IMI’s Industrial Automation sector has appointed Martino Caranti as Sales Director for Italy. The appointment reinforces its commitment to the Italian industrial market and strengthens support for customers, OEMs, and distribution partners. In his new role, Caranti will lead the commercial strategy for IMI Industrial Automation in Italy, with responsibility for driving business growth in the OEM sector, deepening engagement with key customers, and further developing the company’s partner network. Caranti brings extensive international experience across the industrial sector, having held both global and regional leadership positions with multinational organisations including GE and Emerson. His background spans industrial automation, software solutions, and complex machinery, with a strong track record in business development and commercial leadership. The appointment forms part of IMI Industrial Automation’s ongoing investment in the Italian market. The company aims to strengthen its presence across key industrial sectors, expand relationships with OEM customers, and further develop its distribution network to deliver increasingly application-focused, engineered solutions tailored to customer requirements. Business software developer jobmate has appointed co-founder Wendy Dalton as Chief Executive Officer as the company accelerates product innovation, expands its AI capabilities and targets growth in the UK and overseas markets, including the United States. The appointment formally recognises Wendy’s leadership of the Wolverhampton-based software developer and comes as the business builds on the successful launch of its new jobsafe mobile safety reporting app while preparing to introduce further cloud-based products, including jobwin. Wendy brings extensive senior management experience gained from leading businesses at executive level, including within a subsidiary of a Fortune 500 company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Her background in business transformation, operational management and technology strategy has helped shape jobmate’s vision of delivering powerful, affordable cloud software that enables organisations to digitise operations without the cost and complexity traditionally associated with enterprise systems. As CEO, Wendy will lead the company’s strategic direction, product roadmap and continued investment in artificial intelligence to help customers improve efficiency, compliance and decision-making through smarter automation. Future product development will continue to focus on integrating AI across the jobmate platform, enabling customers to streamline workflows, automate manual processes and gain greater value from their operational data as the business continues its expansion into new markets. Hydrasun, a global leader in integrated fluid transfer, power and control solutions, has appointed James Gaskell as its new Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect. He takes over from Neil Thompson, who has resumed his role as Chief Operations Officer having successfully overseen a crucial transitional period for the Aberdeen-headquartered company. During that time Hydrasun, has further strengthened its global offering across the oil and gas, industrial and renewables industries, with targeted acquisitions that have readied the company for its next 46 HYDRAULICS & PNEUMATICS September 2026 www.hpmag.co.uk Hydrasun appoints James Gaskell as new Chief Executive Wendy Dalton to lead next phase of growth at jobmate phase of growth. Gaskell brings 25 years of international experience in the energy and industrial sectors to Hydrasun, having begun his career in investment banking. He joins from global industrial tools and services company Enerpac Tool Group (NYSE: EPAC), where he most recently served as Regional President for Asia Pacific, leading a multi-brand and multi-channel product and services business across India, China, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Australia. During more than a decade at Enerpac (formerly Actuant Corporation), Gaskell held a series of senior leadership positions - including VP of Global Corporate Development and Global Business Development for the Energy & Industrial segments. His appointment as CEO comes as Hydrasun marks its 50th year in business, having been established in Aberdeen in 1976. NEW FACES IMI Industrial Automation strengthens Italian sales leadership
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