Danfoss Editron has actually designated Erno Tenhunen as its brand-newMarine Director He will certainly lead the business’s aquatic organization, with total obligation to buy, the shipment of jobs as well as establishing brand-new systems innovation at once when electrification is a warm subject in the worldwide aquatic sector.
Tenhunen concerns Danfoss Editron’s aquatic group with virtually two decades experience His history consists of total earnings as well as loss obligation for organization devices, while he has a tested record of marketing as well as negotiating. His capacities additionally consist of leading as well as establishing groups, fulfilling economic targets as well as enhancing outcomes.
He signs up with Danfoss Editron from ABB where, after at first beginning as a Project Manager, he held a number of elderly functions consisting of Vice President of Sales as well as Global Sales Manager for certain aquatic sections, such as icebreakers as well as cruise ship vessels. Most lately, he led ABB’s Digital Solutions system in Finland, concentrating on establishing brand-new as well as cutting-edge electronic systems for ships consisting of those connecting to automation, navigating as well as smart procedures.
“Danfoss Editron has great products and a growing team, so making this move is a great opportunity to challenge myself in a similar area to what I’m used to,” claims Tenhunen, keeping in mind that “there will also be some differences which I’m excited about, such as developing smaller fully-electric vessels compared to the cruise liners and icebreakers that I previously focused on.”
“I see lots of opportunities for electrification in the marine sector,” he includes. “Existing fleets of small ferries are getting old for example, so there is a growing market for replacements and retrofits. However, there is growing pressure to electrify all types of marine vessels, with legislation such as IMO 2020 soon coming into force. Electrification is truly here to stay and will dominate the global marine industry for years to come.”
Danfoss Editron has actually amazed an expanding variety of vessels in the aquatic sector. Significant jobs supplied this year consist of the Ellen E-ferry in Denmark, which is the globe’s most effective fully-electric ferryboat, while the business additionally offered the electrical power tools for 2 workboats operating the Miyun Reservoir, Asia-Pacific’s biggest man-made lake.