Ian Aarsvold Joins Takeuchi-US as Southwest Region Product Manager
Ian Aarsvold is the new Southwest region product manager for Takeuchi-US. A current resident of Des Plaines, Ill., Aarsvold is relocating to the Dallas-Fort Worth area during Q1 2025 as he takes on his new role.
As the Southwest region product manager (RPM), Aarsvold will be responsible for supporting Takeuchi’s dealer and national rental accounts support within a multi-state territory. Aarsvold will also work with dealer sales teams and their customers to demonstrate, promote and support Takeuchi’s compact equipment product line. He will collaborate with other associates to develop and implement new product roadmaps and discover new opportunities within the construction equipment market segment.
“I’m very excited to join Takeuchi, because time and time again, when I spoke to dealers about the company, they consistently mentioned Takeuchi’s outstanding equipment and support,” Aarsvold said. “My personal interactions with the Takeuchi team at industry events confirmed they are simply top notch. As a new RPM, I’m looking forward to helping more customers discover the many benefits of Takeuchi equipment.”
A North Dakota native, Aarsvold holds a bachelor’s degree in general agriculture from North Dakota State University where he was also a member of the Agronomy Club. Aarsvold then worked on his family’s farm in Eastern North Dakota, operating and maintaining equipment.
Aarsvold then transitioned into a role as a regional manager for the Association of Equipment Distributors in Chicago, where he was responsible for a territory of approximately 115 off-highway equipment distributors. There, Aarsvold allocated resources to best support dealer business growth through regular communication and in-person travel to dealer locations throughout his territory. He also led AED’s Emerging Leaders Council which consisted of around 50 future owners and executives of AED member organizations to create a valuable peer network.
“Ian is very passionate about making a positive impact in everything he does,” said Shay Klusmeyer, division sales manager for Takeuchi-US. “He offers a unique blend of agricultural expertise, business management skills and the ability to quickly create and grow relationships. We’re very pleased to have Ian join the Takeuchi family, and we look forward to his accomplishments in the Southwest region.”
For more information about Takeuchi compact excavators, track loaders, wheel loaders, crawler dumpers and attachments, or to find a dealer near you, visit takeuchi-us.com.
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Michael Roth
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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.