Heiser appointed engineering and purchasing manager for Atlas Copco

Words: Daniel AbitboulDaryl Heiser has been appointed to the position of engineering and purchasing manager for Atlas Copco Construction Equipment. His new appointment will be effective August 1. Heiser will be based out of a home office in Indiana and will report directly to Joey Parker, service operations manager — USA.

Heiser joined Atlas Copco in 2008 as a project engineer for Atlas Copco Hurricane. His most recent position has been as application and product support manager for Hurricane. In his new role, Heiser will work closely with the Construction Technique Service division to develop service products and support operations for the supply of parts. Heiser will also work with the service operations team and managers to support special packaging, retrofit and refurbishment programs and to further develop and diversify the business.

Heiser holds a civil and mechanical engineering degree from Lehigh University and a mechanical engineering degree from Purdue Calumet. He has over 25 years of manufacturing, design and engineering experience, specializing in air and gas compression equipment sales for 10 years.
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