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Schwing America has added a marketing analyst to their staff at company headquarters in White Bear, Minnesota. Glenn Donoghue joined Schwing after a stint as an intern that led to a marketing communications position at LiuGong Machinery, a 50-year old Chinese manufacturer of construction equipment. He spent three years at the company’s headquarters in Guangxi, China, providing support for trade shows, public relations, sales training and website development.

Responding to increased demand for the company’s concrete equipment, Schwing America has hired a new vice president of operations, Arne King. “We are bringing increased efficiency to Schwing’s purchasing, quality control and manufacturing,” states Brian Hazelton, Schwing’s CEO, “with the end result being even higher standards of workmanship and customer satisfaction.” King’s background lends itself to the job, having held similar positions at Pentair, manufacturers of pumping systems and WEIR mining equipment.

Putzmeister America, Inc. recognized six of its top international distributor partners with its annual “International Distributor of the Year” awards at a special VIP event in Las Vegas during the 2014 ConExpo trade show.

Putzmeister America, Inc. has promoted Jim Bury to vice president— operations. In the new role, he will be responsible for personnel and policy decisions in engineering, production, documentation, quality, and test stand departments.

With 25 years of progressive responsibilities in diverse manufacturing environments and product lines, Bury has served in various roles within Putzmeister for more than 15 years. Most recently, he acted as director of engineering. In his current role, he will report to Dave Adams, Putzmeister’s president and CEO.