Ventilation equipment manufacturer Nuaire has appointed Mark Huxtable as group managing director. He will be responsible for the management of the business and will oversee all core company functions including sales, marketing, finance, product development, procurement, and manufacturing.
A chartered engineer with a degree in manufacturing systems engineering, Mr Huxtable joined Nuaire in 1988 and moved quickly from a development engineering role into the realms of manufacturing.

Having joined the board of Nuaire in 1994, the 49-year-old from Newport moved to France for three years as president of its subsidiary AREM, one of Europe's largest manufacturers of high temperature axial fans, acquired by Nuaire in 1998.
After integrating the business within the group, Mr Huxtable returned to Nuaire's UK base in Caerphilly as group manufacturing and engineering director whilst retaining responsibility for the French operation.

Mr Huxtable said: 'My objective is to continue the trend of profitable growth and to establish a sustainable, three-year business plan with a strategy that underpins the growth requirements of the shareholders. We will be working to implement what is an ambitious strategic plan but one which the business and its people are fully capable of achieving.'

He continued: 'Against the backdrop of a construction industry which is currently experiencing challenging times, we must continue to focus on development and innovation not only in terms of our products but also in the way we do business in order to capture a bigger slice of a static to diminishing market.'

With a turnover in the region of £65 million, Nuaire recently benefited from Welsh Government funding to assist it in securing major new factory equipment. The purchase of new sheet metal processing equipment represented an investment in the region of £2.2m by the business.