Vecoplan LLC, Archdale, North Carolina, has added Dana Darley as its plastic division national sales manager. In addition to overseeing the plastics division sales team and its external network of plastics sales representatives, he will be the primary liaison between customers and other Vecoplan departments such as R&D and marketing.
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Darley will communicate technical challenges to Vecoplan’s R&D engineering staff and assist in developing solutions to the challenges, the company says. He also will play a role in coordinating the introduction of new plastics recycling technologies with Vecoplan’s marketing department. In 2015 these products include the V-Eco plastics shredder and the HydroDyn plastics washing line.
Bob Gilmore, managing director and chief sales officer at Vecoplan, says, “Dana’s work experience and educational background were key reasons that we wanted him on our team. He’s an engineer, has designed and developed auxiliary equipment and has over 30 years of practical experience in sales, marketing and management—all in the plastics industry. This background uniquely equips Dana to excel in at his new responsibilities.”
Prior to joining Vecoplan, Darley served six years as vice president/general manager of Process Control Corp., a supplier of auxiliary equipment to the plastics processing industry. In 2004 he founded Extrusion Auxiliary Services, operating the technical services and plastics auxiliary equipment sales business as its president. Other work experience within the plastics industry includes stints as VP of sales and marketing and then president of Kreyenborg Industries; product and regional sales manager at Maag Pump Systems Textron; and product manager, extrusion and compounding, with the Fluid Systems Division of Luwa Corp.
Darley is a senior member of the Society of Plastics Engineers, has been awarded a patent pertaining to gravimetric control of gear pump systems, has been published and has been a speaker at plastics industry technical conferences.
Vecoplan provides design, engineering, manufacture, installation, commissioning, training and parts and service for processing systems used in materials recovery, recycling, waste-to-energy, and biomass facilities around the world.