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IPAF (The International Powered Access Federation), is looking to fill several positions due to expansion and staff retirement.

At Liebherr in the USA Bill Carbeau has been appointed general manager of business development in the tower crane group

Hewden has appointed an ex-Speedy employee Stuart Langham to focus on Hewden’s training offering and to look into opportunities in the tool hire market.

Lavendon has appointed Jan Åstrand and Andrew Wood as non-executive members of its board.

Lavendon makes two changes to its board with the appointment of Andy Wright to newly-created position of chief executive, international operations, and Mike Potts to the role of chief executive, Lavendon Access Services (UK).

Leif Johansson will step down in the summer of 2011.

Johann Sailer, managing director of German mast climber manufacturer Geda, will be the next president of the CECE. CECE is the organisation representing and promoting the European Construction Equipment and related industries, which co-ordinates the views of national associations and their members by influencing the European/national institutions and other organisations worldwide to achieve a fair competitive environment via harmonised standards and regulations.

A new chairman will take the helm on Palfinger AG's supervisory board. Alexander Doujak, a current member of the loader crane manufacturer's board, has been nominated for election as the new chairman

Brian Black has been appointed as director of sales for the Americas.

Wynne Systems has appointed Viviane Chan as business analyst manager based at the company’s European head office in Antwerp, Belgium.

Roland Koch appointed to succeed Herbert Bodner as Executive Board chairman of German company.

CTE has appointed Massimo Franceschi and Feliciano Gentilini to the sales team: they are respectively the new sales managers for the aerial platform division and material removal lifts.

Linamar Corp has appointed an executive from its automotive components business, Ken Myers, to replace Steve Shaughnessy as president of Skyjack.

Peter Bigwood has left Atlas Copco Construction Tools to take up the position of president of Flip Screen USA

Alfons Thihatmer, Teupen's executive director since 1986, is going to assign his responsibilities within the management board to Michael Wotschke and intends to resign from the Teupen group management by the end of 2010.

Alfons Thihatmer will resign at the end of 2010 and hand over his duties to Michael Wotschke.

Julian Dyer, heavy crane sales manager for the UK South region at Ainscough, is one of three new sales and marketing team management appointments at the UK's largest crane rental company

Jeff Elder has been named president of Trojan Battery

USA-based Manitowoc Cranes is reorganising its senior leadership in Asia Pacific as the region continues to grow in importance for the company

Lavendon Group’s chairman, David Hollywood, has resigned from the company and will be replaced by John Standen, Lavendon’s senior independent director.