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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

Dealers

Curry Supply names Wilt director of marketing

Commercial service vehicle manufacturer and dealer Curry Supply has named Heather Wilt as the company’s director of marketing with responsibilities for corporate marketing strategy, advertising, event management, public relations and digital marketing. Wilt most recently served as global director of marketing and communications at an equipment manufacturer focusing on the mining and aggregate industries. Her […]

September 21, 2016

Dealers

Barko Hydraulics adds Pioneer Equipment to dealer network for Wisconsin and Michigan

Barko Hydraulics has added Pioneer Equipment Company of Rhinelander, Wisconsin, to its dealer network. Pioneer will carry Barko forestry equipment in Wisconsin and Michigan, including harvesters and feller bunchers, loaders, industrial wheeled tractors and biomass chippers. “We are looking forward to teaming up with Barko,” says Steve Ory, Pioneer Equipment co-owner. “We’re already seeing a lot of […]

September 20, 2016

Dealers

Terex Trucks adds Hitrac to dealer network in Canada for articulated dump truck market

Terex Trucks has named Winnipeg-based Hitrac as its dealer in Manitoba, Canada, with responsibilities of supplying and supporting the manufacturer’s full range of articulated dump trucks (ADT) throughout the province. “We’re excited to be joining the Terex Trucks family,” says Paul Scharf, Hitrac president. “And we’re looking forward to being able to offer our customers […]

September 19, 2016

Dealers

Terramac expands into New Jersey with addition of Groff Tractor to dealer network

Terramac has expanded into New Jersey by adding Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania-based Groff Tractor to its dealer network. Terramac manufactures rubber tracked crawler carriers, including the RT9, RT14 and RT14R, designed to be used in general construction, utility, environmental restoration and oil and gas work. “There’s a lot of opportunity for the Terramac product line in New […]

September 16, 2016

Dealers

Rising from ICP’s ashes, IronDirect wants to be the Amazon of construction equipment

Distributor of Chinese-made equipment has also signed on Paladin and Berco to its e-commerce site   Describing itself as “an American company offering construction equipment buyers a revolutionary and safe way” to buy Chinese equipment, IronDirect is launching its online commerce site today, offering products that it says can save owners up to 50 percent […]

September 15, 2016

Dealers

Texas-based Equipment Depot rebrands with focus on customer service

Material handling and aerial lift equipment provider Equipment Depot reports it has finished a rebranding effort to emphasize its focus on customer service with the company tagline “Equipped to Serve.” The Houston, Texas-based chain was founded in 1951. “Service has always been the heart and soul of the organization, delivered through our expertise in material handling, […]

September 15, 2016

Dealers

BigRentz launches QuickRentz notifications allowing rental locations to claim orders instantly

BigRentz, an online network that fulfills rental requests from more than 7,500 equipment rental suppliers across the U.S., has introduced a feature that will allow those suppliers to instantly claim an order. The feature, dubbed QuickRentz, will send an email and SMS message to rental locations that opt to participate notifying them instantly of a […]

September 14, 2016

Dealers

Thunder Creek makes V&H Trucks its construction market dealer for Wisconsin

Fuel and service trailer manufacturer Thunder Creek Equipment has named V&H Trucks Incorporated as its construction market dealer for Wisconsin. V&H will sell and service the full line of the Iowa-based manufacturer’s DEF and service products, including multi-tank trailers and service and lube trailers. “As demand for our newest construction products has increased, we searched […]

September 13, 2016

Dealers

RDO Equipment set to open second Phoenix metro location

RDO Equipment Company, which carries John Deere, Vermeer and Topcon, plans this month to open a new location in Chandler, Arizona, a site that will represent its second facility in metropolitan Phoenix and eighth in the state. The total locations in the company’s dealer network will reach 78 once the more than 31,000 square-foot-facility opens. […]

September 9, 2016

Dealers

IronPlanet intros LiveStream online bidding for on-site auctions

To complement on-site auctions the company added through a merger with Cat Auction Services last year, online equipment auctioneer IronPlanet is introducing what it calls LiveStream bidding. The feature allows bidders to log into IronPlanet and bid alongside on-site auction customers in real time. The announcement comes just more than a week after Ritchie Bros […]

September 8, 2016

Dealers

Largest Cat dealer Finning sees 22% decline in 2Q revenues

Vancouver-based Finning International, the world’s largest Caterpillar dealer, recently reported its second quarter 2016 results, with significant reductions in selling, general and administrative expenses and improvements in free cash flow, but a 22-percent drop in revenues from all operations. “The second quarter results demonstrated the benefit of actions taken to improve our operating performance and […]

September 7, 2016