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INTERNATIONAL AND SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT
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AUGUST 2013
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2013
EVENTS DIARY
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Ancient and modern transport: A camel smiles for the camera as Egyptian Transportation and Logistics
(ETAL) transports six electricity transformers from Sokhna and Adabiya Ports on the Red Sea to the Giza
North Power Station using Scheuerle InterCombi transport equipment. The photo was sent in by Scheuerle.
Picture of themonth
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The Crosby Group, a
manufacturer of accessories
for lifting and material
handling applications, has
announced several additions
and promotions. New to the
Oklahoma, USA-based company
is
ANDY VOGL
, who has joined
as vice president of sales. Andy
will oversee Crosby Group sales
worldwide. Also new to the
company is
BOB PRIDGEN
, who
has been appointed as director
of supply chain.
DONNA DEWITT
has also joined the company,
as director of operational
excellence and quality.
BOB
MYERS
has taken the role
of block and sheave product
specialist.
JEFF FERCHEN
has
been promoted to national sales
manager for the USA.
CURT
JABBEN
has been promoted
to director of engineered
product sales.
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Online
auctioneer
IronPlanet
has appointed
JETHRAN ROETEN
as the company’s
new representative in the Benelux
(Belgium, Netherlands and
Luxembourg) region. Roeten will
be responsible for the trade of
IronPlanet stock in Benelux. He
joins IronPlanet from earthmoving
and construction equipment export
company Prima Equipment, where
he was general sales manager.
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Talbert
Manufacturing, a
manufacturer of
specialized heavy-
haul trailers and
transportation
equipment in the USA, has
appointed
RICK MYERS
as
director of materials. Myers
oversees deliveries, material
purchases, warranty fulfilment
and aftermarket parts. He is
also responsible for budgets,
employee training and planning
in those areas.
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At Manitowoc
ROBERT HUND
,
executive vice
president
CraneCare, has
been appointed
president of Manitowoc’s food
service business segment.
Effective since 1 August 2013,
Hund reports to Glen Tellock,
Manitowoc Company chairman
and chief executive officer. As
Crane Care EVP Hund was
responsible for overseeing
a global network of service
and distribution centres for
Manitowoc’s eight crane product
lines in 19 countries.
2014
MATEXPO 2013
4 – 8 September 2013
Kortrijk, Belgium
SC&RA CRANE & RIGGING
WORKSHOP
18 – 20 September 2013
Orlando, Florida, USA
BAUMA AFRICA
18 – 21 September 2013
Gallagher Convention Centre
(GCC), Johannesburg,
South Africa
GIS ITALIAN CRANES
& ACCESS AND HEAVY
TRANSPORT SHOW 2013
26 – 28 September 2013
Piacenza, Italy
INTERNATIONAL RENTAL
CONFERENCE CHINA
14 October 2013
Beijing, China
BICES 2013
15 – 18 October 2013
Beijing, China
HEAVY EQUIPMENT
MODEL SHOW
20 October 2013
Lancashire, UK
heavyequipmentmodelshow.
WORLD CRANE AND
TRANSPORT SUMMIT
29 and 30 October 2013
Amsterdam, Netherlands
INTERNATIONAL
TOWER CRANES
4 and 5 November 2013
Berlin, Germany
ICEF INTERNATIONAL
CONSTRUCTION
ECONOMIC FORUM
20 – 22 November 2013
Amsterdam, Netherlands
INTERMAT MIDDLE EAST
14 – 16 January 2014
Abu Dhabi
CONEXPO 2014
4 – 8 March 2014
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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