Hardide invests for further North American growth

Advanced surface coating technology company, Hardide Coatings has appointed Mark Hanania as business development engineer based in Houston, Texas to help drive growth in the oil, gas and energy sectors throughout North America.

The recent entry into the aerospace market is also underpinning significant investment in coating technology and quality accreditation at the company’s US coating facility in Martinsville, Virginia, which is on-track to receive accreditation to aerospace quality management standard AS9100 during summer 2018.

Philip Kirkham, CEO of Hardide Coatings said: “We are seeing a strong rise in demand from oil and gas customers in North America and Mark’s appointment will enable existing North America VP business development, Dan Wilson, to concentrate on other high-tech markets including aerospace, where we believe there are significant opportunities throughout the region.

“We are expanding our capacity in the USA with investment in people, equipment and technology supported by the highest, aerospace quality standards.”