Around the world, meet tna’s newest team members

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June 22, 2017

by Michael Lea

This is the perfect opportunity to show you who is working tirelessly behind the scenes at tna and introduce some of the new faces in our ever growing global team. As innovation is key to success in the processing and packaging industry, we are always looking for la ‘crème de la crème’ to help provide complete solutions and the support you need quickly and efficiently.

Bankok, Thialand

Oliver Uwe hess – Operations Manager

Barcelona, Spain

Jordi Escalas Espada – Regional Sales Manager

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Mark Stephenson – Technical Support Engineer
John Macara Hobkirk – Project Manager
Raymond James Starrs – Product Development Engineer

Dallas, Texas, USA

James Byrne Howell – Technical Support Engineer
Rodney G. McIntosh – Technical Support Engineer
Kristin Bell – Project Manager

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Abdelrahman Lotfy Mohammed Elsayed Kandee – Regional Sales Manager

Johannesburg – South Africa

Frik Smit – Technical Support Engineer

Melbourne, Australia

Sanjaya Perera – Customer Service & Logistics Coordinator
Andy Sinnasamy – Customer Service & Logistics Coordinator

Mexico City, Mexico

David Arturo Cornejo Barrios – Divisional Sales Manager
Juan Carlos Sanchez Larios – Regional Sales Manager
Alberto Diaz Duran Tangassi – Regional Sales Manager
Marco Antonio Gonzalez Perez – Technical Support Engineer

Moscow, Russia

Alexandra Vyacheslavovna Simakova – Regional Sales Manager

Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Michael Mariani – Regional Sales Manager

Shanghai, China

Xu Sishun – General Manager

Sydney, Australia

Lourens Grobler – Technical Support Engineer

Tokyo, Japan

Shuntaro Yamasaki – Regional Sales Manager

Wettringen, Germany

Sanja Miletic – Office Administrator
Murat Durgun – Regional Sales Manager
Christopher Geerligs – Technical Support Engineer

Woerden, The Netherlands

Iris Stitselaar – Office Administrator
Grace Creutzburg – Office Administrator
Jacobus Henricus Maria Boom – Technical Support Engineer
Carel Pfaff – Group Product Manager – Processing
F. van Manen – Aftermarket Sales Manager
Yuri de Vries – Sales Manager

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