China: Geelen Counterflow opens service office

Geelen Counterflow opened a service office in Suzhou, China, west of Shanghai, to provide technical service to all dryer and cooler customers in the Asia-Pacific region.

October 15, 2008

Geelen Counterflow opened a service office in Suzhou, China, west of Shanghai, to provide technical service to all dryer and cooler customers in the Asia-Pacific region.

The office is managed by Rigo van Heel who has been a service engineer with Geelen Counterflow for four years. Raymond Blom will assume sales responsibility for the Asia Pacific region, based in the head office in the Netherlands.

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