James L. Janik Intents to Retire as Executive Chairman of Douglas Dynamics, Inc
February 20, 2020 at 09:30 pm
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Douglas Dynamics, Inc. announced that James L. Janik (Jim) has announced his as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors immediately following the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders. The Board of Directors intends to appoint Mr. Janik as non-executive Chairman if he is re-elected as a Director by the shareholders at the same annual meeting. Mr. Janik has served as Executive Chairman of the Company since January 1, 2019. Prior to that, Mr. Janik had spent 26 years with the Company, serving as President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Company from 2000 to 2019.
Douglas Dynamics, Inc. is a manufacturer and upfitter of commercial work truck attachments and equipment. The Company operates through two segments: Work Truck Attachments and Work Truck Solutions. The Work Truck Attachments segment is engaged in manufacturing and selling snow and ice control attachments and other products sold under the FISHER, SNOWEX and WESTERN brands, as well as its vertically integrated products. It offers a range of product lines of snowplows and sand and salt spreaders for light trucks. The Work Truck Solutions segment is engaged in manufacturing municipal snow and ice control products under the HENDERSON brand and the upfit of attachments and storage solutions under the HENDERSON brand, and the DEJANA brand and its related sub-brands. Work Truck Solutions products consist of truck and vehicle upfits where it attaches component pieces of equipment, truck bodies, racking, and storage solutions, and which are typically used by end-users for work related purposes.
DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC. 
