Walter expands team with new appointments

As part of its ongoing commitment to enhance customer service and experience, Walter GB has appointed three new Field Sales Engineers to support the manufacturing supply chain throughout the UK. 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 commitment to customer service and support. A time-served machinist with over a decade in the industry, Peter has worked in the heat exchanger, crankshaft, and gas turbine industry for world-renowned brands like Siemens. With extensive expertise in machining the most challenging materials on high-end machine tools, Peter transferred this skill set to the technical cutting tool sector. With years of supporting manufacturers with technical cutting tool solutions with a global cutting tool manufacturer, Peter is delighted to bring this expertise to the Walter family. 

Manufacturers on the South Coast will be delighted to learn that Michael Pingarelli has joined the Walter family as a field sales engineer as of February. Joining the Walter team with almost 20 years of industry experience, Michael climbed the ranks from engineering apprentice to machinist and, subsequently, manufacturing engineer at Magellan Aerospace. Following this tenure, Michael worked for prestigious Tier 1 and OEMs in the oil & gas, defence, offshore, nuclear, marine and automation segments. This remarkable industry experience will prove invaluable for identifying the optimal cutting tool solutions for Walter customers along the South Coast area. 

Walter has appointed Rhys Thomas to provide process optimisations through cutting tools in the South East area. Based near Luton, Rhys 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 subcontract motorsport and OEM aerospace sectors, Rhys will apply his industry expertise to deliver productivity and performance gains for Walter clients.

Commenting upon the new appointments, Walter GB Ltd Managing Director Ashley Battison says: “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 incredible machining results for customers.”

About Walter AG

Walter AG was founded in 1919 and is now one of the world's leading metalworking companies. As a provider of specialised machining solutions, Walter offers a wide range of precision tools for milling, turning, drilling and threading applications. Walter works together with its customers to develop custom solutions for fully machining components for use in the aviation and aerospace industries, as well as automotive, energy and general engineering. The company demonstrates its Engineering Kompetenz at every stage of the machining process. As an innovative partner capable of creating digital process solutions for optimal efficiency, Walter is pioneering Industry 4.0 throughout the machining industry. With over 3,500 employees worldwide, together with its numerous subsidiaries and sales partners, Walter AG serves customers in over 80 different countries. 

Walter GB Ltd   www.walter-tools.com