People - appointments

The Crosby Group, a leading supplier of lifting and rigging solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Travis Buck as the new Commercial Director for its EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) region. Travis brings a wealth of experience to the role, having previously held senior commercial positions at leading companies in the construction […]

Dynamic Load Monitoring (UK) Ltd. (DLM) has promoted Chris Scrutton to technical director of the Southampton, UK, business. Scrutton will immediately take an overall view of the engineering and operations functions of the company with a remit to improve efficiency, strategically identify and develop new products, along with ensuring that the DLM range continues to […]

Narrow Aisle Ltd, manufacturer of the FLEXI Truck range of very narrow aisle (VNA) intralogistics technology, has announced a restructure of its board as it prepares to drive global development in 2023 and beyond. With effect from 1 April 2023, Narrow Aisle’s current group finance director, Donald Houston, will take up the position of managing […]

Emilio Lens has been appointed European Sales Manager for Unic Cranes Europe and given the job of managing and growing a dealer network throughout Europe, UAE and South Africa. The announcement comes after a launch of the new Unic URW-345 ‘pop-up’ crane at Bauma, Munich in October 2022, with production units expected to be delivered […]

Cargotec CEO Mika Vehviläinen has informed Cargotec’s board of directors of his intention to retire from Cargotec during 2023, in accordance with the terms of his CEO service contract. The board has initiated a search for a successor. “It has been both a privilege and a pleasure to lead the transformation of Cargotec together with […]

Associated Wire Rope Fabricators (AWRF) has named The Caldwell Group Inc’s director of business development Jeff Ferchen to the board of directors. It represents a return to the AWRF board for Ferchen, who previously served from 2015 to 2017. AWRF serves the lifting, rigging, and load securement industry by advancing interests common among its member […]

Rapid growth has been the story of the last two and half years at in Europe and the company is now adding staff and resources to ensure that this trend will continue as planned into the coming years. A new company, EG Equipment, will take responsibility for driving sales in 12 smaller countries across Europe. […]

Heavy-duty brake manufacturer Dellner Bubenzer Group has promoted Joel Cox to global sales director – wind. Cox is a regular contributor to LHI’s The Insider column. Cox, previously managing director, sales, global sales director (Americas), Dellner Bubenzer USA, will manage activities related to all worldwide wind products, including hydraulic units, accumulators, cylinders, brakes, and other […]

Lift Turn Move Ltd. (LTM) has promoted Robert Price to general manager of the Wirral, UK-based supplier of lifting and rigging equipment to the industrial and entertainment markets. Price, previously head of sales, will lead ongoing growth of the business, following the 2018 acquisition by GIS AG, the Swiss electric chain hoist and light crane […]

As announced on 10 June 2022, Anders Svensson has been appointed as Konecranes’ new president and CEO. He will assume his role on October 19, 2022, approximately one and a half months earlier than previously communicated.   Konecranes had planned to host a Capital Markets Day in the autumn 2022. As Anders Svensson joins the […]