ACR Journal

CHANGING FACES 34 ICS COOL ENERGY STRENGTHENS SALES AND HIRE DIVISIONS Temperature control specialist ICS Cool Energy has announced a number of promotions and appointments across its sales and hire divisions. In the sales division management team, Phillip Ayres, previously senior sales engineer, has been promoted to UK sales manager north, with Dominic Shepherd, previously senior sales engineer, promoted to UK sales manager south. Ben Young, previously major accounts manager, is now UK business development manager. Andrew Delday-Roberts becomes UK sales manager-hire, Chris Easterlow, sales manager south-hire, Alan Yeoman national contracts manager and Steve Baddeley joining the organisation as hire operations leader. "This team's experience and knowledge of the industry make them ideal managers for these roles. I look forward to working closely with them to ensure ICS Cool Energy strengthens its leadership position as the leading process temperature control and HVAC rental company in the UK," said Dave Palmer, general manager of ICS Cool Energy in the UK and Ireland. "With the new team and roles, ICS Cool Energy will continue to focus on making an impact in the process temperature control industry, providing technical advice and solutions helping companies to meet compliance, reduce their energy consumption, maintenance and operative costs." www.icscoolenergy.com/ J S WRIGHT PROMOTES FROMWITHIN Building services provider J S Wright has recognised outstanding team leadership skills and a willingness to uphold the organisations quality and integrity values according to managing director Phil Leech as they promote two staff members to director level. Matthew Coy and David Cook have taken on the positions of contracts director and design & estimating director respectively as the latest examples of how investment in staff progression comes to fruition. Coy, who joined J S Wright in 2014 as contracts manager before becoming associate contracts director, has worked in building services for 24 years. He has delivered projects valued at up to £26 million across the commercial fit out, industrial, hospitality, hotels and high-end residential sectors. Cook joined J S Wright in 1999 as a technical apprentice before becoming a design engineer, commercial design manager and then associate design director. Bases at the J S Wright head office in Aston, he is now responsible for all pre-construction work while also working closely with Matthew on all projects. He leads a 30-strong team of design, estimating, CAD and document control staff. www.jswright.co.uk STEVE ANDERSON'S FAREWELL TO DAIKIN APPLIED Daikin Applied UK operations manager Steve Anderson is retiring after nearly half a century in the industry. He joined American Air Filters (AAF) as an apprentice sheet metal worker in 1974 aged 16 straight out of school before working his way up to senior draftsman, engineering supervisor and then engineering manager in 1986. "It has been quite a journey since my father forced me to go for an interview with AAF – just when I thought I was going to have a nice long summer holiday after leaving school," he recalls. "He had a friend who worked there, but when I found out it was a sheet metal business, I tried to get out of it as I hated metalwork at school. I went along hoping they wouldn't give me the job, but they did, and the rest is history!" In 1988, he was asked to head up a task force to redesign all the manufacturing processes for AAF and its sister company McQuay. He moved to the US in 1989 to help turn around the company's Alabama plant but decided not to stay long term and returned to the UK technology team. He moved to McQuay's site services team in 2005 which led to a period of globetrotting before becoming factory manager in 2006. Initially, he was focused on improving shop floor processes to meet growing demand on production to keep pace with market growth. Since 2007 he has been operations manager for the company, which was renamed Daikin Applied UK in 2015. https://www.daikinapplied.uk/ PAUL THRELFELL, SERVICE ENGINEER, CONDAIR Humidity and evaporative cooling specialist Condair has employed Paul Threlfell as a service engineer covering Scotland and the North of England. Paul is F-Gas and IOSSH accredited and has over 25 years' experience in the HVAC industry, having worked for companies such as Hussmann Refrigeration, City Refrigeration, Russell Air Conditioning, Scotia Energy Saving Systems/ID Scotia and Linaker. Tony Tullett, service director at Condair, said: "I'm very happy to have Paul join the Condair service team. Being based in Edinburgh, he is perfectly positioned to support our customers across Scotland. Paul is a very experienced engineer in our sector and has dealt with many different types of HVAC system. His F-Gas accreditation is a great benefit, as we service not only humidifiers but also refrigerant-based dehumidifiers, so he can really hit the ground running. In fact, we've already had some lovely positive feedback from customers he's visited, so we are sure Paul will be an invaluable asset to our team." Condair's service department, with 21 engineers offering nationwide coverage, provides the manufacturer's engineering expertise on-site, supporting the complete range of Condair humidifiers and dehumidifiers, as well as many other humidification systems. www.condair.co.uk August 2022 | September 2022 Volume 8 No.5 Phillip Ayres Dominic Shepherd Ben Young AndrewDelday-Roberts Chris Easterlow Alan Yeoman Steve Baddeley