Who’s in the news: Our weekly trucking employment report

Lucas Deal (TPS Chief Editor)

May 27, 2019

Updated Aug 7, 2019

The following employment changes were announced to the trucking industry last week (May 19-25, 2019).

Falken sales executive Bob Klimm has been promoted to director of sales, Commercial Division.
Stertil-Koni has hired Doug Frakes as operations specialist.
Stet Schanze of Gray Manufacturing Company has been named the new chairman of the Automotive Lift Institute board of directors.

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