Schiller Grounds Care Names Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Schiller Grounds Care last week named Diane Adams vice president, sales and marketing support. Adams comes to Schiller Grounds Care with more than 25 years experience in sales and marketing, and with extensive experience in domestic and international sales and marketing, and strategic planning and customer operations from companies such as Avery Dennison, Crayola and K’nex....
Volvo Powertrain Shortens Work Hours
Volvo Powertrain last week signed an agreement with the salaried employee organizations in Köping, Sweden, regarding the shortening of work hours with income reduction. The agreement means that the layoff notice for 25 salaried employees is being withdrawn. In addition, Volvo Powertrain has reached a preliminary agreement with the IF Metall trade union in Skövde and Köping, Sweden, on shortening of work hours with income reduction. A final agreement would result in cancellation of layoff notices issued on April 22, involving 600 persons....
Case Hosts Block Parties to Celebrate Skid Steer 40th Anniversary
In celebration of its 40th year manufacturing skid-steer loaders, Case Construction Equipment last week launched the Case Rockin’ Block Party campaign. This year-long series of events will be held at Case dealerships across North America....
Caterpillar to Cut Hours at Lafayette, Indiana, Engine Plant
Peoria, Ill.-based Caterpillar last week said it plans to cut work hours in half for nearly 1,000 workers at its Lafayette, Ind., engine plant. This is the company’s second work reduction announced this month....
Case to Lay Off 150 in Burlington, Iowa
Racine, Wis.-based Case New Holland last week announced plans to lay off 150 workers at its Burlington, Iowa, facility, beginning July 2....
Turf Teq Brush Cutter Receives AE 50 Award
Turf Teq last week announced its Model 1305BC brush cutter has been awarded the prestigious AE 50 Award presented by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering. The model 1305BC is a walk-behind brush cutter used for clearing brush, cutting tall grasses and any over grown areas too difficult for a finish mower....
JLG Promotes Executives Morris and Mellott
JLG Industries, an Oshkosh Corp. company, last week announced organizational changes designed to strengthen its global sales, service and marketing organizations. As part of the announced changes, Tim Morris has been promoted to the position of senior vice president – sales, marketing and customer support. In this new role, Morris will lead the development and execution of global distribution, customer support and brand management strategies. He will work closely with the respective marketing, sales and customer support leaders in developing an integrated, global vision and strategy for JLG....
Terex Corp. Announces Job Cuts
Faced with slumping sales, Terex Corp. recently announced plans to lay off workers from its aerial and crane divisions. Genie Industries, Terex’s aerial division, is letting go of 184 workers at its Redmond, Wash., facility and 58 more in Moses Lake, Wash. Genie is shifting to a build-to-order model. The company hopes to cut an additional $100 million in costs by cutting work hours and managers’ salaries. The cuts represent about 6 percent of Genie’s workforce....
Volvo CE’s Certified Refurbishment Program Starts Strong
Volvo Construction Equipment released its refurbishment program in 2008 based on the premise that a mid-life remake of equipment is, many times, the best economical option for machine owners. It can drive machine uptime, controls cost and enhances residual value, the company said. Studies have demonstrated that for Volvo heavy equipment the best refurbishment window is between 12,000 to 20,000 operating hours, depending on the application and maintenance practices....
Bomag Americas Names New President
Bomag Americas last week named Walter Link president of the company, effective immediately. He replaces Jerry Randecker, who is no longer with the company....
Cummins Chairman Expects Company to Emerge from Recession Stronger Than Ever
Despite the current global recession, Cummins Inc. is taking aggressive actions to ensure that its long-term profitable growth resumes once the economic recovery begins, its chairman and CEO Tim Solso told shareholders last week at the company’s annual meeting....
Sellick Equipment Marks 40th Anniversary
Sellick Equipment Limited, originally started in 1969 by Walter Sellick and his sons Howard and David when they modified an industrial Ford tractor into a 6,000-pound outdoor forklift, last week celebrated its 40th anniversary....
