Yamato gains new Inspection Product Manager
With a background in checkweigher applications across the healthcare, pharmaceutical and food industry sectors, Mark James adds considerable expertise to Yamato Scale Dataweigh team.
Joining the Yamato team in Leeds, Mark will oversee Yamato’s growth in Checkweigher operations, while also performing customer visits, developing the strategy and enhancing build processes.
“It’s great to join a company that has so many long term employees, with many people being here over 20 years,” said Mark, “that’s nice to see – it’s run very well with a good management support structure.”
“Yamato has traditionally been very active in numerous industries, more so than anyone else, and the technology, design, build, quality and reliability is the best in the market” said Mark, “convincing customers from sectors Yamato doesn’t have a strong presence in is the challenge, but we have a fantastic range of products to win them over with.”
Having worked in a variety of technical and managing roles over his career, Mark’s vast and varied experience across a variety of industries is a definite strength in the multifaceted checkweighing solutions world.
Joining Xerox straight out of University after they sponsored him to study digital systems, Mark remained there for a further 15 Years, leaving only when they closed their Mitcheldean factory, not wanting to relocate to London.
He then began to work within the checkweigher industry, working his way up to Technical Director – staying for with that company for 12 years before joining Yamato Scale Dataweigh UK as an Inspection Product Manager.
“The whole of the business wants to drive the checkweigher sales forwards, increasing market share. Everyone is on board – and the project team in the UK allows us to design and build our own machines with customer specific features – working with all local suppliers to enhance and build the designs” said Mark.
When Mark isn’t at work he spends his time meeting the challenges of having two young children, “I used to love Pool and Snooker and also motorcycling,” he said, “I still own a 1000cc motorbike but I go out very infrequently now – and only then on sunny days! Everything has stopped after adopting 2 young children.”
“They are so amazing and funny and I am so glad we did it, it’s very challenging and no day is the same, but it is so worth it!” he concluded.
Andrea Spencer,
Commercial and Marketing Manager,
Yamato Scale (UK) Dataweigh.
@YamatoScaleUK
Tel. 0113 322 1546
Email: andrea.spencer@yamatoscale.co.uk
About Yamato Scale Dataweigh (UK) Limited
Yamato is one of the leading global manufacturers of commercial weighing equipment and with over 90 years' manufacturing experience, we know what our customers need and expect.
Originally founded in 1922 as The Weighing Machine Division of Kawanishi Kikai K.K and later rebranded as Yamato Scale Ltd, Yamato is proud of its Japanese heritage; our passion to provide quality multihead weighers and deliver superior customer support is what drives us.
As a result Yamato’s multihead weighers and checkweighers have gained an unrivalled reputation worldwide, and our weighing machines are trusted by manufacturers in a range of industries across the globe; from granulated products and confectionery to meat and IQF frozen produce.
Yamato’s multihead weighers and checkweighers are energy efficient, accurate, hygienic, and easy to operate. The Dataweigh Omega multihead weigher, for instance, boasts a 60% reduction in power consumption without compromising on speed or effectiveness.
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