Harrington Hoists Restructures Executive Management Team

Harrington Hoists Inc., Manheim, Pa., has made changes to its executive management team. Carlo Lonardi was promoted from vice president of sales and marketing to COO of Harrington Hoists. The company also promoted Scott Miller from vice president of operations of Harrington Hoists to managing director of its KITO Europe Operations.

Lonardi began his career with Harrington Hoists, Inc. as the eastern division sales manager in 1997 and was promoted to VP of sales and marketing in 2007. Carlo holds a B.S. degree in business management from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. As COO of Harrington Hoists, Carlo will be responsible for increasing overall customer satisfaction as well as optimizing business performance. With Lonardi in place at Harrington Hoists, Edward (Ned) Hunter, CEO of Harrington Hoists and president of Kito Americas, will increase his focus on adding the infrastructure necessary to serve customers in North and South America.

Miller began his career with Harrington Hoists in 1986 as a sales representative. He later took over and defined the position of product sales manager in 1998 and in 2003 assumed the senior leadership position as vice president of operations. Scott also held the position of president of the Hoist Manufacturer’s Institute (HMI) a technical and marketing group for the industry. Miller holds a degree from Shippensburg University. As managing director of KITO Europe, Miller will be responsible for creating a customer centric, quality business.