All Appointments Articles

Kari Aulasmaa, Ramirent’s senior vice president for Finland and Europe East, is to leave Ramirent and take up a position in another industry.

Iain Laidler has been apponted as dealer manager for Powerscreen for the Latin American market

London-based Advanced Access has purchased an additional 30 scissor lifts from Skyjack. Owned and managed by John Corcoran, the company now has more than 150 Skyjack units in their fleet serving London and The Home Counties.

Based in Coates Place Wetherill Park, which has been said is the largest industrial estate in the Southern hemisphere, Skyjack's facility will consist of new modern premises with 100-sqm of office space and 800-sqm warehouse. The facility is conveniently located just 35km from Sydney CBD and situated on the M4/M7 corridor. Support for the new location will consist of a network of service engineers with independents and predominately Access Services covering the whole of Australia. Access services have 37 engineers on call 24 hours a day.

JLG has appointed Brad Nelson to the executive team as global vice president of marketing.

Richard Cuthbert resigns after €5 million profit blunder in June interim management statement

German rental company MVS Zeppelin has appointed Klaus Kögel as its new marketing manager, replacing Jörg Bachmann, who left the company earlier this year.

Manitowoc announced that dealer NIBM will sell Potain top slewing cranes in Belgium. NIBM already represents Potain cranes in the Netherlands and the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany and will offer full Crane Care support in Belgium

Spider, a division of SafeWorks, LLC has promoted Michael Ford to district sales representative of its Orlando operation center. In this position, Ford "will be responsible for solving suspended access and safety challenges of contractors and facility owners throughout Florida's panhandle," the company said.

Hi-Lift Access has been appointed as the UK distributor for Spanish manufacturer Matilsa. The company will supply and support Matilsa's complete range of trailer-mounted and self-propelled access platforms.

Manitex Lift King has appointmented Adobe Equipment as a new Manitex Lift King authorized dealer. The company, headquartered in Houston, TX has over 50 years of experience in the material handling industry.

Business is promising in Spain for heavy plant and construction equipment auction company, Euro Auctions, with unsurpassed levels of pre auction registrations for its sale at Valencia on 30 September. With this in mind Euro Auctions has expanded its Valencia team with the appointment of two new country sales managers.

IPS France, the French arm of the UK based international supplier of replacement parts and after-sales service has been appointed official parts distributor by MinnPar for the Grove Manlift product range in France. The appointment was made official at the APEX show in Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Former MVS Zeppelin marketing manager Jörg Bachmann has joined Loxam’s German subsidiary as director of business development.

International Rental News (IRN) is pleased to announce the appointment of Lynn Collett as the magazine's new Advertisement Manager.

Lavendon Group has appointed Don Kenny, a former director of UK contractor Carillion, as its new chief executive officer. The appointment follows the departure of long-standing CEO Kevin Appleton earlier this year.

MCS Global Ltd, the UK-based rental software company, has appointed Guy van der Knaap as its new chief executive officer. He will take over on 1 October, succeeding his father, Richard van der Knaap, who founded the company in 1982.

Former Flip Screen and Atlas Copco executive joins demolition robot specialist in the US.

Current CEO of Aperam, Bernard Fontana, will take the reins at Holcim in February, 2012.

Ellen Steck, the former RSC Equipment Rental and Atlas Copco executive, has joined Chicago Pneumatic Compressors and Pneumatech as president of both companies. She will be located at Chicago Pneumatic’s Rock Hill office in South Carolina.