Photo taken at Power Gen 2011

 

Biography:

 

Finbar Hughes, Technical Sales Engineer NAM, Coating Solutions and Service, North America, Sulzer Metco

 

Cell:  304-550-6715

Fax:  866-767-7053

 

E-mail: finbar.hughes@sulzer.com

 

Mailing Address:

Sulzer Metco

SM Coatings

1303 Long Street

Barboursville, WV  25504

www.sulzermetco.com

 

Networking Contact Interest:

Sulzer Metco as the world leading specialty surface technology company is providing a coating service of thermal sprayed coatings for your components. Our broadly based in depths know how enables us to offer tailor made coating solutions, giving you a decisive advantage over your competitors. Markets served in US and Canada, Oil & gas equipment, Pumps, Steam turbines.  Sulzer Metco Coating Services two locations to cover North/South America and Canada, as well other locations around the globe.

 

Barboursville, West Virginia - USA

 

Edmonton, Alberta  - Canada

 

Present work, business and personal history:

Finbar Hughes started his career with Sulzer in 1996 with Sulzer Pumps in Leeds, initially completing a four year mechanical apprenticeship program, then working as a production technician, which involved the assembly of high energy centrifugal pumps.  Finbar then progressed to be a service engineer, which consisted of onsite repair and commissioning of centrifugal pumps.  Then a move back to Leeds to take up a role as a test technician, Setting up and testing of centrifugal pumps in accordance with international and customer codes.  After which Finbar was placed in the role as Technical Focal Point for Chevron working for Sulzer Wood in Aberdeen, this role consisted of being implanted in the Chevron office in Aberdeen and being responsible for the maintenance, reliability and integrity of all their pumping equipment on their 3 assets in the north sea.  In 2011, Finbar joined Sulzer Metco as the Technical Sales Engineer for North America.  Finbar gained an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bradford in 2009.

 

Upcoming Conference Attendance:

MINExpo International 2012, September 24-26, 2012, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV

 

Power Gen 2012, December 11-13, 2012, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL