New Director of Sales for Europe

Move to create local presence to better support customers and sales partners

MagneMotion has hired Rod Blair as Director of Sales for Europe. Along with a track record of success in growing sales across Europe for other automation and high technology companies, Mr. Blair brings more than 15 years of experience to the MagneMotion team in business development, sales leadership, marketing, and building sales partnerships.

“MagneMotion has previously supported our European customers and sales partners in Europe from our offices here in Massachusetts. The move to hire a Director of Sales based in Europe was driven by expanding opportunities which accelerate the need to have a local presence to better serve our customer’s growing needs,” stated Peter Mattila, MagneMotion VP of Sales and Marketing. “We are thrilled to have found a person ideally suited to this mission in Rod Blair,” Mattila concluded.

“I am excited to become the new face of MagneMotion’s sales efforts in Europe, to furthering our existing relationships and to expanding the footprint of MagneMotion’s revolutionary linear synchronous motor (LSM) products and transport systems on the continent,” stated Rod Blair, MagneMotion’s new Director of Sales for Europe in accepting the position.“These products bring unique value to customers in a number of growth markets such as assembly automation, process automation and packaging and my main focus will be on addressing and servicing those markets.”