BALLERUP, Denmark, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LiqTech
International, Inc. (OTCQX: LIQT) ("LiqTech") is pleased to
announce the appointment of Mark
Vernon, Group Chief Executive Officer of Spirax-Sarco
Engineering, to its Board of Directors.
Mr. Vernon has enjoyed a long career in the industrial
engineering industry, with broad experience in strategic planning,
operations management, marketing, sales and new product
development. He has travelled extensively, visiting over 65
countries worldwide, and has established businesses and
manufacturing operations in many emerging markets.
Since April 2008, Mr. Vernon has
served as Group Chief Executive Officer of Spirax-Sarco Engineering
plc (London Stock Exchange: SPX). Spirax-Sarco is a
multi-national industrial engineering company headquartered in the
UK, comprising more than 50 operating companies located in 35
countries around the world with revenues exceeding $1 billion. Mr. Vernon joined Spirax-Sarco
in 2003 as President of the Group's USA operating company before being appointed
to the Group's Board of Directors in 2006 with responsibility for
business operations in North and South America. Mr. Vernon
also currently serves as a Director of Senior plc, a $1.2 billion UK-based aerospace and industrial
engineering business.
CEO of LiqTech, Lasse Andreassen,
commented, "Mark Vernon joins our
board at a time when LiqTech International is in the process of
developing new membrane products and introducing them into new
markets and applications around the world. Mr. Vernon brings very
extensive experience in international sales and has the technical
background to help LiqTech International continue to grow
worldwide. Mr. Vernon will replace Jens Kampmann and I would like to personally
thank Jens for his contribution and time on our board."
ABOUT LIQTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.
LiqTech
International, Inc., a Nevada
corporation, is a clean technology company that for more than a
decade has developed and provided state-of-the-art technologies for
gas and liquid purification using ceramic silicon carbide filters,
particularly highly specialized filters for the control of soot
exhaust particles from diesel engines and for liquid filtration. It
also manufactures ceramic silicon carbide kiln furniture. Using
nanotechnology, LiqTech develops products using proprietary silicon
carbide technology. LiqTech's products are based on unique silicon
carbide membranes which facilitate new applications and improve
existing technologies. For more information, please visit
www.liqtech.com.
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SOURCE LiqTech International, Inc.