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Dealers

Komatsu buys 4 Road Machinery locations to relaunch as Komatsu Southwest

Komatsu America is purchasing four branches of Arizona-based dealer Road Machinery LLC—three in New Mexico and one in Texas—in order to convert them to company-owned sites to be re-branded as Komatsu Southwest locations. Established in 1955, Road Machinery operates 13 other locations in the southwest and features Komatsu mining, construction and forestry machines. The company also […]

October 6, 2016

Dealers

Strongco completes sale of U.S.-based equipment dealer Chadwick-BaRoss

Strongco Corportation has completed the sale of 100 percent of the shares of U.S. subsidiary Chadwick-BaRoss Inc. for $12.4 million to Chadwick-BaRoss Canada Inc., a subsidiary of ISH Capital. Announced in early August, Mississauga, Ontario-based Strongco said the sale was due to “challenging economic conditions.” The company says the sale will be used to fund […]

October 5, 2016

Dealers

Case dealers provide equipment, support for Team Rubicon heavy equipment training

CASE Construction Equipment, Folcomer Equipment and Groff Tractor have supplied equipment and training support for Team Rubicon, a disaster response group run by veterans, as part of the organization’s heavy equipment training program. In addition to course work, 10 recent participants in the program worked on the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Cambridge, Maryland, laying […]

October 4, 2016

Business

Construction spending falls 0.7% in August

U.S. construction spending fell 0.7 percent in August as spending on both residential and nonresidential projects fell during the month. Construction spending is at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of $1.142 trillion, according to preliminary data from the Commerce Department. With the August decrease, the spending rate has fallen 0.3 percent below the August 2015 rate. Spending in the private […]

October 3, 2016

Dealers

Acme Equipment launches new website featuring equipment listings

Acme Equipment, headquartered in Grand Forks, North Dakota, has relaunched its AcmeEquipment.com website to provide details on more than 1,000 equipment listings, as well as service and rental information. The company says visitors to the site can request quotes, make offers, receive free shipping and lender quotes, and ask for a service quote. The site […]

October 3, 2016

Dealers

First Deutz Power Center for engineering, technical support opens in North Kansas City

The first Deutz Power Center, which will provide dedicated engineering and technical sales resources to small and mid-sized machinery manufacturers, has officially opened in North Kansas City, Missouri. “Our staff is in place, and we’re looking forward to introducing our suppliers and customers in the Midwest to the new Deutz Power Center concept,” says General […]

September 30, 2016

Dealers

Scott Equipment, Toyota Industrial Equipment provide flood relief to Baton Rouge employees, customers

Scott Equipment and Toyota Industrial Equipment recently teamed up to provide financial assistance to the Scott’s Baton Rouge customers and employees impacted by the floods in southern Louisiana in August. Scott Equipment’s Baton Rouge location, a Toyota IE site, was flooded with nine feet of water, and many of employees’ homes were damaged. The company’s other […]

September 29, 2016

Dealers

RDO Equipment officially opens Chandler, Arizona location

RDO Equipment has officially opened its second Phoenix-area location in Chandler, Arizona, providing equipment from John Deere, Hitachi and Topcon. “We’re thrilled to be open for business and I’d like to personally invite all of our customers, neighbors, and the entire community of Chandler to stop by and visit our team at the new store,” […]

September 28, 2016

Dealers

Yanmar America names Berkhimer product manager for construction equipment

Yanmar America has named Eric Berkhimer product manager for the company’s construction equipment division. Berkhimer has more than 20 years of experience in the industry involved in engineering, supervisory and management positions at Golder Associates, P&H Mining, Terex Mining, John Deere and Hitachi Construction Machinery. In his new role, Berkhimer will lead the development and […]

September 27, 2016

Dealers

Yancey Bros. Cat uses SmartEquip for maintenance, repair workflow improvements at rental stores

Austell, Georgia-based Yancey Bros. Cat, the oldest Caterpillar dealer in the U.S., has completed the integration of SmartEquip’s Enterprise applications into its Cat Rental Store locations in an effort to boost productivity in multiple operations at these locations. These applications allow automation in service processes and connect fleet owners to manufacturers and dealers with real-time […]

September 26, 2016

Dealers

Underground Safety Equipment acquires TrenchSafety and Supply

Trenching equipment rental company Underground Safety Equipment, based in Scottsdale, Arizona, has acquired TrenchSafety and Supply, allowing the company to expand into the Mid-South region. The sale was made final September 16. TrenchSafety was formed in 1994 and provides trenching equipment rental and sales, as well as safety and performance consulting for trenching contractors. It has […]

September 23, 2016

Dealers

Caterpillar, dealers to invest $1 billion to expand footprint, workforce training throughout Africa

Caterpillar has announced plans to expand its footprint and workforce development program in countries throughout Africa through a $1 billion investment over the next five years. In addition to improving the company’s parts distribution capacity across the continent and building new Certified Rebuild Centers, the investment will add new dealer branch locations and expand the […]

September 22, 2016