As previously announced in March, Cargotec will shift Kalmar’s focus towards mobile solutions aiming for higher financial performance through sustainability and profitable growth.
Cargotec is also planning to combine the Kalmar Mobile Solutions and Kalmar Automation Solutions business units to create a unified Kalmar unit. Kalmar provides cargo-handling solutions and services to ports, terminals, distribution centers, and heavy industry. Its products include reach-stacker telehandlers.
Michel van Roozendaal, currently president of Kalmar Mobile Solutions, has been selected to lead the planning.
Antti Kaunonen, president of Kalmar Automation Solutions, has decided to retire on July 1, of this year.
Following Kaunonen’s retirement, van Roozendaal will assume his responsibilities and will also continue in his current role and report to Cargotec president and CEO Mika Vehviläinen.
“I’m confident that Michel with his broad industry and leadership knowledge is the right person to lead Kalmar to its next development phase,” said Vehviläinen. “He joined Cargotec in 2015 and has been heading first MacGregor and more recently Kalmar Mobile Solutions while delivering continuous business results. I want to thank Antti for his contribution for Kalmar over the past seven years. Under his leadership, Kalmar has taken major steps in electrification, automation, and digitalization.”
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