Hardide appoints

Hardide Coatings Ltd, a provider of surface engineering technology, has appointed Mr Mark Telford as Technical Sales Manager to drive the company’s sales in the international valve coatings market. Mr Telford joins from BEL Valves in Newcastle Upon Tyne where he was Project Manager since June 2003, managing multi-million pound key accounts. He previously spent 20 years in various engineering, machining and customer-facing positions within BEL Valves and other BEL Group companies.