Caterpillar Names Krotowski Chief Information Officer
The Caterpillar Inc. board of directors appointed Randy Krotowski vice president with responsibility for the Global Information Services Division. In this role, he will also serve as chief information officer. Krotowski joins Caterpillar from Chevron Corp., where he is currently chief information officer for Chevron Global Upstream, a $1.2 billion information technology organization with a workforce of 2,500 people....
Stihl Announces Manufacturing Expansion
Stihl Inc. this week announced it will expand its manufacturing operation by 53,256 square feet at its Virginia Beach, Va., headquarters. The expansion, scheduled for completion in spring 2012, represents a total capital investment of $10.3 million and the creation of 52 new jobs....
Toro Acquires Greens Roller Line
The Toro Company this week acquired the Graden greens roller product line, which includes the GSR 1200 greens roller. The acquisition provides entry into a new product category and broadens Toro’s offering to golf customers worldwide. Terms of the deal were not disclosed....
Hyundai Construction Opens Norcross Headquarters
Hyundai Construction Equipment America last week cut the ribbon on its new $10 million headquarters facility in Norcross, Ga., near Atlanta. The new facility, which includes office space for the company’s finance, sales and service operations, is expected to bring an estimated 100 jobs to the area and boost the equipment maker’s market share in North America....
Case Donates Skid Steer Cutaway to Northwest Iowa Community College
Case Construction Equipment recently donated a cutaway training model of a Case skid-steer loader to the Heavy Equipment Operation and Maintenance program at Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon, Iowa....
Winco Names New Chief Operating Officer
Ralph Call, chairman and CEO, Dyna Technology, this week named Daniel Call president and chief operating officer of Winco Inc. and Winpower Inc., Le Center, Minn....
Husqvarna Appoints Hans Linnarson CEO and President
The Husqvarna Group last week announced that Hans Linnarson, acting CEO and president, has been officially appointed the new CEO and president of the company....
Kentucky Contractor Wins Case-Sponsored ‘Landscaper of the Year’ Award
Bill Henkel and Gordon Denmark, owners of Henkel Denmark, Lexington, Ky., have won the 2012 Landscaper of the Year award from Total Landscape Care magazine. Sponsored by Case Construction Equipment, this annual program selects 12 finalists from among the thousands of professionals who work in the landscaping industry....
Komatsu Seeking U.S., Europe Acquisition Opportunities, Bloomberg Reports
Komatsu Ltd., the world’s second-largest construction machinery manufacturer is looking for potential acquisition targets in the United States and Europe, Bloomberg is reporting. The company is hoping to conclude a deal within three years, according to Komatsu president Kunio Noji....
CNH Global President & CEO Boyanovsky Announces Retirement
CNH Global today announced that president and CEO, Harold Boyanovsky, will retire on Dec. 31. Chief financial officer, Richard Tobin, will become president and CEO of CNH, effective Jan. 1. Camillo Rossotto, treasurer and head of financial services for Fiat Industrial S.p.A., will assume the role of chief financial officer of CNH, effective Jan. 1, while retaining his current responsibilities....
Subaru Appoints David Frank VP of Sales and Marketing
Subaru Industrial Power Products this week named David Frank vice president of sales and marketing. Frank has nearly 10 years of experience in engine and power products sales, and most recently has been directly responsible for Subaru’s industrial engine sales division. In his new position, Frank’s primary focus is on strategic planning, account sales and management, and establishing new partnerships with retail centers and rental houses....
Caterpillar Foundation Partners with Water.org to Expand WaterCredit in India, Indonesia
Caterpillar Inc. this week announced a $3 million partnership between the Caterpillar Foundation and Water.org to reach more than 218,000 people with clean water and sanitation over the next three years. The program will support a significant expansion of Water.org’s WaterCredit activities in India, and also fund a market assessment to explore the launch of WaterCredit in Indonesia for the first time. WaterCredit facilitates small loans for water and sanitation access for people living in poverty without access to these most basic necessities. A successful, market-based solution, WaterCredit is accelerating large-scale, sustainable progress against the water and sanitation crisis....
