Charlie Benton Named Southeast Regional Manager for East Trailers

Dave Tate, president of East Manufacturing, Randolph, Ohio, has announced that Charlie Benton has returned to the position of southeast regional manager.

A seasoned East employee, Benton also held this position from 1990 to 2006. Benton will be responsible for dealer and customer sales and training support in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina.

From June 2006 to June 2008, Benton served as vice president of sales for Gainesville Truck Center in Gainesville, Ga.

Headquartered in Randolph, Ohio, East Manufacturing Corp. is into aluminum trailers, offering a full line of aluminum dump, platform and refuse trailers, steel and aluminum dump bodies and heavy-duty trucking accessories. East has a network of more than 50 trailer distributors and 400 accessories dealers nationwide.