Douglas Dynamics, Inc. Appoints Jon Sievert as President, Work Truck Solutions
March 12, 2019 at 08:30 am EDT
Share
Douglas Dynamics, Inc. announced that Jon Sievert has been appointed President, Work Truck Solutions, effective immediately. In this new role Sievert will assume responsibility for Dejana Truck & Utility Equipment (Dejana) and will continue to lead the Company’s municipal snow and ice control offering. In conjunction with this change, current President of Dejana, Andrew Dejana, will retire from the Company on April 19, 2019 and will continue in a consulting role going forward. Jon Sievert is an industry veteran who has served the Company in several important roles over the past decade. In addition to leading the Company’s municipal snow and ice control offering, Sievert previously served as Director of Operational Excellence, where he was instrumental in the development of the Douglas Dynamics Management System.
Douglas Dynamics, Inc. is a manufacturer and upfitter of commercial work truck attachments and equipment. The Company operates through two segments: Work Truck Attachments and Work Truck Solutions. The Work Truck Attachments segment is engaged in manufacturing and selling snow and ice control attachments and other products sold under the FISHER, SNOWEX and WESTERN brands, as well as its vertically integrated products. It offers a range of product lines of snowplows and sand and salt spreaders for light trucks. The Work Truck Solutions segment is engaged in manufacturing municipal snow and ice control products under the HENDERSON brand and the upfit of attachments and storage solutions under the HENDERSON brand, and the DEJANA brand and its related sub-brands. Work Truck Solutions products consist of truck and vehicle upfits where it attaches component pieces of equipment, truck bodies, racking, and storage solutions, and which are typically used by end-users for work related purposes.