Manitex Receives $4 Million Military Order
Manitex International, a provider of engineered lifting solutions including boom truck cranes, rough-terrain forklifts, container-handling equipment and special-mission-oriented vehicles, this week announced that its Manitex Liftking subsidiary was recently awarded a new order valued at approximately $4 million for specialized material handling equipment from a major military customer. The order is scheduled for delivery for the first half of 2012....
AB Volvo Evaluates Possibility of Divesting Volvo Aero
As a step in further streamlining the Volvo Group towards commercial vehicles, AB Volvo last week said it has initiated a process aimed at divesting Volvo Aero....
Compressor Provider to Oil and Gas Industries Moves to Oklahoma City
Flogistix LP, an oil and natural gas services provider that manufactures a range of gas and electric engine-driven compressors and pump systems, while maintaining more than a thousand rental gas compressor units in eight oil-producing states, has moved its corporate offices to Oklahoma City....
Hilti Ranks High in International Employer Survey
Hilti last week announced it achieved a top ranking in the Great Place to Work Institute’s international best employer survey. The company previously achieved top rankings in both national and European employer surveys conducted by the Great Place to Work Institute....
Topcon California Appoints Pacific Islands Area Manager
Topcon California is expanding into the greater Pacific Islands with the addition of Keith Grittner as area manager – Pacific Islands. In his new position, Grittner will work with clients to define custom combinations of Topcon products and services to meet their specific precision positioning needs. He will be based on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, and will report to Andrew Evans, general manager....
Bandit Partners with Zenith Cutter on Chipper Knife Distribution and NASCAR Sponsorship
Bandit Industries has partnered with Illinois-based Zenith Cutter Co. to be the exclusive distributor for Zenith Cutter hand-fed and whole-tree chipper knives. Zenith Cutter’s full line of competitively priced chipper knives for Bandit, Morbark, Vermeer and Altec chippers will be available for purchase exclusively through Bandit’s global dealer network of more than 170 locations, parts and service outlets, or directly from Bandit....
Caterpillar Opens Winston-Salem Manufacturing Facility
Caterpillar Inc. this week held the grand opening of its Winston-Salem, N.C., facility that will produce axle assemblies for the largest Cat mining trucks. Operations at the 850,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility include machining, assembly, test and painting of axles to support Caterpillar’s increased capacity for expanding global mining operations....
Cummins to Expand Test Facilities
Cummins Inc. this week announced an investment of $24 million over three years to expand the research and development capabilities at its technical center in North Charleston, S.C....
Scaffolding & Access Industry Association Appoints Subcommittee Chairmen
The Scaffold & Access Industry Association A92 members recently voted and approved three new sub-committees in Las Vegas at their 2011 annual meeting....
Skyjack Names Battazza Latin America Sales Director
Linamar Corp. this week announced Adriano Battazza has joined Skyjack in the position of Latin America sales director. Batazza has been involved in the aerial and heavy equipment industries for more than 10 years and has been responsible for leading Latin American sales teams, and building dealer networks for the AWP and construction industries....
Atlas Copco Appoints Osvald General Counsel
Atlas Copco has appointed Håkan Osvald senior vice president general counsel and member of group management effective Jan. 1, 2012. He succeeds Hans Sandberg who is retiring....
Lift and Access Awards JLG’s 1500SJ Gold LLEAP Award
JLG Industries, an Oshkosh Corp. company and a leading manufacturer of aerial work platforms and telescopic material handlers, this week announced that its 1500SJ boomlift was named a Gold winner among aerial lifts in Lift and Access magazine’s 2011 Leadership in Lifting Equipment and Aerial Platforms Awards competition....
Caterpillar to Offer to Acquire ERA Mining Machinery Ltd.
Caterpillar Inc. and ERA Mining Machinery last week jointly announced a pre-conditional voluntary offer by Caterpillar, through a wholly owned subsidiary, for all of the issued shares of ERA....
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