Tony Groat

ROUZERVILLE, PA, United States
Tony Groat has joined Aerial Work Platform Training Inc (AWPT), of Rouzerville, Pennsylvania, as North American membership development director. Based in Albany, New York, Groat started with Albany Ladder and NES Rental and has 31 years' experience with the aerial work platform and forklift rental industry and related trade associations. AWPT is the US subsidiary of the International Powered Access Federation.

WESTPORT, CT, United States
Robert G Isaman will join Terex Corp as president of Terex Construction, effective from January 2, 2007. Isaman has spent 21 years at United Technologies Corp, most recently as president of Fire Safety Americas, UTC Fire & Security, in Farmington, Connecticut. In 2001, Isaman was president of UTC's Otis Elevator (China) Investment Co Ltd, in Beijing.

BROOKFIELD, WI, United States
Senior vice president of business development at Wisconsin Lift Truck Corp Jim Fezatte has retired after almost 35 years with the company. Fezatte has spent 50 years in the forklift industry. He will spend time with his wife and family.

POOLER, GA, United States
Helmut Peters is retiring from his position as president of JCB Americas after six years. Peters was senior vice president of sales & marketing with Volvo AB construction equipment (VCE), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, from 1999 to 2000.

JCB Americas has appointed Juan Pablo Moncada marketing manager for Central and South America, effective from December 26. Moncada served as a JCB intern while a student at the Savannah College of Art & Design and, subsequently, was marketing manager for the firm's US southeast region.