Kevin Curtis will retire as Besser Co. chief executive officer at end of April 2021, capping a tenure of four-plus decades in concrete plant equipment as well as a transition that began with appointment of his successor, Ryan Suszek, who was promoted to president in March 2019.
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Designed for on- and off-road work in construction and other applications requiring frequent shifting, a rugged version of the I-Shift equal to severe-duty applications is now available for Volvo D11- or D13-powered VHD vocational models.
Introduction of the I-Shift for severe-duty applications continues what company officials cite as leadership in transmission technology that began in 2007, when Volvo became the first OEM to bring an integrated automated manual transmission to the North American market. A record 75 percent of Volvo trucks sold in 2014 were spec’d with an I-Shift.
Volvo Trucks North America recently dedicated a 1.1-mile Customer Experience Track at its New River Valley assembly plant in Dublin, Va.