25.04.2017

New VPs for Kalmar

Kalmar has appointed Thomas Malmborg as senior vice president of services, and Stefan Hultqvist as vice president forklift trucks.

Malmborg has worked for Kalmar and parent Cargotec since 1989. During the last nine years, he has been responsible for forklifts in the Kalmar Mobile Equipment division. He has also held various positions within Kalmar's services business, including head of the Kalmar Training Centre in Sweden from 1989 until moving to product support manager in 1994 and general manager in 1999.

Hultqvist has been working as the head of business control in the mobile equipment division since 2007. Before that he was controller at Volvo Construction Equipment for 10 years.
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Thomas Malmborg

Kalmar president Antti Kaunonen said: "Services are a strategic focus area for us, and we want to become a true service driven company. I am very pleased that we were able to find a new leader for services from within Kalmar. I am confident that Thomas' energy and drive coupled with his past experience from both mobile equipment and services will help us drive growth in services."

Malmborg added: "I am very excited about this opportunity to lead our transformation toward making service the heart of our business. Kalmar has the most extensive global service network on the market with more than 1,500 service staff in 100 countries. Today, we offer our customers a wide range of services covering everything from parts supply to a range of Kalmar Care service contracts for all brands and types of cargo-handling equipment. Last year, we launched Kalmar Insight, our cloud-based software service that offers terminals a true real-time view of their productivity and performance. This will give us a solid ground to build on and expand our offering to new heights through leveraging the possibilities of digitalisation."