excellence. At Walter, our team of experts thrive on solving industry challenges, and each of our new field sales engineers has an excellent track record of delivering results.
“The appointments will drive sales and growth for the Walter brand and provide the industry with an enhanced knowledge of what we can deliver. Walter is a world-leading full-line manufacturer of cutting tools supported by our groundbreaking digital tools like GPS, and the Innotime digital design wizard — all developed to streamline production and yield significant machining results for customers.”