Kito Americas Reorganizes Its Leadership Team
. He will now take on a senior leadership role for business development for the KITO Americas group. Chris Hess has been promoted to VP of Quality and Product Development Engineering for KITO Americas, Inc. In this position, Hess will assume responsibility for advancing the capabilities of both Harrington Hoists, Inc. and Peerless Industrial Group in identifying technological product innovations and unifying quality processes. Hess was hired as Manager of Engineering & Quality Control in 1995 and was later named Director of Engineering where he led the engineering department for Harrington
Leadership Change at Harrington Hoists
Harrington Hoists, Inc. announced that Edward (Ned) Hunter will take on the role of executive vice president and senior executive officer of Harrington’s parent company, KITO Corporation, and Carlo Lonardi has been promoted to president of Harrington Hoists, Inc. and president and CEO of Kito Americas, Inc. As second-in-command at KITO Corporation, Hunter will lead eleven of KITO’s fourteen operating subsidiaries. China, Korea and Taiwan will remain a separate division. Hunter will also remain chairman of the Kito Americas, Inc. subsidiary. Hunter is the first individual from
