Mark Ankers

Mt KISCO, NY, United States
Curtis Instruments Inc has appointed Mark Ankers as director of product management for motor speed controllers. Ankers was product marketing manager of industrial products for PG Drives Technology Ltd of Christchurch, UK. He has an electrical and electronic engineering degree from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, UK.

John Parasiliti

VANCOUVER, Canada
John Parasiliti has been appointed western regional sales manager at Bolzoni Auramo Canada Ltd. Parasiliti will be located in Vancouver and is responsible for the sales of forklift attachments in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

MILWAUKEE, WI, United States
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has elected John Patterson, chairman of JCB Inc, to its board of directors. AEM directors help set the association's guidelines and operating policies in areas like technical and product safety support, equipment statistics, public policy representation, trade shows, international support services and education and training programs.

AEM has elected 13 companies to join its international trade group, which provides business development resources for companies that manufacture and market agriculture and construction-related products and services. Among them are:

• Toyota Material Handling USA Inc (Irvine, California); forklift manufacturer
• Symetrix Solutions Inc (Naperville, Illinois); supply chain management solutions and logistics consulting provider
• Standard Register Corp (Dayton, Ohio); industrial labels, name plates and technical literature supplier
• Dispatching Solutions Inc (Ontario, California); dispatching software and GPS tracking solutions provider