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Benjamin de Castelnau, previously sales and marketing manager at BM Location, has left the rental business following its acquisition by Kiloutou.

Mr Finn Løkken, managing director of Cramo Norway AS and a senior vice president in Cramo’s group management team, is to resighn from his position and pursue a career outside the rental industry.

US-based SafeWorks has appointed Erik Elzinga to the new role of vice president engineering.

Gunnar Glifberg, previously chief executive officer of Cramo, will be inducted into the ARA's (American Rental Association) Hall of Fame during the Keynote session at The Rental Show in New Orleans next year

CFO to take the reins after president and CEO Harold Boyanovsky leaves at year-end

Dana Stumpf has been appointed to the position of Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) at Durr Heavy Construction with effect from September 1, 2011

US-based equipment distributor Briggs International has promoted Mike Winemiller to the role of president.

US-based deep-cycle battery manufacturer Trojan Batteries has named John Warren as its new Chief Financial Officer, as of 1 December.

Mike Falcon has been appointed as Snorkel's regional sales manager for Latin America. Mr Falcon has 25 years experience in the access industry, including 18 years with UpRight from 1983 to 2001.

Internal promotion replaces Heinder Helbig, who stepped down in the wake of hostile takeover by ACS

Abdul Latif Mohammed, the man responsible at Kanoo Machinery for the aerial lift rental business in Saudi Arabia is retiring.

Gavin Lockyer has been appointed construction director at Cuddy Group

Barry Barnes, sales director, Terex Cranes Europe, has retired after nearly 50 years in the crane industry. UK-based Barnes joined Terex in 1972 and worked his way up

Brad Boehler, president of Skyjack and Brent Hoover of JLG have been appointed as chairmen of two of the new aerial platform sub-committees at the SAIA (Scaffold & Access Industry Association).

Adriano Battazza has joined Skyjack in the position of Latin America sales director. Mr Batazza has been involved in the aerial and heavy equipment industries for over 10 years and has been responsible for leading Latin American sales teams and successfully building dealer networks for the AWP and construction industries.

Harsco Infrastructure has appointed former AMEC and Cape executive Richard Shuttleworth as managing director of its UK business.

Johann Sailer, managing director of GEDA-Dechentreiter, was unanimously elected as chairman of the VDMA’s Construction Equipment and Building Material Machinery Association at its annual assembly in Bremen last week.

David Downie, chief operating officer of HSS, is to leave the company at the end of December and may seek a new executive role in the rental industry.

Access Link, a UK consortium of UK access rental companies, marked the retirement of cranes and access industry veteran Allan Hemmings at its last meeting at the end of October hosted by Niftylift.

CEO and CFO of Hochtief Solutions step down in wake of ACS takeover