Kim Parkinson

Kim Parkinson has succeeded Michael Lavelle as head of the forklift division of Doosan Infracore Co Ltd's North American subsidiary.

Parkinson was named director and chief operating officer of the Warrensville Heights-based forklift business of Doosan Infracore America Corp, effective July 1.

Parkinson joined the organisation in 2000 and, most recently, was general manager of sales and dealer development for the forklift division. Parkinson has more than 25 years' experience in the materials handling industry. He graduated from Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan.

Lavelle served as president of the forklift division from January 2007 to June 2009.

Lavelle started his forklift industry career in 1974 with the Cleveland, Ohio branch of Clark Equipment Co. He worked for 21 years in the Clark dealer organisation, 11 years with Daewoo Equipment Corp and-after the Doosan acquisition of the Daewoo forklift business-four years with Doosan.

Mark Evans heads the technical and product support group for the US operations of the Doosan forklift division.

Indications from the Doosan organisation point to the potential for delays in timely publishing of industry reports for the dealership network and some tardiness in conveying program payments to dealers. Marketing representative Al Grywalski left the Doosan team last week.

In mid-March, dealer North Georgia Lift Truck Service of Rome, Georgia discontinued operations due to economic pressures (Forkliftaction.com News #403).

In early 2009, Doosan says it added representation through independent distributors Associated Supply Co Inc of Lubbock, Texas for four markets in that state; Kelly Tractor Co of Miami, Florida for three markets in that state; and Morrison Industrial Equipment Co. of Grand Rapids, Michigan for seven Michigan markets and two regions in Indiana.

Publicly traded parent firm Doosan Group, is based in Seoul, South Korea.