FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- Kaeser Compressors has named Ed Smiley as its new director of sales.

Kaeser Compressors Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of Germany’s Kaeser Kompressoren, and offers Sigma rotary screw compressors, Omega rotary lobe blowers and Mobilair portable compressors to industrial and commercial markets in the United States. The company’s 120,000-square-foot facility in Fredericksburg, Va., supports a national network of factory-trained representatives.

Based out of Kaeser’s U.S. headquarters in Fredericksburg, Smiley will lead the sales teams for all of Kaeser’s product divisions.
 
With more than 17 years of industrial sales and product management experience, Smiley is uniquely qualified to lead Kaeser’s sales efforts in the United States by combining his skills in strategic planning, territory management and sales management. For the past nine and a half years, Smiley was employed by a European-based pump company, where he served in various sales and marketing management roles, most recently serving as the market development manager for General Industry and Machine Tool markets.
 
“I am very excited to join such an enthusiastic and experienced team here at Kaeser,” Smiley said. “Together, we will continue providing the right solutions for our customers’ compressed air needs with the industry’s most efficient equipment and unmatched after sales service and support.”
 
Smiley received his undergraduate degree from Western Kentucky University and completed his MBA from The University of Kansas in March.
Frank Mueller, president of Kaeser Compressors, commented, “We welcome Ed to the Kaeser family and look forward to making full use of his talents to serve our customers as well as our distribution network.”