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In addition to managing the heavy equipment division, Doosan Infracore America will now sell and distribute the products and oversee warranty support and marketing efforts for the compact equipment division. These functions were previously handled by Doosan Infracore Co., which is based in Korea.

Since 2002, Palmetto Equipment, based in South Carolina and covering the Southeastern U.S., and Advance Power Distributors, based in southwest Kansas and serving the Western U.S., have imported the compact equipment. These two companies are now the largest dealers in the growing Doosan dealer network.

United Rentals, Inc. has appointed Michael J. Kneeland as executive vice president and COO.

Kneeland has more than 25 years of management experience in the equipment rental industry, including key positions in sales and operations with private, public and investor-owned companies. He initially joined United Rentals in 1998 as district manager upon the company's acquisition of Equipment Supply Co. In 1999, his responsibilities were expanded to include multiple districts within the company's aerial operations. He was subsequently named vice president - aerial operations in 2000, vice president - Southeast region in 2001 and executive vice president - operations in 2003.

Komatsu America Corp. has appointed Greg Hewitt as vice president and general manager, responsible for all North American Construction Operations. He comes to Komatsu from the Jacobsen Division of Textron Corp., where he served as executive vice president of sales and marketing. His prior experience includes 17 years in leadership roles at Maytag Corp.