ZURICH, SWITZERLAND -- Electronics manufacturing services provider Enics has named Hannu Keinänen president and chief executive, effective Feb. 18, replacing Dirk Zimanky, who was injured in an accident in early October.

While Zimanky is proceeding well to a full recovery, the company said, it is making the change in order to "secure the uninterrupted leadership of Enics and to ensure the positive development and growth of the company."

Keinänen has a master's in electrical engineering from Tampere University of Technology and is deeply familiar with the EMS and industrial OEM businesses. He has held several leading positions in ABB and spent 10 years at Elcoteq, where he was general manager in Hungary and executive VP of the communications network area, and president of Asia-Pacific. He was most recently president, Ensto Building Technology, at at Ensto Oy for the past five years.

“I am very pleased to join the Enics team," Keinänen said. "I firmly believe that with this experienced and motivated team, we can continue the success of Enics. The continuation of Enics’ strong strategy with its clear focus on professional industrial electronics is a well-proven success factor. Enics has a strong customer base, market position and excellent people. With these, we have all the elements to take the company towards a bright future.”

Zimanky has been appointed senior vice president for market execution, responsible for customer relationship management, sales and marketing.

Petri Helin, currently senior vice president customer relationship management, has been named senior vice president, supply chain.