General Manager Appointment

Paul Barkas has joined Tyzack Machine Knives (TMK) as General Manager. Prior joining TMK, Paul was UK Manufacturing Manager/Director of Betafence UK (formerly Tinsley Wire) for the last three years. He has also worked at Carrington Wire for 23 years, in various roles, most recently as Plant Manager. Paul has been involved in manufacturing for over 25 years and brings a vast experience along with a BEng (Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and an MBA.

“The business is clearly recognised as a leading brand with an excellent product and customer base coupled with an experienced and committed management team and workforce. Our aspirations with the new factory gives us a great opportunity to both reinforce the traditions, craft based skills expertise and knowledge base of the business yet at the same time allows us to develop the business viability for the future through leadership, process improvement and performance management. My personal vision is for Tyzacks to be no.1 in the industry sector within which we operate” says Paul, who has a driven emphasis on results orientated improvement through leadership and performance measurement.