Finning

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Finning International Inc.
Type Public (FTT)
Founded Vancouver, British Columbia (1933)
Headquarters Vancouver, British Columbia
Key people Doug Whitehead, President & CEO, Michael Waites, Executive Vice-President & CFO
Industry Industrial
Products Industrial products distribution & support services
Revenue image:green up.png$4.834 billion CAN (2005)
Employees 12,800 (2005)
Website www.finning.com

For the town in Germany, see Finning, Bavaria.

Finning International (TSX: FTT), headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, is one of the world's leading distributors of Caterpillar products and support services.

Finning Canada is headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta.

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Finning International is Caterpillar's largest dealer and global business partner. They provide customized equipment solutions to industries around the world, such as the Mining, Construction, Energy, Forestry and Materials Handling Industries. They provide these solutions through the sale, rental and financing of Caterpillar products and Finning customer support services.

Finning is comprised of five fully owned business units: Finning Canada, Finning South America, Finning UK, Hewden and Power Systems. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and is a widely held, publicly traded corporation, listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (tsx).

[edit] Corporate governance

Current members of the board of directors of Finning International are: Ricardo Bacarreza, James F. Dinning, Timothy S. Howden, Jefferson J. Mooney, Donald S. O’Sullivan, Conrad A. Pinette, John M. Reid, Andrew H. Simon, Douglas W.G. Whitehead and John M. Willson.

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