All Appointments Articles

David Sinclair has been appointed as demolition engineer/consultant by UNOPS in the clearance of earthquake debris in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Arcgen-Hilta, the UK-based producer of Arcgen, Hilta and SMC products is at the Intermat Middle East show in Abu Dhabi looking for distributors throughout the region and initial contacts look positive.

Skyjack has extended the sphere of influence of Brad Boehler: previously vice president of engineering, Mr Boehler has added vice president of sales and marketing to his job title.

Odyne Systems, LLC, has appointed Terex Utilities as a global distributor for Odyne plug-in hyrbid systems for medium and heavy-duty vehicles.

JCB has opened a new West Coast parts distribution center in Fontana, CA.

Dutch tower crane company Kranenbouw has been appointed exclusive Zoomlion tower crane dealer for the Benelux countries and Poland

Volvo Construction Equipment CEO Olof Persson to take over as group president while the company plans US manufacture of loaders, excavators and haulers

An increase in orders has led Nooteboom Trailers to increase production of its equipment for abnormal road transport and to add to its workforce

Niftylift has formally appointed rental and sales company, OOO "TPC", which trades as Belaruslift, as its dealer in Belarus. Jim Craddock, export sales manager recently travelled to Minsk to accept a new purchase order and formalise the agreement.

Columbian company HSE Consultores is the newly appointed distributor for Netherlands fall protection specialist, XSPlatforms.

Construction recruitment specialist 4 U Recruitment has extended its offering worldwide with the launch of a new division for jobs in cranes and lifting

Terex AWP (Aerial Work Platforms), has appointed Tom Saxelby as vice president, North American Sales, Terex AWP. In this role, Mr Saxelby will lead North American initiatives for the sales and customer service functions. The position reports directly to Matt Fearon, vice president and general manager, Terex AWP Americas.

Tributes have been paid to Braxton Snyder, Link-Belt manager of worldwide sales, who died this month in Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Manitowoc has announced Western Pacific Crane and Equipment as the exclusive distributor of Manitowoc, Grove and National Crane in western North America and the South Pacific

Hubert Palfinger, who headed Austrian loader crane and access equipment giant Palfinger for 33 years, will retire from the company's surpervisory board at the end of March as part of a generation change on the board

Hanix Europe is launching two new mini excavators in the all-important 1.5 t class size and is expanding its sales infrastructure with initiatives in France, Saudi Arabia and Brazil.

The Italian Imer Group has gathered all the activities related to the production, sale and service of aerial platforms together under one division, Imer Access and Paolo Pianigiani has been appointed as business unit director to manage the new division.

UK based International supplier of replacement parts, IPS has appointed Tower Rent as its distributor in Turkey. Tower Rent was established in 2008 to support the rapidly growing access market, with a focus on selling aluminum scaffolding and low level work podiums.

Italian manufacturer of tracked atrium lifts, BlueLift has appointed Forent Ltd as its official dealer in the Republic of Belarus.

Terex AWP (Aerial Work Platforms) has made three new appointments in the EMEAR (Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Russia) region. José M. Peña Haro becomes product development director for EMEAR; Christophe Rousseau has been appointed as regional sales manager for Southern Europe, Northern and Central Africa and Matthew Skipworth is now National Account Manager for the UK