Terex Corporation

Terex Corporation was founded as the Euclid Company in 1933, which was purchased by General Motors in 1953. As Euclid's haul trucks dominated the marketplace, the U.S. Department of Justice brought an antitrust suit against GM. In 1970, GM coined "Terex" for the undivested remains of Euclid, and continued to produce crawlers, front-end loaders, and scrapers. Today, Terex describes itself as "focused on its mission of providing solutions to our Machinery and Industrial Product customers that yield superior productivity and return on investment. Terex has continued its evolution in recent years, primarily through a series of acquisitions and divestitures, designed to enhance the product offering, improve geographic coverage and deliver value to Terex customers, shareholders and team members."

Terex had $6,504,600,000 in net sales in 2011 and $7,050,700,000 in total assets in 2011, employing 22,600 people. It is headquartered in Westport, Connecticut.

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Board of Directors
As of February 2013


 * Ron DeFeo - Chairman & CEO
 * G. Chris Andersen - Partner, G.C. Andersen Partners, LLC
 * Paula H.J. Cholmondeley - Private Consultant - Strategic Planning
 * Donald DeFosset - Chairman, President and CEO (retired), Walter Industries, Inc.
 * Thomas J. Hansen - Vice Chairman of Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
 * David A. Sachs - Managing Director, Ares Management, LLC
 * Oren G. Shaffer - Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, Qwest Communications International, Inc.
 * David C. Wang - Vice President of International Relations of The Boeing Company
 * Scott W. Wine - Chief Executive Officer of Polaris Industries, Inc.

Management
As of February 2013
 * Ronald M. DeFeo - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
 * Stacey Babson-Smith - Vice President, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer
 * Kevin A. Barr - Senior Vice President, Human Resources
 * Kevin Bradley - Senior Vice President
 * Mark Clair - Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
 * Eric I. Cohen - Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
 * George Ellis - President, Terex Construction
 * Matt Fearon - President, Terex Aerial Work Platforms
 * Tim Ford - President, Terex Cranes
 * Steve Filipov - President, Material Handling & Port Solutions
 * Doug Friesen - Senior Vice President, Terex Business System
 * Tom Gelston - Vice President, Investor Relations
 * Kieran Hegarty - President, Terex Materials Processing
 * Brian J. Henry - Senior Vice President, Finance and Business Development
 * Ken Lousberg - President, Terex China
 * Ramon Oliu - President, Terex Financial Services
 * Phillip C. Widman - Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Contact details
Terex Corporation 200 Nyala Farm Road Westport, CT 06880 Phone: (203) 222-7170 Fax: (203) 222-7976 website: http://www.terex.com/en www.terex.com

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