Epiroc has appointed Torsten Ahr as vice president of its hydraulic attachment tools division.

Torsten Ahr, vice president of hydraulic attachment tools, Epiroc. (Photo: Epiroc)

Ahr, who started the role at the beginning of March, has served as vice president of marketing since joining the company in 2013.

Prior to joining Epiroc he spent 12 years as product manager with Krupp Construction Tools. 

Epiroc says the appointment will see Ahr assume expanded responsibility across the entire division, including profit and loss management.

According to Ahr, his new role signifies a 鈥渢ransformation, not a restructuring鈥� for the company as Epiroc aims to 鈥渂reak new ground with the entire existing team鈥� and 鈥済row in the area of non-impact attachments.鈥�

Ahr said, 鈥淚n an increasingly complex world, we have to focus on the right tasks. By bundling competencies within the business line, we want to become more agile.

鈥淥ur focus on our customers and our growth enables us to make decisions faster, improve the speed of our projects and bring more innovations to market.鈥�

Epiroc has expanded its in recent years, however, Ahr says the company sees itself as 鈥渃ompetitive and on a growth course鈥� which leaves 鈥渞oom for improvement with many other attachments.鈥�

鈥淲e want to grow in the area of non-impact attachments. This change is the right step for us to achieve this goal,鈥� said Ahr.

The management of the hydraulic attachments division will be based in Epiroc鈥檚 Essen production site in Germany.

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