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Construction Equipment

Hebe retires from Navistar

James L. Hebe, Navistar’s senior vice president, North America Sales Operations, will retire from Navistar, the company announced today. Hebe, 63, has led the company’s North American Truck sales and marketing efforts since re-joining the company in 2008. Hebe began his career at International Harvester (Navistar’s predecessor) in 1971 as a management trainee in Boston, and […]

October 8, 2012

Construction Equipment

Lincoln Electric promotes director of marketing

Lincoln Electric has promoted Bruce Chantry to director of marketing, North America. In his new position, Chantry will oversee all core functions for Lincoln Electric’s North American marketing efforts, including industry segment management, product management, advertising, web development, creative services, events, trade shows and celebrity endorsements. Chantry has been with Lincoln Electric for 17 years. […]

October 2, 2012

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PacLease adds seven North American franchise locations

PacLease is expanding in North America with the addition of seven locations in the Great Lakes and Nebraska regions of the United States. The seven franchises will be located in Escanaba, Gaylord, and Grand Rapids, Michigan; in Columbus, Kearney and York, Nebraska; and in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. For more information, visit paclease.com.

October 2, 2012

Maintenance

Terex expands in Ohio

Terex Equipment Services (TES) and Crane America Services (CAS), the North American service segment of Terex Material Handling and Port Solutions (MHPS), have opened a new TES service center location in Columbus, Ohio. The 17,500-square-foot location, which features two full bays, additional space and a secure yard, will service all brands of aerial and industrial crane equipment […]

September 12, 2012

Business

Bronto adds to North American team

Bronto Skylift has hired Tom Goyer as part of the company’s North American sales team. Goyer has worked in the heavy truck and aerial ladder fire apparatus market, including sales and sales management of Bronto fire products in North America, for more than a decade. Additionally, he has guided sales and operational teams. Goyer has […]

August 31, 2012

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Haulotte reorganizes North American facility

Haulotte Group has reorganized its North American handling facility in order to accommodate an increase in lines of Aerial Work Products manufactured. The plant continues to manufacture the BilJax brand of scaffold and event staging. Some of the areas in which changes were made over the past year include raw material storage, machining, welding, fabrication, […]

July 31, 2012

Construction Equipment

Cat machine global sales rise 12 percent

Caterpillar’s global retail sales rose 12 percent in a three-month period ending in late April, Cat said on May 17. The increase in global sales offset the 13-percent drop in Latin American sales, the second consecutive decline in these sales. Equipment and total engine sales also increased in the April period. Cat saw a 32-percent […]

May 22, 2012

Equipment

Volvo CE president confident in North American market

Volvo Construction Equipment president and chief executive Pat Olney discussed his confidence in the North American construction equipment market at a press conference Thursday in Miami. Olney’s confirmation of his belief in the recovery in the North American construction equipment market, which the company expects could see demand increase by up to a quarter in […]

May 22, 2012

Maintenance

JCB expands in New York and Florida

JCB of North America has expanded its network with the addition of two dealerships, JCB of NYC and JCB of South Florida. JCB of NYC, formerly known as Lapietra Machinery, is the newest dealership in New York. This dealer is located at 5320 3rd Avenue in downtown Brooklyn. JCB of South Florida, located in Boynton […]

May 16, 2012

Business

Maslizek named VP of North American crawler, mobile hydraulic crane sales

Manitowoc Cranes named Joe Maslizek as the new vice president of sales for Manitowoc crawler cranes and Grove mobile hydraulic cranes in North America. Maslizek will oversee sales in North America for Grove and Manitowoc cranes, including distribution management and major accounts management in the region. He will report to David Hull, senior vice president […]

August 26, 2011