AriensCo has announced the appointment of Stephen Kuester as head of engineering EMEAA reporting to vice president Darren Spencer.

Stephen has spent almost 30 years leading teams developing and launching new products across the consumer, aerospace, automotive and medical device sectors; both in house and as a consultant. He joins Ariens from Adlens Ltd, a company pioneering adaptive optics technologies, where he worked as Engineering Manager since 2018, leading and overseeing a team of mechanical and design engineers to develop novel precision actuated fluid filled lenses for augmented and virtual reality applications for a global US player.

Darren Spencer said, “Stephen joins AriensCo with an impressive track record of managing industrial design and engineering of new product development, from concept through to production. Stephen has owned his own businesses developing new innovative products and has also worked for organisations leading design and engineering teams.

"With this experience, Stephen has developed a skill set that I have no doubt will support the development of AriensCo’s new product development in the future, whilst also becoming a key member of the organisations senior leadership team.”

Stephen says he is extremely pleased to be leading the engineering team in the UK and to have the exciting opportunity to be involved with enabling innovation in new product development to support the growth of the Ariens business.