Dry Bulk asked leading players in the conveyor sector for their insights on a range of conveyor-related topics covering everything from automation to reducing noise emissions and handling corrosive materials. Fenner Dunlop Conveyor Belting Rob Van Oijen – Application Engineering Manager
Rob van Oijen is Manager Application Engineering for Fenner Dunlop Conveyor Belting in The Netherlands. Rob has specialised in conveyors for over 17 years, supporting businesses throughout Europe, Africa, the Middle East and South America and has become one of the most respected application engineers in the conveyor belt industry.
Gambarotta Geschwendt Srl. Davide Gambarotta – CEO
The new establishment of the Gambarotta Group, led by the current CEO, Davide Gambarotta, took place between 2019 and 2020 and is made up of five leading companies in the sector and about 130 people specialised in 44 different fields. The companies involved are: Gambarotta Gschwendt SRL, Gambarotta Australia, MDG Handling Solutions SRL, MDG America Inc. and Ossitaglio SRL.
Martin Engineering Jerad Heitzler – Training Managerr
Jerad Heitzler is a leader in helping the industry learn how to make the handling of bulk materials cleaner, safer, and more productive. He started with Martin Engineering as a Customer Development Representative in 2006. He soon realised his love for teaching about conveyor systems, and so in 2010 took over management and development of the company’s FOUNDATIONSTM Workshop programme. Under his leadership the programme has expanded to offer several levels of conveyor improvement workshops around the world.
Superior Industries Scott Gulan – Director of Business Development
Scott Gulan has been with Superior Industries for 18 years, including 10 years as National Sales Manager. He has been in his current role as Director of Business Development for 3 years.
Vortex Global Kyle Langley – Content & Campaign Manager & Adam Schrage – Technical Sales Manager
Kyle Langley has been with Vortex for eight years with six of those years spent as a Sales Application Specialist before transitioning to Marketing. Adam Schrage who has an esteemed engineering background in Loading Systems also contributed to this article and has been the Technical Sales Manager for Vortex Loading Solutions for the past 13 years.
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