Marlborough, MA-July 2nd, 2008 – MacNeill Engineering / CHAMP Spikes announces the recent hiring of Tom Chesters as its new OEM/Shoe Brand Sales Manager for the European and International markets. Tom will develop and manage relationships with various golf and sport brand manufacturing customers along with facilitating any and all sales support.
Tom was born and raised in England and has lived abroad including stays in Germany and Hong Kong. Currently, Tom resides in the United States and has spent the last decade living here with his family.
Tom comes to MacNeill with over 18 years of engineering and manufacturing experience in both the metal and plastics business. Tom will work out of the global headquarters in Marlborough, Massachusetts but will travel frequently to visit his customers abroad.
“We are excited to have Mr. Chesters join our team,” said Harris MacNeill, President of MacNeill Engineering / CHAMP Spikes. “As an experienced traveler and knowledgeable engineer, Tom brings a vast wealth of knowledge to our company in helping our OEM customers and expanding our presence in markets abroad. We look forward to his contribution and welcome him to the CHAMP family.”
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About MacNeill Engineering and CHAMP Spikes
CHAMP is a division of MacNeill Engineering Worldwide, which has been designing and manufacturing athletic footwear components since 1931. The company has been a pioneer in cleat technology since it introduced the world’s first locking spike: SURE-LOK. Since then, MacNeill Engineering has grown to be the world leader in the sport cleat industry with revolutionary offerings which include the CHAMP Q-LOK System®, used in all Nike®, Hi-Tec®, Ecco®, Puma® and Bite® golf shoes; the CHAMP TRI-LOK® system, which fits shoes by Foot Joy® and Adidas®; as well as the most complete line of innovative spikes in the world, including the new CHAMP Scorpion STINGER™ spikes, CHAMP Lady STINGER™ spikes, CHAMP ScorpionSpike®; and CHAMP TRAC™ spikes.
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