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Responsibility for all Agie Charmilles’ EDM and 5-axis CNC milling machine operations in the UK and Ireland is now in the hands of UK managing director, Steve Sylvester

Agie Charmilles, the EDM and high-speed/ 5-axis milling machine tool specialist has appointed Steve Sylvester as UK managing director. The position was vacated when previous managing director, Tony Steels, left to head up GF AgieCharmilles’ manufacturing operations in Beijing, China. Agie Charmilles is part of the Georg Fischer Group.

So Sylvester takes over responsibility for all Agie Charmilles’ operations in the UK and Ireland.

Sylvester was formerly with Rockwell Automation, a market-leading industrial automation solutions provider.

He was employed as industry sales manager and was responsible for business growth and development across Europe, Africa and The Middle East.

Sylvester’s sales career with Rockwell Automation spanned 16 years.

He held positions as: regional sales and service manager for Central and Eastern Europe; regional sales manager UK (south); UK Systems and Service manager and UK OEM manager.

Commenting on his appointment as Agie Charmilles’ managing director, Sylvester said: ‘I am very much looking forward to leading GF AgieCharmilles’ business in the UK and Ireland, and developing and delivering a successful growth strategy for the company.’ He added: ‘These are exciting times for Agie Charmilles.

Over the next few months we will be showcasing and launching the latest generation of Agie and Charmilles EDM machines and Mikron machining centres into the market.

I am confident that customers and prospects alike will be impressed with what we have on offer.’ Steve Sylvester is trained as an electrical engineer.

He is 45 years of age and lives in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.

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