Liebherr Construction Equipment Co., Newport News, Va., has announced the promotion of Tim Doucette, former marketing manager to the new position of marketing and public relations manager.
“Due to the continued growth of both our construction and mining divisions, Merilee Hunt who had previously handled public relations for both divisions will now devote herself solely to Liebherr Mining Equipment Co.,” says Duane Wilder, president of Liebherr Construction Equipment Co.
Doucette joined the company in 2003 and has been primarily responsible for market statistics, reporting, planning and general marketing duties. He has also served as the interim wheel loader product manager. In his expanded role, Doucette will assume the additional responsibility for media and public relations, including press relations, advertising and print media, event management and external communications.
Liebherr has also announced the appointment of Georg Seyrlehner as general manager of earthmoving product management. In this role, Seyrlehner will have overall responsibility for earthmoving product management; training dealer sales people on Liebherr products, competitive comparisons and interface with the various Liebherr factories on new product features in the U.S. market.
Seyrlehner previously worked for Liebherr as assistant product manager for crawler tractors and later served as product manager for crawler tractors and wheel loaders. He returns to Liebherr from Ingersoll Rand where he most recently served as global marketing manager for earthmoving.
More information is available at www.liebherr.com.