Shinichi Iimura has taken over from Minoru Sakuta as president of Tadano Faun in Germany.

Sakuta has returned to Japan after five years on charge of the Faun subsidiary. He has now taken over as general manager of the international business of Tadano.

Iimura, aged 42, joined Tadano in 1983. During this career, he has been in charge of marketing Tadano cranes in Russia, South and Central America and Africa. From 1998 to 2001 he was based in Singapore as marketing representative.