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Sanhua expands US team

USA: Sanhua has appointed a sales engineer and two marketing support executives to strengthen its sales and marketing efforts in North and Central America.

Brandon Stewart has joined the air conditioning and refrigeration components company as a sales engineer based out of Atlanta, Georgia, and looking after OEM commercial accounts in the Southeast US. He previously served as sales engineer at Tecumseh Products and product applications specialist at ABB/Thomas & Betts.

Andy Schoen, an industry veteran and technical expert with more than 30 years of experience at Sporlan, Tecumseh Products and DunAn, is appointed portfolio and customer services manager. Schoen is responsible for managing product families and supporting Sanhua OEM and wholesale sales efforts.

Michael Smith, another former Tecumseh Products employee with extensive global and regional brand and marketing management experience, is appointed marketing communications director.

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New appointment (l to r): Michael Smith, Andy Schoen and Brandon Stewart

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