Gilles Guillaume

District South Sales Manager

Liège, Walloon Region, Belgium

About

My Engineering degree and 12 years in close contact with several industrial companies of large, medium and small sizes, are providing me a large expertise in the conception and in the optimization of industrial equipments and processes. I am conceiving solutions & advising in the following industries & processes in the area of Liege, Belgium 3D PRINTING - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Process gases (N2, Ar, He) Powder conservation (protection against moisture and oxidation) Powder production (atomization) Heat treatment of finished products WELDING, CUTTING, MACHINING & THERMAL COATINGS Premium gases to weld special alloys and materials (Aluminium, Duplex, Superduplex, Inconel, ferritic & austenitic stainless steel, nickel alloys,...) and MIG, MAG, TIG techniques Laser, plasma welding Laser, plasma and oxygen cutting Handy and plug&play gas bottles for yards and workshops Metallisation, HVOF, CO2 cooling for delicate substrates Cryo machining (turnering, drilling cooled with liquide nitrogen) RECYCLING TECHNIQUES Oxygen boosting in biologics plants (Waste Water Treatment) pH neutralisation of effluents (WWT) Ozone treatment against filamentous bacteria and odors (WWT) Oxy-combustion (Sludge in WWT, wastes) Cryo grinding of waste products for recycling Cryo Condensation of VOC Biomethanisation (filtration, H2S reduction) METALLURGY & METALLIC FABRICATION Oxy Combustion, preheating, post-combustion in steel plants, foundries, non-ferrous plants and rotary furnaces Energy efficiencies Heat Treatments (annealing, quenching, carburizing, nitriding, hardening, sub-zero treatment, sintering Degassing Melt surface protection Reduction of NOx and CO2 Monitoring gas and atmosphere parameters, audit And more generally: Cryogenic cleaning with dry ice pellets Gas detection installations Gas services Training on processes & safety Equipment & Installations Feel free to contact me 📱 +32 479 80 12 33 📨 [email protected]

Experience

  • District South Sales Manager at Heidelberg Materials Benelux
    Apr 2026 - Present · 4 mos

  • Air Liquide Benelux (18 yrs 8 mos)
    • Customer service manager south
      Oct 2022 - Apr 2026 · 3 yrs 7 mos

    • Key Account Manager
      Feb 2021 - Oct 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos

    • Senior Sales Engineer specialised in manufacturing and process
      Jan 2016 - Feb 2021 · 5 yrs 2 mos

      Industrial WELDING & CUTTING, including electric arc welding, oxy-fuel welding and laser welding - For NEW INSTALLATIONS, estimating the required quantities of welding gases on the basis of the process Proposing a thorough knowledge of welding gases and materials, their performance in terms of the degree of porosity, quality of the welded joints, degree of oxidation, dampness, projection rate, penetration, inclusions, smoke.... Determining the best mix with my customers production engineers and quality managers - Proposing solutions or means of OPTIMISING of EXISTING installation through the weld quality and the related costs, including means as: reduction of the preheating and grinding stages, filler losses, and counseling on the gas to be used and the welding speed according to the level of experience of my customers welder(s) COMBUSTION Improving combustion EFFICIENCY from 50% to 88% by proposing COMPLETE gas solutions that : reduce furnace losses and proposing heating solutions of the different components of the combustion process - Optimizing exhaust fumes composition, compactness, lower volume and emissions - Lowering energy losses, decreasing volume of dust swept away into the chimney and reducing fire loss - Allowing usage of small filters for flue gas treatment, with a lower investment and costs of maintenance and reducing fuel consumption Optimising WASTE RECYCLING installations & processes, with a focus on waste WATER treatment - Participating to the design and the installation of systems using pure oxygen gas (HPO) for the treatment of industrial wastewater; reducing odor and VOC pollution, avoiding foaming, reducing electricity consumption and ensuring optimum settling.