Movers & Shakers

Local News
- 13 Oct 2011 ( #535 )
1 min read
Sunil K Gupta
Sunil K Gupta
Wiesbaden, Germany and Mumbai, India
Sunil K Gupta, 53, has been appointed CEO of Voltas Material Handling Pvt Ltd (VMH). He was previously associate president at Action Construction Equipment Ltd. From 2007 to 2010, he was vice president of manufacturing operations at Escort Construction Equipment Ltd. He started at Escort as a sales engineer in 1985 before working in various management positions, including GM and head of customer support, and head of manufacturing & customer support. VMH is a joint venture between the Kion Group and Voltas Ltd.

Maidenhead, United Kingdom
Barloworld Handling has appointed Ian Mills as regional manager for Scotland. Mills has 36 years' experience in the forklift industry and has managed the Barloworld Handling service team in Scotland for the past seven years.

Chris Windust has been appointed regional manager for the south of England. Windust has a wide range of general and senior management experience at retail and manufacturing organisations.
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