ESCO Corp. Acquires 100-Percent Ownership of ESCO Soldering
Portland, Ore.-based ESCO Corp. last week assumed 100-percent ownership of its ESCO Soldering joint venture. The ESCO Soldering business has about 450 employees and is located in Betim, Minas Gerais, Brazil, home to several large mining operations. The business will continue to be known as ESCO Soldering....
Manitowoc Appoints Corporate Treasurer
The Manitowoc Co. last week announced that Dean Nolden has been elected treasurer by the company's board of directors. Nolden, who will also continue as Manitowoc’s vice president of finance, assumes his additional responsibilities immediately....
Generac Power Systems Earns Good Housekeeping Seal
Generac Power Systems, Waukesha, Wis., a leading manufacturer of standby and portable power generation equipment, last week announced it has earned the Good Housekeeping Seal....
Oshkosh Corp to Sell Geesink Norba Group to Platinum Equity
Oshkosh Corp. last week announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with the U.S.-based investment firm Platinum Equity to sell the Geesink Norba Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Oshkosh based in Emmeloord, The Netherlands. Oshkosh will retain ownership of its Romanian facility that supplies fabrications to both Geesink Norba Group and JLG Industries. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed....
Toyota Tsusho and Takeuchi Forge Alliance for Construction Machinery
Toyota Tsusho Corp. and Takeuchi Mfg. Co. last week agreed to enter into a capital and business alliance agreement to further strengthen the cooperative relationship between the two companies....
Lincoln Electric Launches Welding Safety Campaign
Lincoln Electric last week launched its “Are You Ready?” awareness campaign to educate employers and the general welding community about the new Occupational Health & Safety Administration regulations, including the hexavalent chromium standards going into effect on May 31, 2010....
Doosan Promotes Brosick to Director of Global Product Strategy
Doosan Infracore International, a U.S.- based subsidiary of Doosan Infracore, a global manufacturer of construction equipment, last week promoted Stefan Brosick to director of global product strategy....
Kubota Names Iida President
Torrance, Calif.-based Kubota Corp. last week named Satoshi Iida as president of the company. Iida, who has a Ph.D. in mechanical and systems engineering, has been with the company for 29 years and has served in the engineering, utility tractor and construction equipment divisions. He was previously appointed to executive level management positions within Kubota, including his most recent appointment, prior to joining Kubota Tractor Corp., as president of Kubota Europe in France. Iida is a member of Kubota Corp.’s board of directors....
Caterpillar Announces Remanufacturing Supply Agreement with Eaton
Caterpillar Inc. last week announced that it recently reached an agreement with Eaton Corp. to have Eaton’s heavy duty transmission remanufacturing business done by Caterpillar’s Remanufacturing Division. The agreement calls for Caterpillar to remanufacture Eaton heavy duty transmissions at its Summerville, S.C., facility beginning in the third quarter 2009. The agreement brings together the Fuller Reman brand and the strong reputation of Caterpillar’s Remanufacturing Division....
Gorman-Rupp Board Announces Appointments
The board of directors of The Gorman-Rupp Co. last week elected Wayne Knabel to the positions of chief financial officer and treasurer effective May 1....
Skyjack Signs Dealer Agreement with Pinnacle Central for VR Telehandlers
Guelph, Ontario-based Skyjack last week added Pinnacle Central to its expanding network of VR Telehandler dealers. Based in Jacksonville, Fla., Pinnacle will cover central Florida, northeast Florida, as well as Camden and Charlton in southeastern Georgia. Pinnacle Central will carry the complete VR Telehandler product line ranging from 6,000 to 10,000 pounds capacity, with lifting heights up to 56 feet....
Volvo Group Further Reduces Personnel by 1,543
Volvo Group last week announced it is further reducing personnel within its Swedish operations as a result of the sharp decline on world markets for heavy vehicles. A total of 1,543 employees are affected by the new layoffs within Volvo Trucks, Volvo Construction Equipment, Volvo Penta and Volvo Powertrain divisions....
Atlas Copco Opens Customer Center in Nigeria
Stockholm, Sweden-based Atlas Copco last week opened its first customer center in Nigeria to strengthen its offering to customers in one of Africa’s largest growth markets....
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