Dave Timmerman, a 38-year veteran of the automatic door industry, is the new president of the American Association of Automatic Door Manufacturers. He was previously serving as vice president of the association and has held various offices within it since 2019.
To meet market demand, JLG announced its plans May 17 to expand its manufacturing footprint in the company’s Jefferson City, Tennessee, facility to increase SkyTrak telehandler production in the coming years.
Mid-States Wholesale Lumber, a subsidiary of Snavely Forest Products, is expanding its product selection to include TYPAR. The partnership will extend distribution into the following Mid-States markets: Oklahoma City; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Wichita, Kansas; and northwest Arkansas.
RIDGID and its employees donated more than 400 food and personal care items, including vegetables, canned goods, box meals, pasta and soup to Elyria, Ohio’s Pioneer Freedge as part of a donation drive sponsored by Mosaic, an Emerson employee resource group focused on serving the community, celebrating diversity and creating an inclusive work environment for people working away from their home location.
As authorities continue to investigate a crane collapse that rained thousands of pounds of steel debris onto a busy Manhattan, New York, thoroughfare on July 26, the owner and operator of the failed crane are facing scrutiny over past safety failures, as reported by Jake Offenhartz of Claims Journal.
The Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association has launched the Excellence in Distribution program’s official website, ExcelinDist.org. Excellence in Distribution is an intense 2.5-day program to be held at the Hilton in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 12-14, 2024.
STAFDA announced Russell Kohl, president and CEO of Diablo/Freud Tools in Atlanta, will deliver the Associate State of the Industry address during its general session on Monday, Nov. 6.