Movers and Shakers

Ernesto Domínguez has been appointed president and CEO of Toyota Material Handling Europe (TMHE). His appointment follows the decision by Matthias Fischer to leave Toyota Material Handling Europe. During Matthias’ eight years as president & CEO, Toyota has grown its sales by 53%. Fischer will formally step down March 31 but has in practice already left his operative duties. Terry Unnai, chairman of Toyota Material Handling Europe, is from February 4th interim president & CEO, handling administrative duties only. “Ernesto Domínguez has proven his ability as a leader in a new context, his strong support for our sharpened strategy and decisiveness to reach set goals. We very much look forward having him leading the way towards our future,” said Unnai. Ernesto Domínguez: a car...

Narrow Aisle Ltd – manufacturer of the Flexi range of articulated warehouse truck-based intralogistics solutions – has announced the appointment of Ken Jackson to the role of Business Development Manager. Having worked previously for a leading materials handling equipment distributor and manufacturer in the UK, Ken has extensive experience of the logistics and supply chain sector and joins Narrow Aisle as part of the company’s ongoing expansion programme, John Maguire, managing director of Narrow Aisle Ltd, said: “Ken’s industry knowledge and commitment to customer care is second to none and we are delighted to welcome him to the Flexi Warehouse Systems team. The application of Flexi truck storage systems continues to grow worldwide as companies in diverse industry sectors realise th...

Clark Europe, widely seen as the oldest forklift maker in the world, has named a new senior executive for the Spanish market. Johannes Menzel started his new Clark Europe role as Regional Sales Manager for Spain on 1 July 2019. He is now responsible for the supervision and expansion of Clark’s forklift and spare parts activities in the country. In his 14 years at Clark Europe GmbH – where he has worked in spare parts order processing, interdepartmental technological coordination, spare parts procurement and sales, right through to the planning and implementation of web-based spare parts sales – the company says he has not only managed to expand his expertise in the field of industrial trucks, but also built up an extensive network of contacts in Spain. Menzel will be reporting di...

Powered access hire group AFI group has promoted Nick Higgins to group chief operating officer. The appointment of a COO is part of a restructure following last week’s acquisition of Facelift (GB). The acquisition takes AFI’s UK rental fleet to 7,500 machines. Nick Higgins will assume overall responsibility for AFI’s UK rental operations as well as group services. Working with him is a rental management team. Steve Williams heads the AFI-Uplift powered access hire business; Pete Wajner, the specialist rental division; and Neil Gellender and Graham Hawkins look after Hampshire Plant & Access, which was acquired by AFI in 2015. The move allows chief executive David McNicholas to work with chairman David Shipman on strategy and business development. David Shipman said: ...

Leading sideloader manufacturer, Baumann, has appointed Mark Bann as UK managing director. Mark steps up from general manager and will take on the role with immediate effect, as Jason Reynolds becomes Group Managing Director. In addition to overseeing the existing Baumann business in the UK and Ireland, Mark will be responsible for working with the network of dealers across the country. Jason will focus on developing the burgeoning North American market as president of Baumann Canada. Said Mark: “It’s an exciting period in Baumann’s history and a great time to be taking on this responsibility. We began as a newly established UK company in August 2015. Today we have the relationships and infrastructure in place, significant stockholding and a fantastic dealer network.” Despite ...