Alamo Group Completes Board Transitions

The Alamo Group Inc. completed changes to its Board of Directors this week and announced the appointment of Gary Martin as Chairman of the Board, effective Tuesday, Jan. 5.

Retiring from the board are James B. Skaggs and Jerry E. Goldress. Skaggs joined the board in 1996 and has served as chairman since 2011. Goldress became a director in 2000.

"We will certainly miss both Jim and Jerry," said Ron Robinson, Alamo Group's President and CEO. "They have been great directors who always provided a voice of reason, put shareholders' interests first, challenged the management to move forward and set a tone of honesty and integrity."

Eric Etchart, Senior Vice President of Business Development of the Manitowoc Company, Inc., and Robert Bauer, President, CEO and a director of L. B. Foster Company, joined Alamo's board in August to succeed Skaggs and Goldress.

Martin, the new chairman, has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2007. Martin was President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Capital Southwest Corporation until his retirement in 2013.

"Gary's background, maturity and knowledge of Alamo position him to be effective immediately as chairman," Robinson said. "We all look forward to benefiting from his guidance going forward."

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