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56 » PEOPLE&BUSINESS February 2019 | AutoData Disclosure/Mercedes-Benz Disclosure/Ford BORGONOVO Still at New Holland Construction, Giovanni Borgonovo is its new marketing manager. The executive has been working for the company since 2012. GONZALEZ Christian Gonzalez is the new vice president of Case IH for South America. In the group for twenty years, he succeeds Mirco Romagnoli, now the global responsible for Aftermarket Solutions in the CNH Industrial agricultural segment. JANSSEN Mario Janssen was named CEO of BMW Group Financial Services in Brazil. Formerly CFO, position now occupied by Holger Spiegel. Janssen succeeds Eduardo Varella. WORTMANN Hildegard Wortmann will be the responsible for sales and marketing areas of Audi AG from July 2019. She, who comes from BMW, will succeed Bram Schot, who took over the presidency of the company’s board of management at the beginning of the year. ARAÚJO Paula Araújo is the new vice president of New Holland Construction for South America. She succeeds Nicola D’Arpino, the new director of Construction Segment in Europe. Disclosure/New Holland Construction Disclosure/Case IH Disclosure/BMW Disclosure/Audi Disclosure/New Holland Construction A-CLASS, IS THAT YOU? Mercedes-Benz launches the A-Class new generation in Brazil: the single version 250 Vision, 2-liter 224-hp turbo engine and seven-speed dual clutch automatic transmission. The model has new multimedia system, voice command for air conditioning and automatic emergency braking. At R$ 195 thousand. THE BIGGEST Ford started, in Fortaleza, CE, tests with the Cargo Kolector 8x2 equipped with a 24 m³ compactor, which by its calculations is the biggest garbage truck in Brazil, with 14% larger capacity. Based on Cargo 1723 8x2, with a second steering axle, air suspension and Torqshift automated transmission. Operation will be conducted by Marquise Ambiental.