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Maintenance

Cooper Kenworth adds Asheville location

Cooper Kenworth has opened a 31,000-square-foot parts and service operation in Asheville, North Carolina. The facility, located along U.S. Interstate 40 at 1895 Old Haywood Road, has 14 service bays and a 7,000-square-foot parts department. One bay is a dedicated Kenworth PremierCare preventive maintenance services bay. Cooper Kenworth operates nine other locations in Clinton, Concord, […]

May 3, 2012

Business

Absolute E-Z Up hires sales manager

Absolute E-Z Up hired Wendy Svoboda as the company’s new sales manager. Svoboda’s responsibilities will include new business development and dealer relations in North and South Carolina and Georgia.   Prior to joining AEUP, Svoboda was a senior district manager for USA Today for 15 years, where she was responsible for new business development, budget […]

February 16, 2012

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Daimler creates jobs

Daimler Trucks North America will add a second shift in order to increase production at its Freightliner Truck Manufacturing Plant in Cleveland, North Carolina. The additional shift will add more than 1,100 new jobs by the end of 2012. DTNA anticipates personnel at the plant to increase by 72 percent, which will include approximately 1,072 […]

January 13, 2012

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Mack Trucks names president of North American sales and marketing

Mack Trucks has named Kevin Flaherty as president of North American sales and marketing. As of January 1, Flaherty is responsible for all of the company’s North American commercial activities. Flaherty has been with Mack Trucks for 38 years, and he has served since 2001 as senior vice president for the United States and Canada.  […]

January 3, 2012

Pickups

State of the auto industry

Is the automotive sector really recovering? If you look at North Carolina’s job growth it is

December 20, 2011

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Capital Partners acquire Roll-Rite tarping systems

Capital Partners, a private investment firm in Greenwich, Connecticut, acquired Roll-Rite, which manufactures automated tarping systems. The acquisition was in conjunction with minority partners Argosy Capital and management. Capital Partners purchased Roll-Rite from Copeley Capital out of Charlotte, North Carolina. Cleary Gull acted as exclusive financial advisor to Roll-Rite in this transaction.

October 17, 2011

Technology

Leica Geosystems appoints direct sales representative in North Carolina

Leica Geosystems appointed Dean Howell as direct sales representative to the state, and established a dealer relationship with Transit and Level Clinic. These new relationships will improve service and support for surveyors, contractors, engineers, and other measurement specialists in North Carolina, and shorten delivery time for new and repaired equipment. Howell has 20 years experience […]

June 24, 2011

Safety

ASC wins 2011 Volvo Masters

Volvo Construction Equipment dealer ASC has won the 2011 Volvo Masters competition in the North America Region. The Volvo Masters is a team competition for parts and service technicians who solve problems similar to those faced daily on jobsites. Teams are judged on their technical and parts system skills, on how they handle their tools, […]

April 15, 2011

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American Society of Concrete Contractors’ CEO Forum

The American Society of Concrete Contractors’ CEO Forum will be at Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina. The CEO Forum is a leadership and executive conference for concrete professionals.  Participants include CEOs, presidents, owners, CFOs, vice presidents and other top managers of concrete contracting firms.  The forum includes seminars, roundtable discussions, a golf tournament, croquet […]

March 31, 2011

Construction Equipment

Charlie Daniels to perform at Charlotte Diesel Super Show

Music legend Charlie Daniels will take the stage at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Oct. 7 during the Charlotte Diesel Super Show. Daniels has hit songs such as “Long Haired Country Boy,” “The South’s Gonna Do It” and “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.” “Charlie Daniels is one of the most popular entertainers of our time,” […]

March 3, 2011

Business

United Rentals expands operations in three states

United Rentals announced further investment in its branch network with the opening of three speciality locations in the fourth quarter. The locations extend the company’s power and HVAC operations in Tacoma, Washington; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Beaumont, Texas. The United Rentals branch network integrates the company’s general rentals and trench safety, power and HVAC businesses […]

December 1, 2010

Roadbuilding

Next up for Cat: excavators in Texas

Following back-to-back announcements of two plants in North Carolina — a new axle assembly plant in Winston-Salem and the expansion of its Sanford, North Carolina, compact equipment factory — Cat will now build an excavator assembly plant in Victoria, Texas, according to the Wall Street Journal. The plant will employ more than 500 people and […]

August 12, 2010