Ian Huggins has been appointed General Manager of Parker Hannifin’s Instrumentation Products Division. After 14 years with Parker in logistics and financial management roles, Ian now takes over responsibility for a division serving international oil, gas, petrochemical, processing and utility markets. Ian’s appointment follows the promotion of David Bailey to General Manager of Parker Hannifin’s Filter Division Europe in Dewsbury (UK), after six years in charge at Barnstaple. “Ian has been part of the senior management team at Barnstaple for many years and brings a vast amount of experience and know-how to his new role”, says David Bailey. “Parker Instrumentation is in a period of strong growth as a result of the initiatives this management team has put in place, and I am confident that this trend will continue under his leadership.” The division operates from its ISO9001-registered design and manufacturing centre in Barnstaple, UK, and through some 300 Parker sales centres and distributor locations worldwide. The Barnstaple plant is a benchmark facility in Europe for the company’s parent, the USD 6 billion-sales Parker Hannifin corporation, and has been the subject of substantial investment in recent years.