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Hawkeye and Pedershaab Announce New Management Team

Two of the industry’s leading manufacturers of pipe and manhole equipment, Hawkeye and Pedershaab, recently joined forces under the name HawkeyePedershaab and have announced their Management Team. Richard Shoemaker will serve as CEO and President of Concrete Technologies Worldwide (CTW), the new parent organization for both Hawkeye Concrete Products and Pedershaab Concrete Technologies. Six senior positions were established to assist Shoemaker in continuing to offer Hawkeye and Pedershaab models to the marketplace with a focus on enhanced customer service and allowing customer choices for both technologies.

The first is Charles Brown who is the Chief Financial Officer for CTW. Brown will manage the financial responsibilities for all of the operations of CTW including HawkeyePedershaab.

Al Iagnemma, former Operations Manager for Hawkeye, has been promoted to Chief Operations Officer for HawkeyePedershaab and is responsible for the manufacturing operations at Hawkeye Concrete Products in the United States and Pedershaab Concrete Technologies in Denmark. Iagnemma will have two managers working for him that will be in charge of plant operations. Aaron Schmidgall was promoted to General Manager of Hawkeye Concrete Products in Iowa, and Lars Skole has been appointed Managing Director of Pedershaab Concrete Technologies in Denmark.

Additionally, four Vice Presidents have been appointed and they include both the products and sales sides of the operations. The first is Don Schmidgall, who will serve as Product Vice President for the Utility Division which serves pipe and manhole markets. Schmidgall is responsible for overall strategy and business development.

Fred Schultz was appointed as Product Vice President for the Architectural and Structural Divisions of CTW. He is responsible for the overall strategy, business development, and sales of the diverse offerings of non-pipe and manhole precast equipment. This includes machinery for panels, veneer stone and decorative wet cast automation, hollow core equipment, block and paver automation technologies, and other types of precast technological enhancements.

Responsibilities for pipe and manhole equipment sales will lie with the two Vice Presidents covering the Utility Division’s worldwide organization. Darrell Haar has been named Vice President of Sales for North and South America and will be based out of Mediapolis, Iowa. Jørn Hoffmann, based out of Brønderslev, Denmark, will cover Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Oceania. Hoffmann will have six Regional Managers working for him and Haar will cover the Americas with five Regional Managers.