Haier America Inc. (Wayne, New Jersey) named Chris Hogan (pictured below) senior sales manager. Hogan most recently served as vice president of appliances with Sharp Electronics Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
Bitzer (Sindelfingen, Germany) inaugurated a new international training center in Rottenburg-Ergenzingen, Germany. The training centre is named in honor of long-standing owner Senator h. c. Peter Schaufler, who recently passed away.