Crown Gabelstapler GmbH & Co. KG in Munich, Germany is adding two new members to its management board with immediate effect.

Kenneth Dufford has been appointed Managing Director European Business and Market Development. Walter Weinzettl has been appointed Managing Director European Engineering and Product Development.

Mr. Dufford, a longtime Crown employee, has held various sales, aftersales, and administrative positions within the company. His role will be to concentrate on Crown Europe's sales, marketing, and strategic business development activities.

Mr. Weinzettl has had a long engineering career within the industry and has been with Crown for the past 10 years as head of Crown's European engineering and product design effort. He will continue with these duties as well as contribute to Crown's global product engineering strategy.

Crown Gabelstapler GmbH & Co.KG is a subsidiary of Crown Equipment Corporation of New Bremen, Ohio and serves as the Headquarter for Crown's activities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. It produces a full range of electric lift trucks as well as hand pallet trucks for internal transport requirements. Crown employs over 6,400 personnel worldwide. In 2002/2003 it recorded sales of US $ 990 m.