Rob Hime

Selma, CA, USA

MEC Aerial Work Platforms has appointed Rob Hime as part of its sales team.
Hime's role covers six states: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky.

Hime was previously with UpRight where he was senior vice president of North American sales until the business was merged with Snorkel.

Hime has over 25 years' equipment sales experience, including 12 years in the aerial lift industry, most of it working with UpRight.

Meanwhile, MEC's director of business development, Steve Citron, has left the company. Citron spent 20 years with Genie and a short spell with Bil-Jax before joining MEC in late 2007 to help develop its boom line.

Hyvinkää, Finland

Sanna Päiväniemi has been appointed Konecranes Group's new investor relations manager after Konecranes' current IR manager, Paul Lönnfors, decided to return to tertiary studies.

Päiväniemi is experienced in the field of international investor relations. She was previously employed by Glitnir Asset Management Ltd as the business development manager for the investment management business line at Glitnir Bank. Prior to this, Päiväniemi was investor relations manager at FIM Group and Rautaruukki. She has worked as an investment analyst at Opstock Securities.

Hull, UK

Peter Hird has announced a new management team for its training division. Richard Dainty has been appointed as training manager and will be assisted by Tony Armitage.

Dainty moves to Hird after several years as training manager with Willard Handling, a forklift training company. Prior to his work at Willard, he was in the armed forces.