20.01.2004

JLG expands Board

JLG Industries Inc. has announced the appointment of David L Pugh to the its Board of Directors, expanding the company's Board to nine members. Pugh is currently the chairman of the Board and chief executive officer of Applied Industrial Technologies in Cleveland, Ohio.

"We are pleased to welcome David to JLG's Board of Directors," stated Bill Lasky, JLG board chairman, president and chief executive officer. "His experience and expertise will be valuable and complementary to our current Board membership and we look forward to David's contribution to the growth of JLG."

Pugh joined Applied Industrial Technologies as president and chief operating officer in January 1999 before moving up to chief executive officer in January 2000 and chairman of the Board in October the same year.

He came to Applied Industrial Technologies from Rockwell International Corporation, where he served as senior vice president of the industrial control group with responsibility for a global manufacturing operation.

Prior to joining Rockwell in 1994, Pugh held various sales, marketing and operations positions at Square D Company and Westinghouse Electric.