Sure Seal, a division of the OPW Fluid Transfer Group, has appointed Eric Melton biofuels sales manager. Melton, who has been with the OPW Fluid Transfer Group for 3½ years, was most recently Midwestern regional sales manager for Sure Seal and OPW FTG, where he covered a 14-state territory in the chemical/industrial markets.
Jerry Reynolds recently assumed duties as director of North American field service for Hendrickson. For the past three years, he served as national service manager.
Kenworth Truck Company has named its 2008 Kenworth Dealer Council members, consisting of executives from the nearly 300 Kenworth dealerships in the United States and Canada. The 2008 Dealer Council members are: Chairman — Jay Ellison, Kenworth of South Texas, San Antonio TX; Brent Leach, Custom Truck Center, Regina, Saskatchewan; Harry Mamizuka, Bay Area Kenworth, Oakland CA; Dan Penksa, Kenworth of Buffalo (NY); Alex Sykes, Cooper Kenworth, Durham NC; and Ron Whiteford, Lower Great Lakes Kenworth, South Bend IN. In addition, Kyle Treadway, Kenworth Sales Company in Salt Lake City UT, serves as the company's ATD line representative.
Kenworth Truck Company has named its 2008 Service Council, which consists of leading service managers in the United States and Canada: Chairman — Frank Chiarizia, Inland Kenworth, Burnaby, British Columbia; Mike Allen, GreatWest Kenworth, Calgary, Alberta; Michael Donnelly, MHC Kenworth-Little Rock (AR); Scott Elders, Michigan Kenworth, Grand Rapids MI; John Gibson, Truck Enterprises, Harrisonburg VA; Adam Jurgens, Kenworth Sales-Missoula MT; Mark Haywood, Cooper Kenworth, Durham NC; Michel Nault, Kenworth Montreal, St-Laurent, Quebec; and Dealer Council representative Alex Sykes, Cooper Kenworth, Durham.
The OES Aftermarket Business of Webb Wheel Products has added Duane Ricketts as business unit president, and Ken Kelley will serve as vice president of sales, marketing, and business development. Ricketts previously served as president of two other Marmon Highway Technologies (MHT) companies: Detroit Steel Products of Morristown IN and Marathon Suspension Systems, Monterrey, Mexico. Kelley most recently was wheel end product manager for Consolidated Metco.
Todd Anderson has been promoted vice president/general manager of STEMCO-Kaiser, coinciding with STEMCO's acquisition of V.W. Kaiser Engineering in Millington MI. He served most recently as vice president-operations for STEMCO.