Emerson Climate Technologies, a business of Emerson, has announced the appointment of Hakan Erdamar as President for Asia and Middle East, responsible for all operational affairs including sales, marketing, engineering, R&D, production, quality management and financial operations for Asia, Middle East and Africa. Erdamar joined Emerson in 1989 as a project engineer for Power & Water Solutions in Pennsylvania, U.S. and held positions in Emerson Process Management in Asia, U.S. and Europe. He most recently served as Vice President, Asia Pacific. A 15-year veteran of the Asia market, Erdamar holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Computer and Control Engineering from Istanbul Technical University. Asia and the Middle East region has always been an important market in the HVACR sector for Emerson, and is currently its second largest market after the U.S.