All Appointments Articles

Austrian crane and access platform manufacturer, Palfinger is extending the sponsorship agreement it has with wheelchair athlete Thomas Geierspichler for a further two years.

Keltbray has appointed Peter Gilligan as business development manager, based in Manchester, UK

Andrew Satterley has been appointed as vice president of sales, marketing and customer support for JLG's Asia Pacific region.

From the beginning of the year Nico Krekeler has been in charge of the construction and development department of Ruthmann. Mr Krekeler replaces Ulrich Kleine-Boes, who decided to leave the company in order to pursue new challenges.

Effective March 1, Michael Kuharik will take over the role of North America Zone manager for Haulotte Group, replacing Jeff Ott who is leaving the company.

Four executives have been promoted at Manitowoc in the Americas

Italian truck mount specialist Isoli continues to expand its dealer network with a new distributor in Spain.

UK access specialist Ranger Equipment has been appointed the dealer for Giraf Track in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

Netherlands based rental company Riwal has appointed Dirk Konings as senior account manager.

CTE has appointed Francesco Berardi as its new area sales executive, specialising in fire fighting platforms B-FIRE range. Mr Berardi has been selling this product for six years working for one of CTE's competitors.

Tubb Equipment and Rental Co Inc has joined Skyjack's expanding network of Zoom Boom and VR Telehandler dealers.

Mats Guldbrand has informed the nomination committee at NCC that he is to stand down from the board of directors at the 2010 Annual General Meeting.

Robin Sosebee has been appointed as director of sales for Latin America where the company has ambitious plans for expansion.

William J. Pulte to stand down after 60 years in the house building business.

IPS, the UK based International supplier of replacement parts and aftersales services has announced a partnership with Spanish company IGS (Icaro Global Solutions).

UK access platform distributor Powerlift was showing an ATN Piaf 810 tracked, vertical mast machine with jib at the Executive Hire Show held in the first week of February. Powerlift added the ATN range of equipment to its offering in January and will sell the complete range, which includes the Piaf machines and the Zebra articulated boom with a scissor range anticipated.

JLG has announced a change to its distribution in Spain: from 1 February JLG Iberica, located in Barcelona, will supply the Spanish market directly with access equipment, telehandlers, parts, financing, training and service.

Harsco Infrastructure has appointed Paul O'Kelly as regional managing director for Europe. Mr O'Kelly will be responsible for Harsco's access and formwork businesses in Europe that previously operated under the SGB and Huennebeck names.

Grindex has appointed Joakim Cronstrand as its managing director, replacing Peter Schmidt, who is now manager of the dewatering business unit at ITT Water & Wastewater, Grindex’s sister company within ITT.

François Desbriere has taken over as powered access manager at Manitou, replacing previous access manager Christian Lajous who has moved to head up Manitou’s pricing department.