Association of Equipment Manufacturers elects officers

Dennis Slater, full-time president of the US-based Association of Equipment Manufacturers, remains as secretary of the AEM after recent elections. AEM officers for 2015 are: • Chair John Patterson, Chairman JCB USA Group and Director JCB Group, JCB Inc. • Vice Chair Leif Magnusson, President, CLAAS of America • Treasurer Göran Lindgren, President Sales Region Americas, Volvo Construction Equipment • AG Chair James Walker, Vice President Case IH NAFTA, CNH Industrial • CE Chair Michael Haberman, Pre
November 18, 2014 Read time: 3 mins
Dennis Slater of AEM
Dennis Slater, full-time president of the US-based 1100 Association of Equipment Manufacturers, remains as secretary of the AEM after recent elections. AEM officers for 2015 are:

•    Chair John Patterson, Chairman 255 JCB USA Group and Director JCB Group, JCB Inc.
•    Vice Chair Leif Magnusson, President, CLAAS of America
•    Treasurer Göran Lindgren, President Sales Region Americas, 7659 Volvo Construction Equipment
•    AG Chair James Walker, Vice President 176 Case IH NAFTA, 1595 CNH Industrial
•    CE Chair Michael Haberman, President, 7586 Gradall Industries Inc.  
•    Secretary Dennis Slater, AEM’s full-time President

AEM is the North American-based international trade group representing off-road equipment manufacturing industry in the global marketplace. The organisation works in areas including public policy, equipment statistics and market information, trade shows, regulations regarding technical and safety issues, global business development as well as education and training.

AEM membership comprises more than 850 companies and more than 200 product lines in the agriculture, construction, forestry, mining and utility sectors worldwide. AEM is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with offices in Washington, D.C., the Canadian capital Ottawa and Beijing, China.

Directors elected to the AEM board are:

•    Christopher Barnard, President & CEO and Regional President NA & SA, 1651 Wacker Neuson Corporation
•    Robert Charter, Group President, 178 Caterpillar Inc.
•    Robert Crain, Senior Vice President & General Manager NA, AGCO Corporation
•    Ronald DeFeo, Chairman & CEO, 1222 Terex Corporation
•    Richard Goldsbury, President 1130 Bobcat/695 Doosan NA & Australia/Oceania, Doosan Infracore International
•    R. Scott Jenkins, Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing, ITW Welding NA
•    John Lagemann, Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing Regions 3 & 4, Deere & Company
•    Göran Lindgren, President Sales Region Americas, Volvo Construction Equipment
•    John Patterson, Chairman JCB USA Group & Director JCB Group, JCB Inc.
•    Austin Ramirez, President & CEO, HUSCO International Inc.
•    Glen Tellock, Chairman, President & CEO, 2123 Manitowoc Company Inc.
•    James Walker, Vice President Case IH NAFTA, CNH Industrial
•    David Woods, CEO, GiANT Partners LLC

Directors elected to the AEM’s AG sector board:

•    Mark Core, Vice President Forage Solutions & Lifecycle and CMO, 5012 Vermeer Corporation
•    Matt Daley, President & CEO, GEA Farm Technologies Inc.
•    Bill Hurley, Vice President Sales NA, AGCO Corporation
•    John Lagemann, Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing Regions 3 & 4, Deere & Company
•    Dmitry Lyubimov, President, Buhler Industries Inc.
•    Leif Magnusson, President, CLAAS of America
•    Brian McKown, COO, Kinze Manufacturing Inc.
•    Greg Petras, President, Kuhn NA Inc.
•    Todd Stucke, Vice President Agriculture & Turf Division, 1265 Kubota Tractor Corporation
•    James Walker, Vice President Case IH NAFTA, CNH Industrial

Directors elected to the AEM CE sector board:

•    Jason Andringa, President & COO, Vermeer Corporation
•    Steven Berglund, President & CEO, 2122 Trimble Navigation Ltd.
•    Tim Ford, President 2941 Terex Cranes, Terex Corporation
•    Chuck Martz, President, CEO & Chairman, 1291 Link-Belt Construction Equipment Company
•    Daniel Miller, President & CEO, 2106 Manitou Americas Inc.
•    Frank Nerenhausen, President 2199 JLG & Executive Vice President Oshkosh, JLG Industries Inc.
•    Ray O’Connor, President & CEO, 7300 Topcon Positioning Systems Inc.
•    Jeffrey Reed, President & CEO, Reed International/360 VSS Macropaver
•    Rod Schrader, Chairman & CEO, 7655 Komatsu America Corporation
•    Tiffany Sewell-Howard, CEO, Charles Machine Works Inc.
•    Erik Sparby, President & GM Construction Equipment, 161 Atlas Copco Mining, Rock Excavation and Construction LLC
•    George Taylor, Vice President, Caterpillar Inc.

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