Camp Hill,
PA (February 3, 2003) – Scott W. Boyd, Vice President of Sales &
Marketing, has
announced
the appointment of Tim L. Miller as Director of North American
Sales, Industrial Gas
Equipment,
for the Taylor-Wharton unit of Harsco Corporation’s Gas and Fluid
Control Group.
"Tim
brings an exceptional base of compressed gas industry knowledge to
our sales
organization", said Boyd. "His 10 years of experience with gas
equipment, applications,
development and distributor relationships will have an immediate
impact on our sales objectives."
Mr. Miller
graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in 1993 with a
Bachelor of Science
degree and
Minor in Marketing. Mr. Miller’s service to the industrial gas
industry includes an
outstanding tenure with Praxair, Inc., and most recently, he
worked with Chart Industries. Based
in St.
Louis, Missouri, Tim will manage Taylor-Wharton’s North American
sales organization and
will
report directly to Mr. Boyd. He will be responsible for all sales
to distributors, industry buying
groups and
certain major industrial gas producers.
Mr.
Miller’s sales initiatives will be focused within the framework of
the Taylor-Wharton and
Sherwood
business units of Harsco Corporation’s Gas and Fluid Control
Group. Harsco GFC
supplies
cryogenic equipment, compressed gas cylinders and valves for a
wide spectrum gas
and fluid
applications. 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 producing
medical,
compressed
gas, acetylene and specialty valves in North America.
Harsco’s
Gas and Fluid Control Group manufactures the broadest range of gas
and fluid control
equipment
in the world. In addition to Taylor-Wharton, the Group includes
American Welding &
Tank
propane tanks; Structural Composites Industries (SCI) composite
pressure vessels and
structures; Sherwood valves for industrial, commercial, and
recreational use, including Superior
Refrigeration Products; and Air-X-Changers air-cooled heat
exchangers. 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
