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Dealers

JCB adds AgPro Equipment Services in North Dakota to NA dealer network

JCB has added AgPro Equipment Services of Hettinger, North Dakota, to its North American dealer network. The dealership will be known as AgPro JCB. AgPro, founded in 2007, will carry JCB’s agricultural equipment including Fastracs, telehandlers, skid steers and track loaders. Independently owned and operated, the dealership also has a NAPA auto, truck and ag parts store. […]

November 10, 2016

Dealers

ARA forecasts equipment rental to reach record revenue in 2016

The American Rental Association has forecast record revenue for the equipment rental industry this year, anticipating growth of 4.3 percent to $47.3 billion. By 2020, the association estimates revenue to reach $55.5 billion. The estimates come from ARA’s latest five-year forecast, the ARA Rental Market Monitor, with data compilation provided by HIS Markit. “While we […]

November 10, 2016

Dealers

Yanmar America to build training, customer experience facility in Georgia

Yanmar America, based in Adairsville, Georgia, has announced it intends to build a new training and customer experience facility on more than 50 acres the company recently bought near Acworth, Georgia. The company is planning a groundbreaking ceremony November 16 and expects to open the facility in August 2017. “Yanmar is proud to continue our […]

November 9, 2016

Dealers

Introducing Big Iron Dealer, the new heavy equipment dealer site from Equipment World

The team at Equipment World is proud to announce the launch of something we’ve been hard at work on for the better part of the last 12 months. Heavy equipment dealers have long been a core part of our online audience and we’ve wanted to build a site focused on coverage around their specific interests and […]

November 8, 2016

Dealers

Cat opts for omni channel distribution approach with new gen set line

With its announcement that Cat is entering the portable gen set market, one part of the announcement may have escaped notice: the company is going beyond its dealer network to distribute these products. And, although Cat is remaining mum on exactly what’s next for their new Home & Outdoor Power division, it’s clear that there […]

November 8, 2016

Dealers

IronDirect takes aim at dealers, additional reps to promote Chinese-made equipment

IronDirect has unveiled a series of new initiatives in the past month designed to get dealers and sales representatives interested in both servicing and selling its offering of Chinese-made equipment, in addition to lines from Italian and American manufacturers. IronDirect’s e-commerce site, irondirect.com, launched in mid-September. Online, the company offers Lonking excavators and wheel loaders, […]

November 8, 2016

Dealers

How Anderson Equipment centralizes technology to drive efficiencies, customer service

Technology advancements in equipment usually takes center stage in the construction space, but Komatsu dealer Anderson Equipment is streamlining its operations and boosting customer service with a few internal advancements. While headquartered outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in Bridgeville, the 81-year-old equipment distributor has taken a centralized approach to managing its IT needs at its Buffalo, […]

November 8, 2016

Dealers

Business roundup: Construction spending, CNH Industrial and Caterpillar quarterly reports, dozer sales trends

Construction spending falls 0.4% in September despite homebuilding gains U.S. construction spending fell 0.4 percent in September as nonresidential spending declines wiped out homebuilding gains during the month. Construction spending is at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of $1.150 trillion, according to preliminary data from the Commerce Department. With the September decrease, the spending rate is 0.2 percent below […]

November 8, 2016

Dealers

Product roundup: New machines from Bobcat, Deere, LiuGong and Ditch Witch

Bobcat unveils M2-Series skid-steer, compact track loaders Bobcat is replacing its current lineup of M-Series compact loaders with the new M2 Series, a 24-model lineup of skid steers, compact track loaders and all-wheel steer loaders boasting several improvements for increased operator comfort. The M2-Seres lineup includes 400-, 500-, 600-, 700- and 800-frame-size loaders powered by a Bobcat diesel […]

November 8, 2016

Dealers

Trimble announces Sitech Northland dealer for portions of Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska

Trimble has announced Sitech Northland as the latest dealer in the Sitech dealer network, with coverage in Minnesota, excluding Clay County, and Iowa, excluding the southeastern portion of the state, as well as Dakota County, Nebraska. Sitech dealerships carry Trimble and Caterpillar machine control systems for heavy equipment of most brands, in addition to Trimble’s […]

November 7, 2016

Dealers

Terramac adds Power Equipment as dealer for Arkansas, Tennessee regions

Crawler carrier manufacturer Terramac has added Louisville, Kentucky-based Power Equipment Company to its North American dealer network. The dealer will represent the Terramac product line in portions of Arkansas and Tennessee. “We were immediately impressed by the extreme versatility that Terramac crawler carriers provide,” says Chris Gaylor, president at Power Equipment Company. “The units can […]

November 4, 2016

Dealers

Stalco Construction completes H.O. Penn Cat’s expansion and renovation

Stalco Construction has completed the expansion and renovation of the parts and service departments and rental area of 93-year-old H.O. Penn Cat. The company renovated 5,000-sq.-ft. of the first floor of H.O. Penn’s site in Holtsville, N.Y. on Long Island. “The renovation has significantly improved the quality of our customers’ experience and allowed us to […]

November 3, 2016