Movers & Shakers

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- 1 Dec 2005 ( #237 )
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IIidio Alves, general manager for sales & marketing of BT-Prime Mover
IIidio Alves, general manager for sales & marketing of BT-Prime Mover
MUSCATINE, IA, United States
IIidio Alves has been named general manager, sales & marketing, for BT-Prime Mover. He has more than 15 years' experience with Komatsu, MCFA and Clark. Before his promotion, Alves was national support manager for BT-Prime Mover. BT-Prime Mover is part of the Toyota Material Handling Group, which includes Raymond, BT, Prime Mover and Toyota.

WESTPORT, CT, United States
Terex Corporation has promoted Colin Robertson to executive vice president for operations, effective from January 1, 2006. He will be responsible for developing and implementing world-class capabilities in supply chain management, logistics and global purchasing and for improving manufacturing facility use around the world. Robertson, who was previously president of Terex Construction, will report directly to Terex chairman and CEO Ronald M DeFeo.

MILWAUKEE, WI, United States
Group president of Caterpillar Inc, Peoria, Illinois, Gerald Shaheen has been elected 2006 chairman of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). Other new AEM officers include second vice chairman William Lasky, JLG Industries president and CEO and treasurer William Desmond vice president for distribution planning & development of Komatsu America Corp, Vernon Hills, Illinois,

AEM has selected industry executives to serve on its board of directors. They are Helmut Peters, president of JCB Inc, Pooler, Georgia; Howard Sellick, president of Sellick Equipment Ltd, Harrow, Ontario, Canada; and Duana Wilder, president of Liebherr Construction Equipment Company, Newport News, Virgina.
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