On February 1st, 2012, Siemens Energy (Erlangen, Germany) announced that it has appointed Shmuel Fledel as chief executive officer (CEO) of the solar thermal energy business unit in its solar & hydro division. Fledel’s appointment became effective on February 1st, 2012.

"Shmuel Fledel will lead us forward as we optimize our processes and strategy, strengthen our business, and implement the utilization of ecofriendly solar thermal technology in existing and new applications. Here, research and development will play a key role," stated Ted Scheidegger, CEO of the solar & hydro division of Siemens Energy.

Fledel is an aeronautical engineer and has vast experience in production process improvement. Since 2008, Fledel was President and CEO of TAT Technologies Group. He also served as president and CEO of Cyclone Aviation Products Ltd.

Siemens Energy is a division of Siemens AG (Munich, Germany).

2012-02-05| Courtesy: Siemens | solarserver.com © Heindl Server GmbH

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