Beneq Names Yuri Kochanov Country Manager for Russian Office

Yuri Kochanov has been appointed Country Manager of OOO Beneq as of May 20, 2013. Together with his team in Russia, the recently opened Beneq subsidiary in Saint Petersburg is ready to serve customers with a complete palette of thin film equipment, thin film coating services and Lumineq thin film electroluminescent displays.

The primary goal of the local organization is to help serve the rapidly increasing demand in the field of research and industrial sales for cutting-edge thin film technologies.

“We are very pleased to have Yuri Kochanov join our team and build our presence in Russia,” said Sampo Ahonen, CEO of Beneq. “We want to become better known in the market as a leading provider of industrial production and laboratory equipment for nano-scale thin films and functional coatings. Yuri brings with him a solid background in Russian and international sales and marketing positions in high-tech industries, as well as leadership skills to run demanding business operations.”

Since beginning in the new position, Kochanov aims to promote state-of-the-art technologies on the Russian market.

“I have accepted the position of country manager with the firm belief that Beneq technologies and products present a real breakthrough in different applications and that these will create new opportunities for our customers in Russia,” Kochanov said. “Beneq’s new technologies and existing products are in great demand. There is great potential in R&D as well as industrial applications for successful business between Beneq and Russian enterprises.”

Beneq also plans to open a joint laboratory in Russia together with Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University (SpbGETU) this autumn to research and develop ALD industrial applications. The aim is to speed up the commercialization of ALD and thin film solutions, enabling the country to gain advantages using the latest technology.