The Association of Equipment manufacturers last week named Stuart Levenick, group president of Caterpillar Inc. to its board of directors.

AEM is an international trade group for companies that manufacture equipment, products and services based worldwide in the agricultural, construction, forestry, mining and utility sectors. It helps set guidelines and operating policies on behalf of its members in areas such technical and product safety support, equipment statistics and market information, public policy representation, trade shows, global business development services, education and training and more. It is based in Milwaukee, Wis., with offices in Washington, D.C.; Ottawa, Canada; Beijing and Brussels.