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Two new appointments for TF

Lewis Jones (left) and Neil Panting
Lewis Jones (left) and Neil Panting

UK: Air conditioning and refrigeration distributor TF Solutions has strengthened its customer support with a new technical appointment.

Lewis Jones has been appointed technical support engineer bringing with him 17 years of extensive engineering experience. Lewis’s new role will span the whole of the UK and supports TF Solutions’ desire to ensure that customers around the country receive hands on technical support, assistance with design, on site problem solving and product training, as well as advice on renewal technology and refrigeration equipment.

Customers will benefit from Lewis’s exceptional product knowledge of Panasonic heating and cooling products and Fujitsu air conditioners, as well as advising on TF Solutions’ own brand cooling products.

Welcoming Lewis to the company TF Solutions md Andy Cherrill said that his appointment would enhance the company’s reputation for delivering a complete one stop shop for air cooling and heating solutions.

TF Solutions also recently welcomed Neil Panting as an external sales representative. Neil, who has several years of experience in the air conditioning sector, has specialist knowledge of Fujitsu products.

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