EANS-News: Hoeft & Wessel appoints new Managing Director for Metric subsidiary (with photo)
21.02.2012 – 09:35
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corporate news transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer/originator is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Board of Directors (Appointments and Changes) Subtitle: - Central control of UK business activities from Swindon - Successful manager from the Company Swindon/UK, Hannover/Germany, 21/02/2012. (euro adhoc) - Peter Aylward was appointed by the Hoeft & Wessel Group as Managing Director of the Metric subsidiary, headquartered in Swindon (United Kingdom). Accordingly, he will be responsible for the business activities of one of the world´s leading producers of car park terminals, reporting directly to the Board of Management. In Peter Aylward, an experienced manager from the ranks of the Company is now at the helm. Since mid-2009, this 49-year-old IT specialist has succeeded in further developing the business activities for ticketing systems in Great Britain as General Manager of Almex UK. Under his stewardship, it was possible to penetrate the market for stationary ticketing systems and, ultimately, the market for state-of-the-art ticketing package solutions. As part of a large- scale order placed, for several months now Hoeft & Wessel has equipped the bus fleet of the FirstGroup, the largest private bus operator in the United Kingdom, with an NFC (Near Field Communication) enabled e-Ticketing system. Aylward was born in Great Britain and lives near Swindon. In his career lasting over 30 years, he has acquired extensive experience in management of IT companies in the United Kingdom and Germany. For instance, he was Managing Director of RedDot, a leading provider of enterprise content management software. In addition to the parking division, Peter Aylward also remains responsible for all business activities for Almex ticketing systems in Great Britain. This will help to lay the foundations for further extension of the business with car park terminals, ticketing systems and mobile terminals in a central region for Hoeft & Wessel. The new CEO, Michael Hoeft, is delighted with this new management solution, saying: "In Peter Aylward, we now have an experienced manager in Swindon, who is in control of all business activities of the Hoeft & Wessel Group on site in the UK. This generates many and various synergy effects. Just one example is the use of our nationwide service network in Great Britain both for car park terminals and ticketing systems." Press kit with photo of Peter Aylward: http://www.presseportal.de/pm/12945/hoeft_wessel_ag/ The Company Hoeft & Wessel is the leading IT and engineering technology Group for ticketing, parking and mobile solutions in Great Britain and Germany. Established in 1978 by the two entrepreneurs who gave the company its name, the enterprise has developed into a group of companies with sales revenues of approx. EUR 90 million and a workforce of 500 employees. Its main locations are Hannover, Germany, and Swindon, west of London. Pictures with Announcement: ---------------------------------------------- http://resources.euroadhoc.com/us/FSPyNHOT Further inquiry note: Arnd Fritzemeier Tel.: +49-511-6102-300 E-Mail: PR@hoeft-wessel.com end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pictures with Announcement: ---------------------------------------------- http://resources.euroadhoc.com/us/FSPyNHOT company: Höft & Wessel AG Rotenburger Str. 20 D-30659 Hannover phone: +49-511-6102-0 FAX: +49-511-6102-411 mail: ir@hoeft-wessel.com WWW: http://www.hoeft-wessel.com sector: Technology ISIN: DE0006011000 indexes: Prime All Share, Technology All Share stockmarkets: free trade: Hannover, Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt language: English