21.11.2008

Cargotec appoints new purchasing supremo

Leijonhufvud takes over the new role in January and will be a member of the executive board and will report to Mikael Mäkinen, president and chief executive of Cargotec. Leijonhufvud is currently vice president, product supply for Kalmar, and is chairman of Kalmar’s Rough Terrain Container Handling board.
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Axel Leijonhufvud

Lauri Björklund, 55, Senior, currently vice president, production and purchasing, for Cargotec moves to senior vice president, corporate development projects, leaving the executive board, but will continue to report to Mäkinen.
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Lauri Björklund

Mäkinen said: “Cargotec has created a new supply strategy, according to which the product supply will be strengthened in Asia, Americas and Central Eastern Europe to better meet the customer base development. Most of the synergies between the current business areas’ supplies and Cargotec sourcing organisations can be found in global sourcing, in building new production units to new markets and in running the common multi-assembly units. Axel Leijonhufvud has done an excellent job in developing Kalmar’s supply based on global multi-assembly units and I am very pleased that we can use his experience to speed up the development of Cargotec’s supply”.

Before joining Cargotec Corporation in 2007, Leijonhufvud, a mechanical engineer, spent time with Ruukki Engineering, Weibulls, Saint-Gobain Isover and ABB