Appointments

Allied Vision, part of TKH Group NV, has appointed Robert Franz as its CEO. Together with this new role, Robert Franz will also assume the CEO role for the German 2D Vision companies within the TKH Group, which include industry leading players such as Chromasens, NET, SVS-Vistek, Mikrotron, and Nerian.

Armis have announced the promotion of Brian Gumbel to President of Armis with immediate effect. Gumbel will provide enhanced go-to-market strategic guidance across the entire business, as it continues to accelerate its growth and prepares for a future IPO. Brian will directly report to Yevgeny Dibrov, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Armis and continue to be a member of Armis’ executive team.

To help grow understanding of the selection and processing of adhesives for UK manufacturing, Intertronics has appointed Kevin Brownsill as Head of Technical: Learning and Development.

STI Electronics announces Jon Eaton has been added to the STI Team as Manufacturing Planner.

The Powerstar Board has announced the appointment of Solon Mardapittas to the role of CEO. 

A global MEP engineering design company is continuing to grow rapidly as its global workforce expands.

In a move to strengthen its push into the industrial sector, Farnell has appointed Eleanor Young as its Category Director.

To expand its market share and accelerate the uptake of insulating composites globally across the utility power infrastructure and machinery sectors, Exel Composites has appointed a new product business owner (PBO) for electrical, Heini Kloster. The move comes at a time when many countries like the USA are funding multi-billion-dollar electrical infrastructure updates to update ageing transmission lines.

Danfoss Power Solutions has named Carina Christine Skovmøller as Director of its Centre for Sustainability, a newly created role. Based in Copenhagen, Skovmøller reports directly to Andreas Schumacher, Senior Director, Centres of Excellence.

Signify, the global specialist in lighting, has appointed Nico van der Merwe as Chief Executive Officer for Signify UK and Ireland, starting 1 February 2023.