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Michael Bauer joins A-Heat Group

AUSTRIA: Michael Bauer has been named vice president for growth and success at the A-Heat Group, owners of German heat exchanger product company Güntner and Swiss dry cooler firm Jaeggi.

Currently president of global sales at the Multi-Wing Group, he takes up his new role from November 1, taking on responsibility for A-Heat’s sales, marketing and service initiatives.

Bauer brings 38 years of experience in the HVAC industry to the group, working for both system and component manufacturers. His global perspective has been gathered empirically also from living and working abroad, in the USA, Singapore, Japan, China and now the Middle East.

This has included spells with the likes of Fläkt, Trox, Sytemair, Bitzer, EBM-Papst and Rosenberg-Ventilatoren.

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