ETS-Lindgren Japan names Hiroaki Shioji as sales and project manager

ETS-Lindgren Japan, a provider of shielding installations, MRIs and subsidiary of St. Louis, Mo.-based ESCO Technologies Inc., recently appointed Hiroaki Shioji to the position of medical sales and project manager.

Shioji has worked with MRI vendors in the region for more than 15 years with Giken Kogyo, a large Japanese shielding company, serving as Manager in the Techno Shield Department. In his position Shioji designed and helped manage construction projects for hundreds of RF shielded rooms, soundproof rooms, and radiation proof rooms.

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