Mack Trucks taps Slagle to be new president, CEO

Dennis R. Slagle (Mack Trucks photo)

The Trucker News Services

1/15/2008

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. – Dennis R. Slagle will succeed Paul L. Vikner as president and CEO at Mack Trucks Inc., the company said Tuesday. The leadership change is effective April 1.

Slagle, 53, has served since 2003 as president and CEO of Volvo Construction Equipment North America, headquartered in Asheville, N.C.  He has more than 25 years of experience in the North American construction equipment industry, including serving as president of L.B. Smith Inc., Volvo Construction Equipment’s largest North American dealer at the time. Slagle will be based at Mack’s headquarters in Allentown, Pa.

Vikner, who has served as president and CEO since 2001, will become vice chairman of the Mack board of directors. He will also continue to represent both Mack and its parent company, the Volvo Group, in their work with various federal government entities and industry organizations affecting the Volvo Group’s North American truck operations, according to the company.

Mack Trucks Inc., one of North America’s largest producers of heavy-duty trucks, is a member of the Volvo Group, a publicly held company headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden.