{"id":11867,"date":"2019-04-30T05:00:52","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T04:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/?p=11867"},"modified":"2019-04-29T09:24:48","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T08:24:48","slug":"uk-expansion-for-global-software-supplier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/uk-expansion-for-global-software-supplier\/","title":{"rendered":"UK expansion for global software supplier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Industrial software supplier, COPA-DATA<\/a><\/strong>, is celebrating its continuous growth with the appointment of two new employees to its UK team.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With headquarters in Salzburg, Austria, COPA-DATA has local sales and technical support in 46 countries. The expansion of the UK team will facilitate the company\u2019s projected growth in this region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Garry Forfar has joined COPA-DATA UK as Regional Manager for the North of the UK. With over 10 years\u2019 experience at large engineering organisations, including Schneider Electric and ABB, Garry provides valuable knowledge of Britain\u2019s engineering and manufacturing industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With copious experience as a contracts engineer and having spent the past six years as a solutions sales engineer, Garry has had extensive involvement of liaising with customers to ensure the correct project is delivered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For COPA-DATA, an organisation dedicated to helping manufacturers perform digital transformations, this skill will enable the company to accurately identify the needs of their customers, before deploying the correct software platform for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While COPA-DATA\u2019s UK office is based in Cardiff, Wales, Garry is based in Scotland and will be responsible for managing zenon deployment in the North of the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matthew Joy has also been appointed as Technical Consultant at COPA-DATA UK. With an extensive background in production engineering and specifically control and instrumentation, Matthew brings a wealth of practical engineering knowledge to the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COPA-DATA\u2019s software platform, zenon, is primarily used in energy applications, as well as traditional manufacturing settings. This includes the deployment of software for vertical sectors, such as automotive, food and beverage and pharmaceutical production. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In previous roles, Matthew has been responsible for fault finding tasks in production \u2014 a task which zenon can complete automatically. Matthew\u2019s practical experience of manufacturing production provides him with a clear understanding of customers automation goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs an industry, manufacturing is changing rapidly,\u201d explained Martyn Williams, managing director of COPA-DATA UK. \u201cEvery facility in the country is looking for ways to improve productivity, reduce outgoings and improve energy consumption \u2014 and embarking on a digital transformation project is an ideal way to begin this change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are already 135,000 installed zenon systems worldwide. This is across the food and beverage, energy, automotive and pharmaceutical sectors. COPA-DATA\u2019s rapid growth in the UK, and the requirement to employ two new members of staff, reflects the industry\u2019s growing need to improve the way it controls and monitors its operation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Industrial software supplier, COPA-DATA, is celebrating its continuous growth with the appointment of two new employees to its UK team.\u00a0 With headquarters in Salzburg, Austria, COPA-DATA has local sales and technical support in 46 countries. The expansion of the UK team will facilitate the company\u2019s projected growth in this region. 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