Finishing & Screen Printing

BOBST trio rack up 75 years of service in services

Wednesday 21. August 2013 - Three members of the BOBST Services team this week celebrated twenty five years each with the company. The 65 BOBST personnel in the UK have over 800 years of technical know-how between them.

Alan Letford, Chris Kingsland and Mike West all joined BOBST in the 1988, the year that BOBST’s home country of Switzerland won the Eurovision Song Contest (weirdly thanks to Celine Dion), Microsoft launched Windows 2.1, and pop princess Rihanna was born. Mike West will be known to many BOBST customers for his work as a Field Service Technician, specialising in Electrical and Electronic issues, while Chris Kingsland provides specialist technical advice to users of BOBST folder-gluers. Alan Letford is part of the BOBST management team and is the company’s National Service Manager for the UK, Ireland & Scandinavia.
At a presentation to mark the anniversaries, Neil Jones, Managing Director of Bobst UK & Ireland, said, “The fact that these three guys have racked up 75 years of service between them testifies to their commitment to our customers. In different fields they have spent their careers helping packaging makers get the most out of their BOBST equipment and hopefully they will continue to do so for many years to come. Alan Letford, in particular, has changed the service landscape here by developing new and innovative approaches and by his amazing attention to detail.”
Neil Jones himself recently celebrated twenty five years with BOBST, as did John Ardern, a Product Specialist covering the company’s folding carton die-cutters and hot-foil stamping presses. Neil Jones said, “John, Mike, Chris and Alan are not entirely unusual in our company. We have several members of our technical staff with over twenty years’ service and we have over 800 years of industry experience among our 65 UK based staff, 75% of who have a technical background.”