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- 21 Mar 2013 ( #608 )
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Rory Harvey-Kelly
Rory Harvey-Kelly
Jingjiang, China
KION Baoli (Jiangsu) Forklift Co Ltd has appointed Rory Harvey-Kelly as general manager of Baoli Forklift Europe. He will be responsible for establishing Baoli's European head office and developing a distributor and dealer network in Europe. Harvey-Kelly was previously general manager of sales for Komatsu Europe International's forklift division in Belgium.

Brussels, Belgium
Toyota Material Handling Sweden, a sales and marketing company of Toyota Material Handling Europe, has appointed Per Fyrenius as managing director. He was the company's sales and marketing director. He replaces Per Wass who remains a TMH Sweden board member to support the management transition. Wass will also continue as chairman in Denmark, Finland and Norway, and be a member of Toyota Material Handling Polska's board.

Pleasanton, CA, United States
Adept Technology has appointed Glenn Hewson as senior vice president of global marketing. He will lead the company's product management, product marketing and marketing teams globally. Hewson has more than 25 years of product line and marketing experience, and a track record of building high-performance teams. He was most recently vice president of global marketing for Avure Technologies.

Garden Grove, CA, United States
Advance Storage Products has appointed Jeff Becker as sales manager - integrated systems. Becker has 20 years' experience in the materials handling industry, having worked at Elite Storage Solutions and, most recently, Konstant.
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