One of the first changes was Terry Farthing’s decision to relinquish his position as sales director after career with Trox spanning over 30 years. He now works on a part-time basis as head of communications and manages the Trox Academy and the company’s PR activities
He has been replaced as sales director by Alan Basnett, who has worked for the company for 17 years — starting in the Manchester sales office and then moving to London in 2001 to head the southern sales team.
Iam Sams has been promoted from marketing manager to business manager for strategy and planning, working for David Leatherbarrow.
Neil Addison has been promoted to southern regional sales manager.
To strengthen export activity, Mark Dawes has been appointed export manager. He has considerable international experience in sales and product management, having worked in France in an international capacity for over seven years.
Juergen Dieris has joined the UK technical team from Trox Germany as product development co-ordinator. He has considerable experience in R&D and product management for chilled beams, air distribution and fire dampers.



