Management

Colin Anbu (B.Eng Hons)
General Manager

Colin joined Vulcanite as our Engineering Manager and after accepting an exciting promotion opportunity is now our General Manager . With 14 years of professional engineering experience, in his role as General Manager  Colin ensures that the day to day operations of Vulcanite are technically driven and customer focussed.
Colin's professional experience is in both the plastics & rubber moulding industries, but most of his experience has been in the rubber manufacturing industry.

Colin started his career as a Mechanical Engineer for a gear manufacturer. He then worked at a leading international simulation software provider for the polymer injection moulding industry. He worked as a Research Engineer for the Intelligent Process Control Group of this provider before moving to their International Consulting Group as a Plastics Design Consultant.

Immediately before joining Vulcanite, Colin spent many years working at another major rubber manufacturer as a Senior Mechanical Engineer where his responsibilities included designing customised rubber products for the railway, automotive, defence & mining industries.

Colin completed his Bachelor Mechanical Engineering with honours from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia in 1994. Colin has also completed the General Managers program from AGSM, Sydney, Australia.

Sales

Ken Davies
Sales Manager (Business Development - North America)

Ken joined Vulcanite Australia as Sales Manager in May 1999 with over 25 years of professional sales, marketing and management experience in construction, mining and railway industries.

Engineering

Faried Behardien BE(Mech)
Engineering Manager

Faried joined Vulcanite in 2008 as the Engineering Manager with 12 years of professional engineering experience gained from local as well as multinational companies.

Faried started his career as an apprentice draftsman, completing the necessary Tafe qualifications as well as the usual practical training on the shop floor. He completed his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Technology , Sydney in 1996.

Some of his professional experience includes:

• Project/Design Engineer for a large multinational company in the field of manufacturing Power Transformers & elevator installations. Projects included “Design for Manufacture” and “Six Sigma” Quality Improvement projects.
• Mechanical Design Manager for a large multinational company managing a team of 12 engineers and draftsmen.

Production

Quan Nguyen
Production Manager

Joining Vulcanite in 1991, Quan has extensive experience in drafting, tooling and industrial engineering.He has a degree in engineering specializing in manufacturing from the University of Technology.Sydney, Australia.
Quan manages all production operations within Vulcanite.
Some of his focuses are:

• Ensuring all products complies to our quality standards.
• Ensuring on-time deliveries.
• Optimizing product cost for customer benefits.
  

Administration

Caroline Moore
Management Accountant

Caroline joined Vulcanite as our management accountant in March 2008. She has completed tertiary qualifications in 1993.

Caroline has 14 years experience as an Accountant in a diverse range of industries including IT Communications, Chemical Importing & Wholesaling and Manufacturing.

In her current role with Vulcanite, Caroline is responsible for all accounting and administration functions within the organisation.

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