APPOINTMENT NEWS

3 November 2011

High-pressure cylinder manufacturer Chesterfield Special Cylinders Ltd, based in Sheffield UK, has appointed Axel Mohnhaupt as Sales Manager for Germany and associated European markets.

Axel is a well-known figure in those German industrial sectors where high-pressure gas containment has many and various applications. This prominence derives from his time at MCS International GmbH, formally Mannesmann Cylinder Systems, where Axel was the responsible sales manager for all products, worldwide.

“His accumulated insight and experience will strengthen our sales team”, says Mick Pinder, Chesterfield’s Director and General Manager.

Featuring prominently in that experience was the contact with gas distributors and manufacturers of high-pressure systems – in such areas as bulk road trailers, ground and buffer gas storage, naval and marine applications and green technologies.

Before MCS went into insolvency recently, both it and Chesterfield had broadly similar product ranges. However, Chesterfield also places more emphasis on its range of cylinder re-testing and aftermarket services - reckoned among the best in the world of cylinder manufacturing. These services include in-situ periodic testing of large cylinders in fixed positions, such as those in the depths of offshore oil and gas platforms, and in surface vessels and particularly submarines. Demand for this service is growing rapidly around the world.

Another distinguishing asset is the presence Chesterfield Biogas Ltd, a sister company in the same holding group - Pressure Technologies plc. Speaking of this, Axel says:

“One of the main developments in the recent past and increasingly in the future is cylinder applications which support green technologies, such as the transporting and storage of hydrogen and CNG, or applications where gas storage contributes to the matter of energy saving.

“I believe that the combination of these applications - with the Chesterfield product portfolio and certainly with the experience of their engineering team - will be a step forward for our customers. I am very much looking forward to developing this business and communicating the range of engineering support available from the UK to continental Europe.”

The German office of Chesterfield Special Cylinders Ltd can be reached at:

 Bismarckstrasse 105, D-46284 Dorsten, Germany

Phone: 0049 (0) 2362 99 58 1-96                       

Fax: 0049 (0) 2362 99 58 1-97

Mobile: 0049 (0) 175 52 81 603                       

axel.mohnhaupt@chesterfieldcylinders.co.uk