has been named to
lead the Group’s global alternate energy strategies as
Vice
President – NGV Business Development. "Mr. Eickelman’s appointment
to this inaugural
position
underscores our commitment to becoming the most comprehensive
equipment and
service
supplier to the worldwide alternate energy market," Mr. Kaplan
said. "His extensive
experience
and technical expertise in pressure vessel technology and
production are an ideal
combination to strategically focus and secure our growing hold in
the rapidly emerging CNG/LNG
and
hydrogen fuel cell marketplace." Mr. Eickelman most recently
served as Vice President and
General
Manager of Harsco’s Structural Composites Industries (SCI) unit,
the world leader in the
design and
manufacturing of lightweight, aluminum lined, composite wrapped,
high-pressure
cylinders.
succeeds Mr.
Eickelman as Vice President and General Manager at SCI,
where he
brings more than 30 years of executive experience in operations
management, most
recently
as Vice President and General Manager of Harsco’s Sherwood valve
operations. "Mr.
Miller’s
successful direction of our leading-edge valve development and
manufacturing processes
at
Sherwood includes our pioneering OPD (overfill protection device)
valve for propane cylinders,
the first
American-made product of its type, which has revolutionized safety
in the portable
propane
cylinder marketplace," Mr. Kaplan stated. "We are confident he
will continue this cycle
of success
at SCI."
becomes Vice
President and General Manager at the Sherwood unit,
having
served most recently as its Director of Accounting. Mr. Kaplan
said, "Mr. Huebsch’s fiscal
stewardship of our Sherwood operations and his broad background in
Sherwood’s global
products
and markets distinguish him as the right individual to assume this
key leadership role."
Harsco’s
Gas and Fluid Control Group manufactures the broadest range of gas
and fluid control
equipment
in the world. Taylor-Wharton’s Theodore, Alabama factory produces
a range of bulk
vacuum-jacketed cryogenic storage units, as well as
electronic-grade containers, assembled in
the
company’s ultra high purity Class 1000 Clean Room. Portable liquid
cylinders, Laser Pak III
and
Auto-Fill Laser Pak vessels are also manufactured in Theodore.
Large high pressure
compressed
gas cylinders are produced at Taylor-Wharton’s Harrisburg, PA
plant, while
acetylene
cylinders and small high pressure cylinders are manufactured in
Huntsville, AL. The
Sherwood
unit, with operations in Cleveland, OH, Lockport, NY, Wheatfield,
NY and Washington,
PA
manufactures an expansive range of high pressure, acetylene and
specialty valves.
Sherwood’s
operations are the only 100% fully integrated facilities in North
America producing
medical,
industrial, propane, air conditioning and refrigeration, acetylene
and specialty gas
valves.
Structural Composites Industries (SCI) is the world leader in the
design and
manufacturing of lightweight, aluminum lined, composite wrapped,
high-pressure cylinders. SCI
product
applications include transit bus, automobile, hydrogen cylinders
to power fuel cells,
aerospace
and Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA). The Air-X-Changers
operations in
Tulsa,
Oklahoma, supply air-cooled heat exchangers to the gas compression
industry.
Operating
from 30 facilities in eight countries on four continents, the Gas
and Fluid Control Group
markets
its products in more than 80 countries worldwide. Additional
information about the
Harsco Gas
and Fluid Control Group can be found at
