Movers & Shakers

Local News
- 26 Jul 2012 ( #575 )
1 min read
Anthony Horbal
Anthony Horbal
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Robotic industrial truck maker Seegrid Corp has appointed Anthony Horbal as CEO. Horbal was the company's president. He previously founded and was president of Three Rivers Health Plans Inc, a Pennsylvania Medicaid health plan. In 2008, Horbal sold the company to United Health Plans. Scott Friedman has replaced Horbal as Seegrid president.

Castleford, United Kingdom
Following the move of commercial director Sam Coles to a new role at Toyota Material Handling Europe, Toyota Material Handling UK (TMHUK) has taken the opportunity to restructure its senior management team.
Tony Wallis has been appointed as TMHUK sales and marketing director. Wallis has 10 years' experience at Toyota, five as operations director for the UK.
Kevin Davies will join the UK senior management team as operations director, responsible for business centres, supply and transport, fleet refurbishment and the Toyota Training Academy. Having worked for Toyota for over 25 years, Davies is experienced in process and project management.

Marengo, IL, United States
Nissan Forklift Corp has appointed Charles VandenBosch as senior manager of outside sales. VandenBosch has seven years of dealer development experience. He will be responsible for growing equipment and parts sales, and growing the company's market share.
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