Teupen USA Changes Name to Teupen North America, Names New President

Teupen USA has changed its company name to Teupen North America and has also named David Kesser president of the company.
July 3, 2018

Teupen USA has changed its company name to Teupen North America and has also named David Kesser president of the company. Kesser has served in various sales and management roles at Teupen, most recently working as executive vice president. Before joining Teupen, Kesser worked at United Rentals for seven years.

“I look forward to helping Teupen’s efforts in providing safe and efficient solutions with our LEO and Canopy machines here in North America while continuing our efforts to provide a local, comprehensive after-sales network to meet all our customers’ needs,” Kesser said.

Teupen North America is based in Charlotte, N.C., and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Teupen Maschinenbau GmbH, which is headquartered in Gronau, Germany. Teupen Machinenbau GmbH, world leader in manufacturing track-mounted aerial lifts, celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2017.

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