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Robin Green joins CWB Wholesale

UK: Former FSW man Robin Green has joined CWB Wholesale as air conditioning product manager.

Green left FSW at the end of September after 23 years with the company, latterly as refrigeration product and training manager.

Established in 2000 and based in Newport, CWB Wholesale is a leading supplier of plumbing, HVAC and refrigeration products in the UK. With additional locations and trade counters in Wales, it serves customers across the country. It is best known as a source of Flametech brazing kits and other HVACR hand tools.

According to a post on LinkedIn, Robin Green is to set up a new division called CWB Air Conditioning to focus on the demand from plumbing and heating engineers getting into the domestic air conditioning and heat pump market.

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