When it opens, the hub will host pilot testing with customers, leading onto full commercialisation in 2027.

Chan Galbato will replace Wendy Kei as chairman of the board.

Klein will replace Mathias Geisen, who will sit on the board of management from 1 February and will take responsibility for group sales from 1 March.

Maxion announced that, upon Neto’s appointment, Ralf Duning, who served ten years as vice president of global engineering, will retire from the company.

He succeeds the former mayor, Andreas Brand, who has handed over his seat on the supervisory board of ZF.

Källenius’s stated priorities are to lobby for less bureaucracy, to push for a more “market-driven” transition to electric vehicles, and to champion international trade that is “free, fair and rule based”.

The new site is situated on the Redbridge causeway at the end of the M271 motorway in Southampton, less than a mile away from the company’s former head office and truck workshop.

Volker Perk’s appointment is part of Krone’s continued effort to “future-proof its European production plants” by increasing automation and innovation.

Field will take over from Michael Pack, who was transferred to the role of President of the company’s Vocational segment in June.

Strycker replaces the incumbent CFO Do Young Kim, who will take up the equivalent role at sister company Scania.

The Dutchman will work closely with new CEO Christian Schreyer and CCO Erland Morelissen as the executive management team implements the company’s turnaround strategy to address financial challenges and streamline its operations​.

Klingenberg will assume his new position on 1 January 2025 and will be tasked with executing the transition to a group R&D organisation at Traton.