ASV Chairman/CEO To Retire

ASV Inc. announced that Chairman and CEO Gary Lemke will retire June 2.

Assuming the positions of Chairman and CEO will be Richard A. Benson, a 35-year veteran with Caterpillar who retired in 2005 as president of Caterpillar Global Mining. Benson has been a director of ASV since 1999.

Benson, 62, holds a Ph.D. in economics and has served in a number of positions with Caterpillar, including chief economist for Europe, Africa and the Middle East, and managing director of an Indonesian joint venture P.T. Natra Raya.

Benson and Lemke jointly crafted the initial strategic alliance between Caterpillar and ASV in 1998.