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This newly created position represents a key milestone in further integration of UK companies into the HIMA Group.
October 3, 2025 – HIMA Group appointed Carl Ramsden as CEO of Sela Controls on October 1, 2025.
Along with Carl Ramsden, the HIMA group will acquire experienced leaders. He brings over 20 years of international leadership and financial expertise from industry and technology sectors, including senior positions at chemical companies and automation manufacturers. He addresses both manufacturing and customer aspects, and has a comprehensive understanding of both perspectives within the industrial value chain.
As CEO of Sella Controls, Carl Ramsden assumes the overall responsibility of the company and will lead it alongside Chris Parr (CTO) and Eddy Turnock (CSO). Carl also assumes the responsibility John Blackwell had previously held. John Blackwell will retire as Chief Financial Officer on October 31, 2025 after many years of service.
“We’re looking forward to seeing you in the future,” said Jörg DeLa Motte, CEO of Hima Group. “We are pleased to see Carl Ramsden, an experienced and strategic manager, joining this important position. With his expertise and a clear value-driven leadership style, Carl Ramsden will further promote the growth of the UK and Ireland processes and railway industries and help expand our global position.”
Cera Control was acquired by the HIMA Group in February 2023 after a long-standing partnership. The integration went smoothly, and Central IT and Management Systems were in a short time. Sella Controls currently serves as a regional centre in the UK and Ireland and as a global centre for HIMA Group’s rail activities, which currently employs more than 130 people on the Stockport and Ashby sites.
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