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[June 2009]
Cymat Announces New Management Team
Cymat Technologies Ltd (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) has announced the appointment of Jim Johnson as its new Vice President of Operations and Kevin Smith as its new Vice President of Business Development. In addition, Greg Skvortsoff, currently Product Manager Defence, will continue to lead the marketing and technical effort for blast mitigation and take direct responsibility for business development of automotive products.
Mr Johnson brings to Cymat an extensive background in manufacturing and operations with expertise in lean manufacturing, business planning, IT implementation and quality excellence. Jim also possesses a five-year degree in Mechanical Engineering and Management. He is replacing Philip Neukom who was in the role since July 2006.
Mr Smith has an extensive business development background selling into Cymat’s three verticals: Automotive, Architectural and Military. Kevin fills this newly creative position, focusing on growth of the architectural and blast mitigation businesses. He has completed Six Sigma Green Belt Training and Lean Leadership Training as well as a BSc and an MBA.
"The addition of Kevin and increase in Greg's responsibilities illustrates our company's anticipated growth in our 3 lines of business by adding capacity to our business development, marketing and technical support activities," said Tim Hardman, President of Cymat. "With Jim's extensive operational experience, I am confident that under his leadership we will produce world class products and services exceeding our customer's expectations through operational excellence."
Cymat is a materials technology company with the worldwide rights to manufacture and sell proprietary stabilised aluminium foam products in most of the industrialised nations of the world. Stabilised aluminium foam (SAF) is produced using a proprietary, versatile process in which gas is bubbled into molten-alloyed aluminium containing a dispersion of fine ceramic particles to create a foam that is then cast into lightweight panels and shapes. The result is a revolutionary material with a wide array of features including very low density, mechanical energy absorption, thermal and acoustic insulation, is recyclable, time and temperature insensitive and has a low cost of production.
Cymat's core competency is its ability to produce its foam across a wide range of thicknesses and densities allowing it to produce fully customised products.
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