Chris Hawley, Norco's new sales director

Aberdeen, UK

Norco Group Limited has appointed Chris Hawley as sales director. Hawley has been with Norco since April 2007. He was responsible for managing and developing business relationships with Norco's customer base.

Roveleto di Cadeo, Italy

CVS's shareholders have voted to re-elect its current board of directors. A mandate was given to Massimo Ferrari, Fabio Ferrari, Fausto Ferrari, Natalino Monti and Artemio Affaticati to continue in their roles on the CVS board. The extraordinary shareholders' meeting appointed Artemio Affaticati as president and Natalino Monti as CEO.

The Officine Cargotec Ferrari (OCF), a new company founded by CVS and Kalmar Industries (Forkliftaction.com News #386), has appointed Teodoro Ceglia, CVS S.p.A. operative director, to its board of directors.

Elk Grove Village, IL, United States

Stu Jacover, former vice president of sales for the Hyster Company, has announced the opening of R&J Midwest Equipment Inc. He will serve as the company's president. Brian Ritchey, the former CFO at United Lift Truck, is Jacover's partner. R&J will be the exclusive Hyundai forklift distributor for the greater Chicago area and north-west Indiana. R&J will also distribute Hoist Liftrucks, EP, Schaeff, LiftKing, Flexi, Hybrid Diesel/CNG 2-Fuel conversion kits and Vantage Vehicles.