12:55 am Mack trucks
Dennis R. Slagle, president and CEO, Volvo Construction Equipment North America, Inc., has been named president and chief executive officer of Mack Trucks, Inc., succeeding Paul L. Vikner. The appointment of Slagle, who will also become a member of Volvo’s Global Executive Committee, is effective April 1, 2008.
Vikner will become vice chairman of the Mack Board of Directors and continue to represent Mack and its parent company, the Volvo Group, in their work with various federal government entities and industry organization affecting the Volvo Group’s North America truck operations.
Since 2003, Slagle has served as president and CEO of Volvo Construction Equipment North America, Asheville, North Carolina. He joined the company in 2000 as senior vice president, sales, and also held other positions as senior vice president, Marketing and Business Development and senior vice president, Finance and Business Development. In 2002, Slagle left Volvo Construction Equipment North America to become president of L.B. Smith, the company’s largest equipment dealership at that time. He returned in 2003 as the company’s president and chief executive officer. Slagle has more than 27 years experience in the construction equipment industry.
Slagle’s successor at Volvo Construction Equipment North America, Inc., will be named in the near future. Plans for an orderly transition at both Mack and Volvo CE are in place.