Detection Technology has appointed Michael Smith as vice president, Sales Americas, effective Feb. 2. He reports to President/CEO Hannu Martola and is now responsible for driving growth in the Americas.

Smith has extensive international sales leadership experience. Since 2020, he has been senior sales director at KPM Analytics and previously held sales director roles at AMETEK Spectro Scientific from 2016 to 2020. From 1996 to 2015, he worked in Shanghai in sales management positions at various companies and gaining broad experience across industrial segments.

“We are very pleased to welcome Michael to our team. He is an accomplished sales leader with extensive experience in industries similar to those of our customers. He has a solid track record of developing key accounts and built sales organizations in vision inspection and analytical instruments industries. His experience and entrepreneurial mindset support the achievement of our growth ambitions in the Americas, in line with our DT2030 strategy,” Martola said.

Detection Technology’s global sales and business responsibilities are divided so that Smith will assume responsibility for North, Central, and South America. Arve Lukander, president EMEIA (Europe, Middle East, India and Africa), will lead the EMEIA region, and Chen Wu, president APAC (Asia-Pacific), will lead the APAC region. The composition of Detection Technology’s management group remains unchanged. The change has no impact on the company’s financial reporting.

Detection Technology is a global provider of X-ray detector solutions and services for medical, security, and industrial applications. The company’s solutions range from sensor components to optimized detector subsystems with ASICs, electronics, mechanics, software, and algorithms. It has sites in Finland, China, France, India, and the United States. The company’s shares are listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market Finland under the ticker symbol DETEC.