Hartmut Van Der Hand

Joined Air Products: 1994
Based: Solingen, Germany
Background: After completing an appren-ticeship as a sheet metal worker and training as a welding instructor and welding specialist, Hartmut worked for a steel company in Düsseldorf, before joining Air Products. Today, he provides technical and sales advice about welding gases and equipment for a wide range of metal fabrication customers.
Contact: VANDERH3@airproducts.com

About Hartmut

Hartmut works with metal fabrication customers in Emden, Bremen, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia and Siegerland.He enjoys carrying out welding tests and advising customers about gas selection as well as making recommendations about how to go about installing onsite tanks and gas pipelines for welding machinery. His clients range from small businesses to larger companies producing metal components for the automotive industry.

His experience

As a qualified welding instructor and welding specialist with many years of industry experience, Frank is viewed by his customers as a valued business partner. If they develop a leak or have problems with gas composition, he is the first person they call.Hartmut particularly enjoys problem-solving and working with customers to improve the quality and reliability of their welding systems and helping them to optimise efficiency and productivity.

On a personal note ...

Hartmut lives in his home town of Solingen, with his wife and daughter.He and his family are keen walkers and especially enjoy spending time in the Alps, visiting places like Oberstdorf and the Zillertal valley.