Waratah Forestry Equipment announces new leadership for North American market
Waratah Forestry Equipment has appointed Elliott Little to the position of Manager of North American Waratah Distribution. As part of his new role, Little will be responsible for managing the North American Waratah business and leading distribution teams in the United States and Canada. Little started his career working for a Canadian forest products company and from there he joined John Deere. He then held the position of Manager of the Commercial Development for the western U.S. & Hitachi and Manager of Discount & Incentive Programs for John Deere Construction & Forestry. Little’s most recent role was Division Manager of Customer Support for John Deere Construction and Forestry’s southeastern U.S. division. Source
JCB announces an investment of more than £50 million in a new British plant
The new plant will create hundreds of jobs and double production of cabs used on its machines. The hi-tech factory will have the capacity to produce around 100,000 cabs a year. It will include a computer-controlled production line, fully-automated painting facility and robotic welding and will create more than 200 new jobs by 2022. Source