The Trox Group has appointed Ian Sams as Managing Director of Trox UK to replace Ludger Bökmann who will return to full-time duties as Head of International Business for the Trox Group.

Ian Sams has spent more than half of his 30 year career in HVAC with Trox and has fulfilled a number of senior roles, the most recent being Chief Operating Officer.

Ian said: “I am immensely proud to be taking the company forward at this exciting stage in its development. An ambition for Trox UK is to maintain our leading position by increasing our market share across all of our product groups.”

Whilst in his role as Chief Operating Officer, Ian has overseen a successful programme to establish new regional sales offices, in addition to the delivery of a £2.1 million capital investment at the Thetford site.