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BUSINESS BUZZ

Vanderlande to Offer Support
to Airport Industry

As a global market leader in value-added
logistic process automation for airports,
Vanderlande has been actively engaged
in the research and development of baggage disinfection systems. Vanderlande's
research has shown that an effective
solution cannot be solely dependent on
one specific technology. It must also
encompass the process flow and environmental constraints, as well as being
cost-efficient.
In October, Vanderlande will be releasing specifications for 360-degree disinfecting systems for hold baggage based on
its research conducted in North America.
The company will be offering these specifications freely to the industry in order to
support airports and airlines as they adapt
to post COVID-19 operations.
"We believe it is crucial to work in partnership with our customers and the airports industry at large to restore passenger
confidence in travel," says Vanderlande's
executive vice president airports and board
member, Andrew Manship. "This sector
has endured one of the biggest impacts of
the coronavirus crisis and we believe that
the sharing of information and working
closely together are the key to our market
being able to adapt rapidly to the continuing challenges of the pandemic."

PEOPLE
ITW GSE Welcomes Back
Adams and Fraser

ITW GSE announced that Greg Adams
is back with the company as a
regional sales manager in the
U.S.
Adams is appointed with
the commercial sales responsibility for customers in the
New England and Mid-Atlantic
regions. He was formerly part of the

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North American sales team for over seven
years responsible for ITW military sales.
In addition, he held business development
positions at Collins Aerospace, HABCO
and Colt Manufacturing.
The company also
announced that Simon
Fraser is back with
the ITW GSE team,
as division director, for
its global customer and
sales support.
Fraser will spend his time between
ITW's two facilities in Palmetto, Fla., and
Odense, Denmark, as well as at customer
sites as required. He has more than 35
years of experience in the aviation sector
with an extensive engineering and operational background. He has also led ITW
manufacturing facilities in both the USA
and UK for eight years. Fraser is looking
forward to re-establishing connections
with all customers and colleagues.

Mercury GSE Names
Dieterich National Accounts
Manager

Mercury GSE
announced David
Dieterich as the most
recent addition to the
sales and marketing
team. Dieterich brings
26 years of experience
managing GSE facilities for American
Airlines. He joined the team at Mercury
GSE in August and will be located in the
company's new Dallas facility.
As the new national accounts manager
for Mercury GSE, Dieterich is excited
to work with companies in the aviation
industry across the country to progressively provide GSE solutions including
rentals, leasing, maintenance and zerotime rebuilding. Mercury has an extensive
fleet of GSE rental equipment, servicing
the aviation industry nationwide.
Dieterich was born and raised in Texas.
He has three children and three grandchildren. Dieterich and his wife enjoy
visiting national parks and touring on their
motorcycle.

OCTOBER 2020

Johnson Joins Stinar as VP of
Business Development

Jason Johnson joined the new
management team at Stinar, LLC during the first
quarter of 2020 at their
new location in Blooming
Prairie, Minn. Johnson will
concentrate on Stinar's commercial airlines and airport relationships.
"I've watched Johnson develop in
sales and particularly in service-afterthe-sale systems for about 20 years,"
said Stinar CEO Craig Kruckeberg. "We
expect that the aviation industry will
love his attention to detail and ability to
'get-it-when-you-need-it.'"
Johnson also leads a team to ensure
all Stinar parts are available for quick
shipment; even for equipment dating back
40-plus years.
"Our product has a reputation of lasting
decades long; being able to get parts easily
is a plus," Johnson said. "We have shown
the ability to manufacture these parts on
nearly any piece of equipment dating back
to the early days of Stinar."

Trochalakis Named Senior
VP, Maintenance and
Logistics at Fortbrand

Fortbrand Services announced that
Michael Trochalakis has joined the
company as senior vice president, maintenance and logistics. Trochalakis has
spent the previous 28 years with American Airlines and their regional airline
American Eagle in assorted senior level
maintenance roles. He was most recently
managing director maintenance for the
Northeastern U.S. and Europe for American Airlines.
"As senior VP, maintenance and logistics,
Mike will play a vital role in expanding
Fortbrand's services into maintenance and
refurbishment," said William Long, president of Fortbrand Services. "I am looking
forward to working with Mike, bringing
additional services to our current model
and building long-standing relationships
with customers by adapting to meet current
customer needs and expectations."

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