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BTU Announces ‘Rep of the Year’ Awards Before the Start of APEX 2023
January 31, 2023 | BTU International, Inc.Estimated reading time: 1 minute

BTU International, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment for the electronics manufacturing market, announced its ‘Rep of the Year’ Awards during a sales meeting and dinner on Monday, January 23, 2023, before the start of the IPC APEX EXPO. Awards were presented to SmarTsol Technologies – Rep of the Year (Mexico), Electronics Assembly Products – Sales Recognition Award (USA), and JW Corporation (Sales Recognition Award (Canada).
“We realize that our success as a company is in large part due to the strength of our sales channel,” said Bob Bouchard, Director of Marketing and Sales, Americas for BTU International. “We are happy to recognize the best performers in this group. An award for the most new customers in the past year was also given in recognition of its importance to growth and for the additional effort required in securing non repeat business.”
Ivan Romo and the team at SMarTsol Technologies represent BTU’s advanced thermal processing equipment and processes throughout the Pacifico area, Monterey, Reynosa and Matamoros, Mexico. SMarTsol has BTU training and demo units in Cd. Juarez, Guadalajara and Queretaro.
James Lyndon and the team at Electronic Assembly Products, Inc. represent BTU in the Rocky Mountain region. The company services a customer base from the following industries: aerospace, automotive, electronics, light industrial, medical and military.
The JW Corporation represents BTU throughout Canada. Owner and President of JW Corp, Jason Wahba covers all of Ontario Canada along with Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland.
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