Kazanis New District Manager For Wirtgen, Hamm And Vögele

September, 2006 – Andrew A. "Andy" Kazanis has been appointed district sales manager for Wirtgen America, Inc., “Three Amigo” sales in the northwestern United States and western Canada.

He’ll be responsible for sales support for Wirtgen asphalt milling and recycling, Hamm Compaction Division asphalt and soil products, and Vögele America Inc. asphalt pavers. Kazanis has a strong background in sales support for asphalt paving products, with 18 years' experience in the sale, distribution, and support of such equipment, the majority of that time with Ingersoll-Rand Co. Most recently he was associated with I-R's Remarketing Division, where he helped refine the rebuild guidelines for Blaw-Knox Quality Reborn pavers, and headed the sales and marketing efforts of Quality Reborn, and all other products, within Remarketing's charter in the Northwest Region. At I-R he received the President’s Award for Dramatic Growth in the second quarter 2006.

Kazanis was graduated with a bachelor degree from the College of Business and Public Administration at Eastern Washington University at Cheney in March 1986.

He's been married to Peggy Kazanis for 13 years, and they have two children, Drew 8, and Katie, 6.

BACKGROUNDER
Wirtgen America, Inc., Nashville, is the North American arm of the Wirtgen Group, the single-source marketer of the world's most technologically advanced lines of asphalt reclaiming and recycling equipment from Wirtgen, asphalt and soil compactors from Hamm Compaction Division, and U.S.-sourced asphalt pavers from Vögele America Inc. In late 2004 Reinhard Wirtgen, founder of Wirtgen Group, was honored as one of the "Top 100 Private Sector Transportation Design & Construction Professionals of the 20th Century" by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA).

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