Charles Kleinhagen has left his position as executive vp and head of Kansas City, MO-based Haldex Commercial Vehicle Systems Division to work on special projects, and will report directly to Joakim Olsson, the company’s CEO.
Jay Longbottom, executive vp and head of Haldex’s Hydraulic Systems Division will take over the Commercial Vehicle Systems Division as Kleinhagen’s replacement.
Longbottom joined Haldex in 2002 and has more than 25 years experience in the commercial vehicle industry. He began his career with the truck-manufacturing arm of the then-International Harvester Co., later renamed International Truck & Engine Corp.