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North Shields exporter brings in nine new faces following expanded product range

North Shields manufacturer Advanced Industrial Solutions has expanded its team to capitalise on new business brought about by the company’s new product range.

The manufacturer of products and services for the offshore, construction and heavy industry sectors has recruited nine new staff members in a variety of management, business development and manufacturing roles.

The firm’s technical division now manufactures and distributes 26 innovative products, including the world’s thinnest fire protection system which protects offshore structures from the heat extremes of a jet fire for between 30-120 minutes, and exports 70% of its output to 30 countries worldwide. It was named British Exporter of the Year by the British Chambers of Commerce in 2015.

Appointments

New faces include operations manager, Anthony Grant, specialist metalworker Steve Welsh and business development manager Martin Cox.

Operations manager Anthony Grant, aged 41 from North Shields joins AIS from waste management specialist, Sita UK where he was responsible for operations and maintenance across the North East. He will now use his extensive knowledge of lean manufacturing principles to build on the company’s strong foundations of safety, health, environment and quality.

Martin Cox takes on a business development role with Advanced Industrial Solutions. Martin has a wealth of experience in the non-destructive testing (NDT) industry having worked for NDT specialist Shoreland. He will now look to raise awareness of Advanced Industrial Solutions’ new NDT product and service range across a range of markets in the UK and globally.

Specialist metalworker Steve Welsh is one of several new appointments in the metalwork fabrication shop to support the rapid growth which Advanced Industrial Solutions has seen in metal products. Steve is responsible for manufacturing the new range of personnel protection equipment and rigid insulation systems for the oil and gas and heavy industry sectors.

Head of the technical division, Chris Evans said: “This is a hugely exciting year for Advanced Industrial Solutions. Moving to a new 14,000sqft state-of-the-art fabrication facility gives us dedicated space to develop new world-class metalwork and fabrication products including welding electrodes, personnel protection systems and rigid insulation jacketing systems to protect offshore assets from extreme temperature, noise, corrosion and fire.

“As well as developing these new exciting products, our global customer reach is growing and we now have distributors for our products in Indo-China, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, in addition to the Middle East and Europe.

“These new appointments will allow us to capitalise on the new business opportunities opening up as a result of our new product range and global distributor network and we are extremely happy to welcome all our new staff to the Advanced Industrial Solutions’ family.”