01.12.2015
Terry Marnock to retire
Terry Marnock will retire from Kranlyft at the end of the year after 35 years with the company.
He became a co-owner in 2002 as part of a management buy-out from previous owner Metso, which had acquired the company a few months earlier from Svedala. The MBO included six Kranlyft managers - Marnock, John Hornby, Paul Rosevere, Bo Borjesson and Per-Ragnar Karlstrom - led by Christer Dijnér.
Back then the UK division was called Kato Cranes UK, but the name was changed to Kranlyft in 2005 given that the company’s principal product line had shifted from Kato cranes to Maeda spider and mini cranes. More recently the company added the distribution of Böcker aluminium cranes in 2013, and quickly made the UK the manufacturer's largest export market.
Marnock took over as managing director from Paul Rosevere when he retired in 2006 and has been the only non-Swedish shareholder since Rosevere and Hornby were bought out. Now aged 68 he feels the time is right to hand over to others.
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Terry Marnock
Gunster 007
Good luck to a top man.
Paul Rosevere
Congratulations Terry. We hope you have a long & happy retirement and we look forward to seeing Kath and you very soon. Very best wishes. Paul & Brenda Rosevere
Peter Burwell
Hi Terry. Just to wish you all the very best for your retirement. It's been an absolute pleasure dealing with you and your team over the years. Always such gentlemen, and you will be sorely missed. Let's hope we can meet up in the future to do battle with our 'bats', and open up the V12's!!
All the very best to you and Kath.
alan russon
Terry, I had the great pleasure of working for you, John and Paul during the mid eighties. The good old days of Wild Cat scissors and Snorkel booms. You and your service team gave such great support to it's customers, that it made our sales jobs very enjoyable. You have been so instrumental in the success of Kranlyft in the UK, and will be an almost impossible act to follow. Many thanks for everything, and I wish you many future years of good health and happiness. Please give my best wishes to Kath.
Hope to see you soon mate,
Alan.
David Slack
It is nice to see that "gentleman" Terry is at last joining the select Club of retires. We welcome you and hope that you live for many years to enjoy it.
Best wishes David Slack
Barecat
Knowing him as a former colleague; Terry is a real gentlemen, a very fine colleague and has a fantastic sense of humor.
I wish him and his family many happy retired years with a good health and a good scotch once and a while.
All the best Terry and I hope you will enjoy your retirement as much as I do. All the best. You certainly will be missed in the industry.
Bill Jansink
TERRY ITS BEEN A REAL PLEASURE KNOWING YOU AS A FRIEND AND IN BUSINESS, WITH OUT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN US WE WOULD NOT HAVE STARTED DIAMOND CRANE HIRE BACK IN 1982.WE HOPE YOU HAVE A VERY ENJOYABLE RETIREMENT.LOOK FORWARD TO CATCHING UP SOON.VERY BEST WISHES.
ALAN STOWELL
Pecky
Its a shame your going because after 35 years you where just getting the hang of the job!
No seriously Terry we wish you and Kath health and happiness for your forthcoming retirement.
Not only will you be missed by the team here at Kranlyft but by the crane industry in general.
Best wishes.
Alan