LONDON — Marcus Edwards has become business development manager for Schroff U.K.'s Varistar range of 19in cabinets with a brief is to expand sales into the broadcast and data-communications sectors.

Edwards joins Schroff after nearly 16 years with VeroAPW, where he was initially employed as product manager and then rose to the position of global marketing manager for APW Enclosure Solutions.

A mechanical production engineer by training, he gained his early marketing experience in the lighting industry with manufacturer Thorn EMI, before moving into the enclosures business.