Chuck Moratz

Lexington, KY, United States
Clark Material Handling Company has promoted Chuck Moratz to senior vice president of global engineering. Moratz will report to the president and CEO of Clark, Dennis Lawrence. He will be responsible for overseeing and directing all global engineering efforts and will provide strategic leadership, project management accountability and direction for all engineering functions globally. He has nearly 20 years of engineering and management experience with Clark. As chief operating officer of Clark for the past three years and part of the management team for the past 10 years, Moratz has been instrumental in the growth and success of the company. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering United States Military Academy at West Point and an MBA from Golden Gate University in San Francisco.
Clark Material Handing Company has also appointed Chuck Mix as vice president of operations, reporting to president and CEO Dennis Lawrence. Mix will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operational and administrative functions of the company. He has over 15 years of global and operations management experience. His experience covers organisation and infrastructure development, P&L, financial control, staff selection, training, development, strategic vision and growth planning, systems engineering and integration, and program and product management. He has an MBA from the University of Indianapolis and a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Purdue University.
Brussels, Belgium
The FEM General Assembly has re-elected Jan van der Velden from Vanderlande Industries as president for the 2014-16 period. Christophe Lautray, CSO of Linde Material Handling, was elected vice president. John Meale from Thorworld Industries remains past president.
Jan van der Velden says: "During my second term, I intend to base the core of my activities on the Manifesto FEM has just adopted. With this document, our industry has set its mid-term vision and strategy by flagging seven areas that are key to maintain the competitiveness and overall success of our companies." The seven key areas are: safety technology, intellectual property, global market access, people, energy, environment and resources.