Ray Shead joins NDC Infrared Engineering
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IRWINDALE, CA (www.ndc.com) - NDC Infrared Engineering is pleased to announce that Ray Shead has recently joined NDC, Irwindale California as their Marketing Manager. Ray has been involved in the measurement and control business for over 25 years, within the web industries and also the paper industry. His previous roles have included Product Marketing Director at Thermo' Fishers Web Systems division, plus similar roles at Voith Paper Automation, Honeywell and Measurex Corporation. His background and technical expertise have benefited a broad range of industries to help improve the quality of their products and their manufacturing efficiencies. To his credit Ray has been awarded several industry patents for both measurement and control and has authored many technical papers on various automation subjects. During his career in the process industries he has lived in Australia, England and North America and brings a wealth of knowledge to his new role at NDC.
About NDC - NDC Infrared Engineering offers the world's most extensive range of non-contact sensors and systems for measurement of moisture, fat, protein and continuous web processes variables such as coat weight and film thickness.
The group's range of complementary measurement technologies for the web industry includes infrared absorption, beta transmission, gamma backscatter, X-ray fluorescence and transmission, laser caliper and UV absorption. Applications include blown film, cast film, paper, foil and film converting, pulp and paper, nonwovens, rubber and plastics sheet materials, tire production and plastic pipe manufacture. Products range from hand-held, portable devices for QA checks, to complete on-line system solutions for continuous precision measurement and process control.
The group is the world market leader in the design and manufacture of near infrared (NIR) sensors and systems for on-line and off-line analysis and measurement. The NIR product range includes instruments for monitoring fat, moisture and protein content in food; moisture, nicotine and total reducing sugars in tobacco products; film thickness, barrier layers and coat-weight in plastics; paper and board, foils and sheet steel.
Other products in the NDC Infrared Engineering portfolio include a microwave system for measuring the moisture content of paper and a wide range of hardware and software accessories for the sensor and system ranges. All products are CE marked.
NDC Infrared Engineering is headquartered at Irwindale, CA in the USA and Maldon, UK in Europe. Operating companies in Germany, Italy, China, Japan and India provide local support to key world markets, and NDC Infrared Group is presented in more than 60 countries worldwide by a comprehensive network of specialist distributors.
NDC Infrared Engineering is a Spectris company, an international company specializing in high value-in-use process control solutions.
