Klaus Hofer

Hamburg, Germany
The KION Group GmbH supervisory board has appointed Klaus Hofer as an executive board member. Hofer will be responsible for the human resources, legal and internal audit functions currently headed by KION CFO Harald Pinger. He will assume his new responsibilities on 1 October. He is currently director of human resources at Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG.

Lexington, KY, United States
Clark Material Handling Company has announced the recipients of its Top Parts Managers Awards for 2010. Parts managers from North America who achieved excellent parts sales growth last year received the awards. They were:
Mike Leslie from Norlift of Oregon, Portland, Oregon; Jim Pizzola from Valley Industrial Trucks Inc, Youngstown, Ohio; Gary Wallace from G&W Equipment Inc, Charlotte, North Carolina; Gary Loflin from Louisiana Lift & Equipment Inc, New Orleans, Louisiana; Billy Parker from Burke Handling Systems Inc, Jackson, Mississippi; and Cosme Lopez from Cepamosas, Guadalajara, Mexico.