August 22, 2005 -- Mecmesin Limited, Europe's largest designer and manufacturer of force gauges has appointed John Page as Managing Director.

Since joining Mecmesin in 1988 John has held a number of key roles within the company including: Application Engineering Manager, UK Sales Director, and Business Development Director. It was during his time in application engineering that Mecmesin established an enviable reputation, not just as a leading manufacturer of force gauges and torque gauges for quality control testing of manufactured products, components and materials, but as a provider of turnkey system solutions designed to meet the specific measurement requirements of particular customers.

John comments that, "Following my involvement with the development of the new instruments and systems which we have been releasing, and shall be continuing to release throughout the year, I find this an extremely exciting time to be taking over. I am also looking forward to meeting the new challenges which lie ahead, as we consolidate our position in our established markets, and build our reputation within those new markets which our new product ranges now enable us to enter."

John takes over from Terry Curran who retired on 19th August.