Rawdon-based air conditioning manufacturer Airedale has announced the appointment of Bill Coates as director engineering.

Mr Coates has worked with the firm for 22 years and in that time has helped it establish an international profile.

Elsewhere in the company Brian Smith has been installed as customer service manager and Fin Farrelly has taken on the role of product planning manager.

The company employs around 400 people and exports air conditioning units to more than 40 countries.