Builtrite Manufacturing, Two Harbors, Minnesota, announces that Ashish Lahoti recently joined Builtrite as director, product engineering. In his new role, Lahoti will lead our engineering team in new product development, product improvement and he is assigned as a key member of our senior management team.

During his 17-year career, prior to joining Builtrite, Lahoti held roles of increasing responsibilities in product development and engineering at a number of well-known manufacturers of heavy construction equipment, including Volvo Construction, Vactor Manufacturing, John Deere Construction Equipment, Komatsu America Group and Case/New Holland. He was deeply involved in all aspects of product development from concept design through product introduction.