GF Machining Solutions, the milling, EDM, laser and Additive Manufacturing (AM) machine tool specialist and advanced automation and tooling systems\u2019 supplier, has recently appointed Mr Gary Purcell as its new Country Sales Manager for Northern and Southern Ireland.<\/p>\n
Previously employed as Applications Engineering Manager at Waterford-based Schivo Medical, an innovative Contract Manufacturing Organisation specialising in the medical device and life sciences sectors, and with considerable sales experience from working in and across Ireland\u2019s (and Europe\u2019s) medical device and mass spectrometry manufacturing supply chains, Mr Purcell, a seasoned sales professional, joined GF Machining Solutions in February 2024.<\/p>\n
Employing a sales manager with such extensive, first-hand experience of Ireland\u2019s MedTech sector as well as an in-depth knowledge of medical devices per se and the manufacturing processes involved in making them, is clearly good news for GF Machining Solutions.<\/p>\n
Although already established as a key partner with a number of Irish medical component manufacturing OEMs, Tier One companies and precision subcontractors, the sheer scope and scale of Ireland\u2019s MedTech sector provides GF Machining Solutions, through its latest appointment, with significant new business and organic growth opportunities.<\/p>\n
The statistics below helps illustrate Ireland\u2019s MedTech growth potential for GF Machining Solutions, and where the company could increase its market share.<\/p>\n
Ireland is Europe\u2019s largest per capita employer of medical device professionals and the second largest exporter of medical device products. The country exports MedTech products worth <\/em>\u20ac<\/em>12.6 billion to over 100 countries, with 80% of the world\u2019s stents and 50% of the world\u2019s hospital ventilators being manufactured there.<\/em><\/p>\n Ireland is also a global leader in the design, manufacture and supply of cardiovascular devices, orthopaedic implants, diagnostic equipment and surgical instruments \u2013 and is home to numerous multinational MedTech companies supported by a large, buoyant and strong supply chain.<\/em><\/p>\n Comments Gary Purcell on his appointment:<\/p>\n \u201cI am really looking forward to the challenge.<\/p>\n \u201cAs GF Machining Solutions\u2019 new Country Sales Manager for Northern and Southern Ireland, and armed with my knowledge and experience of working in the MedTech sector through my previous employment at Schivo Medical and, before that, at Takumi Precision in Limerick, I am confident that I can make a telling contribution.<\/p>\n \u201cI am no stranger to GF Machining Solutions\u2019 advanced machine tool technologies (milling, EDM, laser, Additive Manufacturing) and automation systems, and how they can help, and are helping, Irish component and mould tool manufacturers improve their productivity and process efficiencies.<\/p>\n \u201cI aim to use my knowledge and experience to help improve GF Machining Solutions\u2019 sales performance not just in the Irish MedTech supply chain but across the board, with OEMs, Tier One companies and precision subcontractors operating in Ireland\u2019s aerospace, pharmaceutical, electronics, materials handling and transport sectors too.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr Purcell lives in Limerick and has numerous qualifications (L7 & L8) in sales and marketing, international selling and pharmaceutical and medical device operations under his belt.<\/p>\n www.gfms.com\/uk<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" GF Machining Solutions, the milling, EDM, laser and Additive Manufacturing (AM) machine tool specialist and advanced automation and tooling systems\u2019 supplier, has recently appointed Mr Gary Purcell as its new Country Sales Manager for Northern and Southern Ireland. Previously employed… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28572,"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28570\/revisions\/28572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}