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46 • January 2015 www.concreteproducts.com BRIEFS MANUFACTURERS Fontana, Calif., compressed natural gas fueling infrastructure specialist TruStar Energy has named Doug Howell vice president of Service and Maintenance. He joins the company with a deep tenure in heavy-duty trucking: 16-plus years at McNeilus Truck and Man- ufacturing and 20 years at Waste Management Inc. His first order of Tru Star business is development of a robust national call center and next-generation training tools for service technicians. Superior Industries, Inc. has named John Garrison new business development manager. His experience in bulk processing will be used to develop new opportunities for Superior's portable plants product line, design-build division and the new wet processing division. He joins the Minnesota conveyor specialist after a decade as market area director for the Terex Mineral Processing Systems Division, where he was responsible for directing sales, marketing, distribution and after- market service teams for the Cedarapids, Simplicity and Canica prod- uct lines. Before joining Terex in 2005, Garrison spent fives years as a territory manager at Motion Industries. Separately, Superior has tapped 20-year industry veteran Jason Adams as general manager of the company's Construction Manage- ment Division. He joins Superior on the heels of serving as operations manager and vice president of Operation at Continental Equipment Co., a construction aggregate equipment distributor in Fenton, Mo. He entered the industry in 1994, serving as a welder at the Terex plant in Duran, Mich. Greenville, N.C.-based NACCO Materials Handling Group has promoted Chuck Pascarelli to president, Americas, from the same position in Sales and Marketing. He will oversee all sales, marketing, manufacturing, finance and pricing functions for the Hyster and Yale product lines, as well as their extensive distribution networks across the Americas. In addi- tion, his responsibilities will encompass all NMHG products and lift truck services, financial services, fleet management, national accounts and dealer relations for the Americas. Pascarelli joined NMHG in 2013, and has rapidly built a strong sales and marketing management team. In his expanded role, he will be charged with growing the Hyster and Yale customer base, while further improving the operational and financial performance of the Americas division. Separately, NMHG has promoted Pat DeSutter from director of Fleet Management to vice president of Fleet, Service and Aftermar- ket, overseeing all sales, operations and management for the fleet, service and aftermarket divisions of Hyster Co. and Yale Materials Handling Corp. DeSutter joined the manufacturer in 1992 as a parts pricing manager, working his way up to director of Parts Distribu- tion Operations. In his most recent Fleet Management role, he and his team implemented programs for materials handling customers, work- ing to meet the needs of their fleets and operational goals. Linde Material Handling North America Corp. in Summerville, S.C., is changing its corporate name to KION North America Corp. effective this month. The change will allow the company to better align itself with its European parent, The KION Group, and serve as a platform for the KION 2020 North American growth strategy. The KION Group has a global presence with material handling products and solutions across six brand companies. They are the European mar- ket leader and the world's second largest manufacturer of forklifts and warehouse technology. Ryder System, Inc., a key player in commercial fleet management and supply chain solutions, has announced its support of Trucking Efficiency. The joint initiative between the North American Council for Freight Efficiency and the Carbon War Room provides unbiased data on available vehicle technologies and engages with truck and trailer builders, component manufacturers, and others who want to improve the performance of their heavy-duty vehicles. Ryder's involvement includes a leadership position on the board and active participation in NACFE, as well as a financial sponsorship of the organization's new resource, TruckingEfficiency.org—a free, independent, online guide to help fleet owners learn about new vehicle technologies. The TruckingEfficiency.org tech guide provides access to unbiased, third-party information on over 70 technologies, so that fleet owners and operators can identify which ones might be appropriate for their rolling stock. It centralizes existing data on available technologies and opportunities for the North American tractor-trailer sector, as well as the wealth of data collected in a series of Confidence Reports. Eaton Vehicle Group has named Pavan Pattada president, North American Truck, effective this month. He most recently served as senior vice president, Corporate Supply Chain Management. Pattada joined Eaton in 2002 as director of global sourcing for the unit; was named general manager of Eaton's Truck business in India in 2005; and, in 2009 became director of Operations for North American Truck. Prior to his most recent position with Eaton, Pattada was the vice president of business development for Eaton's Industrial Sector.