ET Solar Group, a manufacturer of photovoltaic products including ingots, wafers and modules, has appointed Horst Etzkorn as its new European sales and marketing director.

With over 20 years of experience in global sales and marketing, Mr Etzkorn brings over expertise in intercultural business practice, having recruited, trained and led multinational sales, service and project teams to meet business and financial goals in Asia Pacific, Latin America and Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Before joining ET Solar, Mr Etzkorn worked at VPI Systems, where he functioned as the group vice president of international sales and services, mainly being responsible for sales and professional services of enterprise class application software for the telecom industry.

Xinghua Wang, chairman of ET Solar, said: We are very delighted to have Horst Etzkorn as the new European sales and marketing director. His extensive global experience in the field of sales and marketing at very reputable multinational companies will be an enormous benefit in our fast expansion.