Kannan presenting our installation base to Sean of TUV
For 3 days last week, I made a trip with my Regional Manager, N. Kannan to Thailand to visit customers as well as arrange for new personnel to join QRA. It was all the more memorable as 1 year ago,Thailand was in the midst of a political crisis whereby the opponents of Thaksin backed Government, took over and controlled the Suvhanabhum airport for a period of 1 week. It was utter chaos and I had blogged about it roughly 1 year ago. How time flies ! This trip was much more sedate as we made our way through the bustling airport and met with our new Sales representative, Krid Sripanich. Krid and I have known each other for about 9 years and we hope to work out a win-win partnership in the very near future.
A friendly meeting with future potential ; L-R ; Me, Sean Boey (GM of TUV), Kannan and Krid Sripanich
We had several excellent meetings with key customers and there is the future followup potential in the coming months. I am personally excited about several these potentials as we already have an installed base of around 10 chambers. The customer above, TUV is a Singapore headquartered testing house with their test facility in New Science Park on the outskirts of Bangkok. More visits are to follow in the coming months.
Tawatchai has decided to leave our team - Best wishes to him !
During this trip, I also bade farewell to a colleague Tawatchai Umnuaysiri who is leaving to join a friend in a new industry. During his time with QRA, he has been very able in handling the sales and service components of the Thailand market so it is with some regret that he is leaving. Due to his industriousness and persistence, we have secured the largest single order in our short history, (which has now been surpassed) but will put a big mark on our presence as THE major chamber player in S.E. Asia. Thanks to Tawatchai and I wish him all the best for his future endeavors !
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