Hyundai Construction Equipment, U.S.A. Inc. has appointed Chuck Leone as national sales manager for the forklift division and will be based out of Hyundai Construction Equipment’s corporate office in Elk Grove Village, Ill.

Leone will be responsible for Hyundai’s forklift businesses in the Americas.

Prior to joining Hyundai, Leone was vice president of sales and marketing for Jungheinrich Forklift Corporation.

As a member of Jungheinrich’s executive team, Leone had responsibility for all sales and marketing initiatives as well as dealer development activities. Additional responsibilities included product training and dealer support activities. The culmination of all these supports activities was a very effective working relationship with the dealer organization.

Leone also spent many years with Nissan Forklift Corporation as its vice president of sales and marketing where he had sales and marketing responsibilities for all the Americas.

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