17.08.2015

New leadership at Bronto as Peltola retires

Bronto Skylift chief executive Esa Peltola has retired after 35 years with the company, having led the business since 1998, initially as managing director, and then more recently as chief executive.
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Esa Peltola

Dan Schueller of Federal Signal in the US, who has taken over his role on an interim basis, told Vertikal.net: "The parent company - Federal Signal - has asked me to lead the Bronto business for about a year due to my extensive experience in business operations and production management production.”

Scheuller was previously vice president parts and service for Federal Signal, before which he spent three years as president of Brad-Foote Gear Works/ Broadwind Energy. He worked for Federal Signal before that as general manager of its Vactor division, which produces vacuum pumping trucks. He started out though with Case - then Case-New Holland - as a business unit manager for 11 years.
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Dan Schueller

At the end of the transition period the new managing director, Harry Clayhills will take over. A Bronto veteran from the 1990s, he joins the business from Finnish based Reka Cables where he was chief executive, having been recruited as chief financial officer. Before that he was finance director at Marrioff - part of UTC Fire & Security - having moved there after almost five years as finance director with Valtra tractors.

Prior to that he spent a short period as export manager of Rosenlew packaging in Pori, having joined that business from Vestas - the wind turbine company - where he was vice president finance. He joined Vestas after almost six years with Bronto - from 1996 to 2002 - based in Florida he was director of European operations. He started out however in Chicago as financial operations analysis manager international sales at Viskase a meat casings and packaging company.
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Harry Clayhills

Schueller said: "Bronto is a strong, healthy company. We have invested heavily in recent years to improve our products and manufacturing processes. We continue to increase our profitability and our flexibility in manufacturing. This can result in adjustments in personnel or working hours. The Finnish media has recently reported that we plan to reduce our headcount in Pori, where we employ 140 people. Negotiations are underway and could lead to a reduction of around 10 people."