Going places

Hendrickson has promoted Gary E. Gerstenslager to president & CEO.

Ryder System has named Robert Sanchez exec. vp and CFO.

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems has appointed Rick Nork vp & CFO. Eddie Wilkinson has been promoted to vp-quality & product safety.

Keith Lovetro has been named sr. vp & COO of YRC Regional Transportation.

Autocar has appointed Gene Parker director of vocational products sales & marketing.

Yokohama Tire Corp. has named Takao Oishi exec.-vp operations; Kenichi Shirai chief advisor of strategic marketing; and Iwao Shimomura has been named sr. director of corporate quality assurance.

SAF-Holland has promoted Doug Dorn to director-OEM sales in Europe for powered vehicle systems; Kevin Motz is named OEM acct. mgr. for powered vehicle systems.

Michael Tate has been appointed general manager of Mahle Clevite.