Directorate Change

Tanfield Group PLC 18 May 2007 The Tanfield Group Plc 18 May 2007 Appointment of Non-Executive Director The Tanfield Group Plc ('Tanfield') is pleased to announce that it has appointed Colin Thomas Billiet as an independent Non-Executive Director. Mr Billiet is currently the chief executive of Nano-Porous Solutions Limited. He has a technical background and has held a number of relevant directorships in the past. Darren Kell, Chief Executive said: 'We are delighted to welcome Colin to our board. He has a terrific track record managing sustained growth in a global manufacturing company. His additional experiences and expertise will be a strong complement to the skills which we already have on the Tanfield board, and we look forward to his input into the next stage of development for the business.' Colin Billiet Colin, 59, is currently CEO of Nano-Porous Solutions Limited. He has a technical background and many patents and technical papers to his name. He spent 34 years at Domnick Hunter Group plc, latterly as Group Chief Executive (1997-2006) and is also currently a non-executive director of Lontra Limited. He has experience of identifying customer needs, developing solutions and taking them to market through various channels which include: brand label, OEM, distribution and direct to end users. Colin was also a director of the British Compressed Air Society (1986-2006) and a former President. There are no other disclosures required in relation to Colin Billiet under Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM rules. For further information: Fishburn Hedges Tel: +44(0) 20 7839 4321 Morgan Bone Mob: +44(0) 7767 622 967 James Benjamin Mob: +44(0) 7747 113 930 tanfield@fishburn-hedges.co.uk website: www.tanfieldgroup.co.uk Notes to editors The Tanfield Group Plc is the world's leading developer and manufacturer of road-going commercial electric vehicles and aerial work platforms. Tanfield is headquartered in Newcastle with operations in the USA and Japan. It has two main divisions: Smith Electric Vehicles, was founded in 1920 and acquired by Tanfield in October 2004. Since its acquisition, Smith is developing into a world leader in new technology electric vans and trucks with greatly enhanced performance, speed and range capabilities. This makes them attractive for all fleet operators in large towns, cities and closed industrial environment. For the first time, these fleet operators have an economically viable, zero emission alternatives to using diesel vans and trucks. Smith has an unrivalled UK-wide service and support network, which already maintains over 5,000 vehicles for major fleet operators. This core element of the business is beginning to fulfil its potential in terms of addressing the requirements of large urban fleet operators, who want to reduce their operational costs and more importantly, greatly reduce their carbon footprint. Smith's airport offering is complemented by two specialist airport vehicle sub-divisions; Jumbotugs and Norquip. www.smithelectricvehicles.com UpRight Powered Access, is firmly established as the UK's biggest manufacturer of self-propelled aerial work platforms (such as 'cherry-pickers', 'scissor lifts', 'trailer mounts', etc) and UpRight is globally one of the industry's strongest aerial lift brands in what is a $7bn market. UpRight has assembly facilities in the UK and USA, plus a wholly-owned subsidiary in Japan. Products are sold through a strong global network of over 150 independent, full-service distributors across Europe, North America, Middle East and Asia-Pacific regions. Tanfield has been successful in extending the UpRight product range and achieving significant increases in average weekly order intake, boosted in part by working at height regulations. www.upright.com www.aerialaccess.co.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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