L Sam Kumar, based in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, has been named regional sales manager and will look after business in the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iran, Pakistan and Egypt.
The appointment comes as Street launches a new family of so-called “advanced hoists.”
Kumar is a graduate engineer who also holds an MBA in marketing. He has more than 18 years engineering sales experience, handling complex technical negotiations for the sale of high value capital equipment for process and similar industries. In his most recent position with Street Crane’s Kuwait distributor Al Ghanim and Nass Trading Company he was responsible for an order for 32 Street units for a major project in Bahrain.
Kumar said: “From my previous association with the company I have complete confidence in the products and support provided. Within the Gulf States its partnership approach, using local distributors to produce major structural elements, has commercial and logistical benefits for end user customers. It shows a willingness to contribute to the development of the local economy.”
Street Crane will soon launch a range of hoists in the mainstream 5-25t SWL category. This will be the first simultaneous world launch of a product by Street Crane.
“The development and testing process has been exhaustive to produce products that can meet the extreme conditions of this area and demanding specifications of Gulf producers. I am therefore extremely optimistic that we can further develop our partnership network, to build market share in the region,” Kumar concluded.
