Atlanta, Ga. — Takeuchi-US has announced the appointment of Scott Place as director of national accounts. As director of national accounts, Scott’s primary duties will include overseeing current national rental accounts and potential large fleet buyers.

 Scott brings over 20 years of experience managing rental locations, dealer locations and more recently the rental industries largest national accounts. Place has a proven track record of successfully managing sales teams and will be working out of Takeuchi’s US headquarters in Pendergrass, GA.

“Scott’s experience in the construction equipment and rental industry has spanned two decades and will prove to be instrumental in growing our rental business,” said Clay Eubanks, president, Takeuchi-US. “We have confidence that Scott’s performance will be valuable for both us and our clients and that he will help continue to grow the Takeuchi brand. We’re very excited to welcome him aboard.”

For more information on Takeuchi excavators, skid steers, track loaders, or wheel loaders, visit www.takeuchi-us.com. Follow Takeuchi on Facebook or on Twitter @TakeuchiMFG.

About Takeuchi: Takeuchi is an ISO 9001 certified manufacturer of an extensive line of compact track loaders, compact excavators, compact wheel loaders, and skid steer loaders. Founded in 1963, Takeuchi was the first company to introduce the compact excavator to North America, setting the stage for one of the highest growth product segments ever introduced in the compact equipment market. The compact excavator has become a main line product for both rental and construction/utility companies. Takeuchi continued to lead the