Siemens Water Technologies Names Matthew Knight as Senior Vice President of Sales
Matthew Knight has been named Senior Vice President of Sales for Siemens Water Technologies, Warrendale, Pennsylvania, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Solutions Division (IS). Knight will manage the global sales operations for Water Technologies, in support of the business unit's continued expansion into the global marketplace.
Most recently, Knight was CEO of Strategic Diagnostics Inc, an antibody technology and in-vitro diagnostics company. Prior to that position, he was a Group Vice President at Nalco Chemical Company. During his more than 20 years at Nalco, he held various domestic and international sales and general management positions including President of Nalco's Industrial Water Treatment Division. Knight holds a B.A. in Chemistry from Miami University of Ohio, and is a graduate of the Tuck Executive Program at Dartmouth College. He will be based in the Warrendale, Pennsylvania headquarters of Siemens Water Technologies. Further information about solutions for water and water treatment at www.siemens.com/water A photo supplements this press release. Please see: www.industry.siemens.com/data/presse/pics/IIS200810341.jpg
The Siemens Industry Sector (Erlangen, Germany) is the world's leading supplier of production, transportation and building systems. Integrated hardware and software technologies combined with comprehensive industry-specific solutions enable Siemens to enhance the productivity and efficiency of its customers in industry and infrastructure. The Sector comprises six Divisions: Building Technologies, Industry Automation, Industry Solutions, Mobility, Drive Technologies and Osram. In fiscal 2007 (ended September 30), Siemens Industry generated sales of approximately EUR40 billion (pro forma, unconsolidated) with around 209,000 employees worldwide.
With the business activities of Siemens VAI Metal Technologies, (Linz, Austria), Siemens Water Technologies (Warrendale, Pa., U.S.A.), and Industry Technologies, (Erlangen, Germany), the Siemens Industry Solutions Division (Erlangen, Germany) is one of the world's leading solution and service providers for industrial and infrastructure facilities. Using its own products, systems and process technologies, Industry Solutions develops and builds plants for end customers, commissions them and provides support during their entire life cycle. Further information and downloads at: www.siemens.com/industry-solutions
