Global sensor-based sorting technology provider, TOMRA Recycling Sorting, announced Gleb Trofimov as a new area sales manager for the Americas, strengthening the company’s sales support for the waste, plastics, wood and metals recycling industries. In this role, Trofimov will consult directly with TOMRA partners and customers throughout Canada and portions of the United States to implement the right advanced sorting technologies designed to improve recycling recovery rates, increase product purity and throughput, and boost profitability.
Trofimov offers well rounded experience in the waste management and recycling industries. For 14 years, he worked in waste collection and recycling, so he understands first-hand the challenges recyclers face. Most recently, he has spent the last four years with TOMRA, leading sales efforts in parts of the Eastern Europe and Asia regions.
Trofimov is strategically located in the Toronto, Ontario, area to assist operations in North America with installing TOMRA’s broad range of sorting technologies designed to optimize resource recovery. He will also aid companies in leveraging the latest deep-learning-based AI technologies as well as processing data that can help to boost recovery rates and material purity.