Solar A/S announced that Hugo Dorph has been appointed Commercial Director and will be part of Solar's management team with immediate effect. The job function is new in Solar and will include sales and marketing, product/industry management and business development. Hugo Dorph, is an experienced international leader.
Hugo Dorph was CEO of the Maconomy until the company was sold to American Deltek. At the same time as Hugo Dorph joins Solar, Corporate Sales and Marketing Director Claudio Christensen leaves Solar. Therefore, the company hand over the overall sourcing responsibility to Jan Willy Fjellvær who will take on this responsibility in addition to his role as Chief Executive Director of Solar Norge.
Solar A/S is a Denmark-based company engaged in the distribution of electrical, heating, plumbing and ventilation components. The Companyâs sales are divided into industry segment and contractor segment. The Company offers, among others, lightning, boilers and radiators, water heaters, heat pumps, switches and socket outlets, detection and push buttons, fans and air handling units, solar heating units, fire alarm systems, contactors, and cables for building, marine and offshore, and telecommunications industries. The products are distributed through a network of centrally located branches, drive-ins supporting the central warehouses and through an online channel. Apart from this, it sells accessories for consumer electronics through Aurora Group A/S. Solar A/S operates a number of subsidiaries in Denmark, Faroe Islands, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland and Austria. It operates, among others, through MAG45, an integrated supply company.