Scott Nelson

London, United Kingdom
Doosan Infracore Construction Equipment has appointed Scott Nelson as the new president for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Nelson succeeds Albero Fornaro, who, in addition to his position as chief financial officer, has served as president of the EMEA region since the start of this year. Nelson was appointed president, European served area, for Bobcat in 2006 before becoming CEO of Doosan Infracore International in 2008. He started his career in 1999 with Bobcat and has held various positions including vice president marketing North America and vice president sales & marketing North America before becoming president of Bobcat Americas.

Rocester, United Kingdom
JCB's worldwide events project manager, Colin Bond, has retired after 41 years of service. Bond, 63, started work at JCB in 1969. He landed his first job in the machine shop at Rocester and, a few years later, was promoted to testing and developing equipment. He then spent about 20 years globetrotting, showing JCB's machines to international customers and dealers. "I've visited every continent and, at the last count, I had visited 76 countries for JCB," Bond says. After travelling so much for work, Bond says he intends to spend more time with his family.

Vancouver, WA, United States
Columbia Machine Inc has appointed Shawn McTimpeny as load transfer station product manager. McTimpeny has two years of project management experience at Columbia Machine and sales and product management experience from the packaging industry. The load transfer product line is a part of Columbia Machine's Palletizer division. Columbia Machine manufactures complete palletizing and materials handling solutions.

St Louis, MO, United States
Kenny Galdeen has joined Battery Handling Systems Inc as eastern regional manager. Galdeen has held the positions of account manager and regional manager in the industry. He attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.