Masaaki Hirose will step down as president of Hitachi Construction Machinery America (HCMA) with Al Quinn, current VP of operations, succeeding him. Hirose will serve as chairman and director of HCMA, and VP of the Hitachi Americas Operations Group. Quinn will move to managing director, reporting to Hirose.
Under Hiroses’s leadership, HCMA has seen 175 percent growth in revenue, and has nearly doubled its market share. Last June, the company celebrated the grand opening of its new U.S. corporate headquarters and training facility, representing a $4 million investment in support for customers and dealers.
“We have certainly gone through tremendous change in the past two years, but I want to say thank you to Masaaki for his dedication and commitment to improving our company,” Quinn said in a press release. “It is very rewarding to see the improvements that we are making in market share, profitability and in better serving our customers.”
Source: HCMA
