The company said this week that the appointment was effective November 18.

Dulin, who has a 15-year background in the business aspects of mining, materials handling and mobile hydraulic markets through his ownership and management of a manufacturing organization, is a graduate of West Virginia University.

Tiefenbach supplies electro-hydraulic control systems used in longwall roof supports and distributes a line of hydraulic hoses, adaptors, valves and controls for mining and other industrial applications.

Tiefenbach was formerly known as Hydrosource and underwent a name change in 2005. One year earlier, the company sold its Kamat Pump distributorship to Swanson Industries.