19.08.2008

New director for Harsco

Harsco, owner of access companies, SGB, Hünnebeck and Patent scaffold, has appointed Henry W. Knueppel, 58, as a non executive director.

Knueppel is chairman and chief executive officer of Regal Beloit Corporation a global manufacturer of electrical and mechanical motion control products.
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Henry W. Knueppel

He joined Regal Beloit in 1979 and has served in various senior management positions since 1987. He joins the Harsco board on September first taking its current membership to 11, of whom nine are independent non executive directors.

Harsco chairman and chief executive Salvatore D. Fazzolari said: “We enthusiastically welcome Henry Knueppel to the Harsco Board, not only for his ongoing executive leadership and global growth experience, but also for the core values to which he has committed himself and the entire Regal Beloit organisation for integrity, continuous process improvement and shareholder value creation, all of which are in direct alignment with our own Harsco values.”