The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has announced that Gerald Shaheen, group president of Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, Ill., has been elected 2006 chairman of the AEM.
Also elected as 2006 AEM officers were First Vice Chairman Dennis Eagan, group president industrial/power equipment of Blount Inc. in Zebulon, N.C., Second Vice Chairman William Lasky, president and CEO of JLG Industries Inc. in McConnellsburg, Pa., Treasurer William Desmond, vice president of distribution planning and development of Komatsu America Corp. in Vernon Hills, Ill., and Secretary Dennis Slater, AEM’s full-time president.
The AEM officers, with the association’s board, set the guidelines and operating policies of the association on behalf of its members in areas including technical and safety services, market information and equipment statistics, global public policy, trade shows, international marketing support, education and training and worksite safety/educational materials.