Volvo Financial Services Names Weissburg President
Martin Weissburg last week was appointed president of the Volvo Group’s customer finance company, Volvo Financial Services. Weissburg, who is currently head of VFS’ the Americas operations, will assume his new position May 15, and replaces Salvatore Mauro, who has been appointed new head of the Volvo Group’s representation office in New York....
Blastrac Promotes Key Executives
Surface preparation manufacturer Blastrac promoted John Rippman to national sales manager and training director and named Paul Robb engineering manager....
IMT Introduces New Vice President of Sales
Iowa Mold Tooling Co., an Oshkosh Corp. company, last week announced that Jim Hasty has been hired as the company’s new vice president of sales. Hasty brings with him more than 20 years of experience in sales management and team leadership....
Doosan Displays Mobile Video Surveillance at 2010 Military Expo
Statesville, N.C.-based Doosan Portable Power participated as an exhibitor in the 2010 Marine South tradeshow at Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejuene, N.C., in April. The Blackhawk MVS6 mobile video surveillance unit was displayed, along with a photographic showcase of additional products used in military project applications....
Kobelco to be Featured May 2nd on ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”
Kobelco Construction Machinery America recently joined the crew of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” for a project in eastern Texas. The company provided a Kobelco SK210 excavator to demolish a home so that a new one could be constructed for a deserving family....
Charles Machine Works Acquires HammerHead Trenchless Equipment
The Charles Machine Works, manufacturer of Ditch Witch underground construction equipment, has acquired 100-percent ownership of HammerHead Trenchless Equipment, manufactured by Earth Tool Co. LLC of Oconomowoc, Wis. This acquisition makes ETC a wholly owned subsidiary of CMW. Hammerhead is a global leader in the design and manufacture of piercing tools, bursting systems, pneumatic hammers and horizontal directional drill tooling....
Terex Completes Atlas Heavy Construction Equipment Divestment
Terex Corp. last week completed the previously announced divestment of the Terex Atlas heavy construction equipment and knuckle-boom crane manufacturing operations located in Germany to Atlas Maschinen GmbH. Fil Filipov, a former Terex executive, is the chairman of Atlas Maschinen....
Gehl Names Manitou’s Bosche Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Gehl Co. last week named Serge Bosche vice president of sales and marketing, effective immediately. Bosche will be responsible for all sales and promotional activities in the Americas region for Gehl Co. and Manitou B.F....
Caterpillar Vice President Bob Williams to Retire
Caterpillar Inc. last week announced vice president Bob Williams, 61, will retire after more than 43 years with the company. Williams has been a Caterpillar vice president since 2004 and currently has responsibility for the Americas Operations Division. AOD includes all manufacturing operations in Aurora, Ill., Decatur, Ill., East Peoria, Ill., North Little Rock, Ark., Caterpillar Brazil Limited and CMSA Mexico. The division manufactures motor graders, wheel tractor scrapers, large mining and quarry & aggregate trucks, hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, track-type tractors, pipelayers and various machine components. Williams will retire on June 1. A replacement for Williams will be announced in the near future....
Ditch Witch Launches New Safety Program
The Ditch Witch organization is proud to offer Ditch Witch Safe, a new safety program designed to meet the ever-present need for timely, substantive safety information for crews working on jobsites on a daily basis....
Vacall Connects Through Facebook
Vacall , maker of sewer cleaning equipment, sweeper/cleaners, straight jetting trucks, hydro-excavators and industrial vacuum loaders, is now connecting with customers through Facebook....
Volvo, Deutz Expand Diesel Engine Cooperation
German heavy engine maker Deutz AG last week said it had extended its 15-year partnership for development and supply of diesel engines with Swedish equipment producer Volvo....
Case Starts Work on $160 Million Army Contract
Racine, Wis.-based Case New Holland last week started work on a $160 million, 10-year contract commissioned by the U.S. Army to provide 3,400 skid-steer and compact track loaders from its plan in Wichita, Kan....
Wynne Systems Names Ly Manager of Technology
International rental software provider Wynne Systems has named Tran Ly manager of technology. Ly will be responsible for the technical direction of the company’s current and future development efforts with RentalMan and InfoManager. She will oversee all technical processes related to Wynne Systems software suites, including internal software development, third-party relationships, and the roadmap of Wynne Systems’ next generation technologies....
Hyster Co. Introduces New Technical and Sales Certification Programs
Hyster Co. last week introduced a new on-line and classroom training program aimed at Hyster dealer technicians. The program, called CERTECH, is designed to further enhance the customer service abilities of the Hyster lift truck dealer network. The CERTECH technical training certification program helps assure Hyster customers that they can rely on a high level of ability and knowledge from all Hyster dealer service technicians....
Ridgid Tools Partners With Cleveland Indians
The Cleveland Indians aren’t anybody’s favorite to win the World Series in 2010, but a new partnership with Ridgid Tools has made Ridgid the Official Tool of the Cleveland Indians....
Atlas Copco Honors Industrial Designers, Product Developers
Atlas Copco will present the Peter Wallenberg Marketing and Sales Award and the John Munck Award — the company’s top awards recognizing industrial design and product development — at its annual general meeting on April 28....
New Holland Joins Episode of ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”
In February, New Holland joined the crew of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” for a project in Texas, providing a New Holland D95B crawler dozer to level a home and help build a new one for a deserving family....
Lincoln Electric’s Automated Welding Robot to be Featured in Movie Sequel
A Lincoln Electric automated welding robot cell, featuring a Lincoln Electric Power Wave i400 welding power source and a FANUC ARC Mate 100iC robotic arm, will co-star in the movie sequel, Iron Man 2, the company announced last week. Lincoln Electric’s welding equipment and consumables were used by actor Robert Downey Jr.’s character, engineering genius Tony Stark, to fabricate his superhero suit in the film....
Gehl Names Daniel Miller President
West Bend, Wis.-based Gehl Co. last week announced that Daniel Miller will succeed Malcolm “Mac” Moore as president of Gehl Co. effective immediately....
AEM Offers New OSHA-Approved Safety Decal for Rough Terrain Forklifts
A new safety decal for rough terrain forklifts — “Employer-Certified Operators ONLY” — has been developed by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers and approved by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The decal signifies that the machine should be operated only by personnel who have received employer certification of training and evaluation according to relevant OSHA standards....
LiuGong North America Names New VP of Sales and Marketing
LiuGong North America has named Curt Unger vice president of sales and marketing said Ron Hargrave, president. In the newly created position, Unger will be responsible for establishing LiuGong as a major player in the North American earthmoving, quarrying, roadbuilding and other construction markets. His initial tasks will be to expand LiuGong’s dealer network in the United States and Canada and the development of both the national and regional marketing and sales programs....
JLG Awarded $4 Million Contract to Build EIRVs for the U.S. Navy
JLG Industries said this week it has received an order to build 26 engine installation and removal vehicles for the U.S. Navy. Valued at about $4 million, these specially designed JLG vehicles will be used at naval facilities around the world....
Stone Construction Announces Personnel Appointments
Honeoye, N.Y.-based Stone Construction Equipment recently appointed Jon Hudson, regional manager and Tim Roberts of Kirkwood, Mo., as district manager. In addition, Laurie Rock of Honeoye, N.Y., and Randall Zea of Bloomfield, N.Y., were appointed inside sales representatives....
New Holland Launches Contest to Find America’s Best Landscaper
Racine, Wis.-based New Holland last week announced that it is sponsoring the 2010 Landscaper’s Challenge, a nationwide contest to find the best design and build project of the year. The winning landscape contractor will receive a New Holland skid-steer loader at the 2010 GIE+EXPO show in October....
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