New chairman at Sany America

Aug. 28, 2012 — Tim Frank, a construction
equipment executive with extensive global experience in sales,
marketing, operations and product development, has been named chairman
of Sany America . In this newly created position, Frank has overall
responsibility for manufacturing, sales, marketing and support for all
Sany equipment products in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Central
America. The appointment was effective August 9.

“Sany is a brand known for seeking strong growth through quality
products and dedicated people,” said Liang Wengen, chairman of the board
of Sany Group, based in Changsha, China. “Tim Frank’s vision, strategic
thinking and record of accomplishment will serve Sany well as we grow
our presence in the Americas. Tim knows what needs to be done to
establish Sany as a market leader as it is in China and in other regions
around the world. He will pursue this goal with vigour.”

Frank was most recently a consultant working on global strategic
planning for the board of Sany Group in Shanghai, China. Prior, he was
vice-president of retail distribution and senior vice-president of
operations strategy and marketing at Volvo Construction Equipment in
Asheville, N.C. He also served at Volvo as vice-president of sales and
marketing, and vice-president of excavators, helping to grow that
company’s market share and profitability over the past eight years.
Frank previously served in various global sales and marketing capacities
at CNH Global and Caterpillar.

“Sanyis the fastest growing construction equipment manufacturer in the
world by a significant margin, with unprecedented results in China and
other markets around the world. Most of North America is just now
learning of this legacy of success and achievement,” Frank said. “As I
have grown to know Sany, it became obvious that something special was
happening in this company. I am so excited to be a part of it.
Construction contractors in the United States, Canada, Mexico and
Central America will soon come to know Sany America for helping them get
the job done in a competitive economy.”

Frank, 44, is a native of Peoria, Ill. He holds a bachelor’s degree in
business from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a
master’s degree in history from Illinois State University.

Sany manufactures and sells hoisting
equipment (crawler, truck, rough-terrain and all-terrain cranes),
concrete machines (concrete pumps, mixer trucks and batching plants),
road machinery (motor graders, rollers, pavers and asphalt batching
plants), port equipment (container reach stackers, empty-container
handlers, heavy forklifts and gantry cranes), excavators, rigid haul
trucks, pile-driving machinery and wind turbines. Sany America sells, distributes and supports crawler cranes from 110 to 550 U.S.
tons, rough-terrain cranes from 40 to 85 tons, hydraulic excavators from
7.5 to 33.5 tons, port reach stackers with maximum lift of 99,200
pounds, and empty-container handlers with maximum load of 19,850 pounds.
Sany America has an operations, assembly and research and development
center in Peachtree City, Ga.

Related links

www.sanyamerica.com