Joe Amabile, power systems sales manager of Foley Incorporated, announced the promotion of Eric Lavin to engine division rental manager.

Lavin arrived at Foley in April of 2007. He started off as the business development manager for the power systems division, where he was responsible for educating local engineering customers on the writing specifications of Caterpillar products, and developing the rental sales business. In his previous position, Lavin worked for FRABA Inc. where he was responsible for sales and product management for all North American customer accounts.

In his new position, Lavin will supervise the outside rental account manager and the rental coordinator. In addition, he will be in charge of the territory coverage for the power systems rental department, which includes rentals from 169 to 2,700 hp (125 to 2000 kW), temperature control and compressed air.