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Business Roundup: Electric trucks will still require skilled mechanics; More manufacturers than dealers worry about metal tariffs; McCann Industries expands territory; 30-year veteran service manager retires

Skilled mechanics still needed for electric trucks and survey finds more manufacturers than dealers worry about metal tariffs. More in our Business roundup.

May 21, 2018

Tesla electric Semi on road

Survey finds more manufacturers than dealers worry about metal tariffs, but they share same view on tax reform benefits

A survey has found that fewer dealers than manufacturers anticipate negative impacts of the steel and aluminum tariffs pushed by President Donald Trump.

May 16, 2018

Ritchie Bros. Orlando 2018 equipment (15 of 27)

AEM leads new effort to increase high school courses tied to equipment industry

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) ag sector board is leading a new effort to increase the number of classes taught in high school to foster greater awareness of the equipment manufacturing industry – as well as spark enthusiasm for it in the next generation of workers. With help from the Equipment Dealers Association (EDA), […]

April 6, 2018

Equipment dealer webinars to address Google search rankings, marketing, advertising

The Equipment Dealers Association (EDA) and digital marketing firm Team SI will soon offer EDA members three free webinars on digital marketing and storytelling topics. Here are the offerings: March 27, 2018: The Basics of SEO and Directories May 29, 2018: Content Marketing 101: Tell Your Story July 24, 2018: Programmatic Advertising and Why it Matters […]

March 6, 2018

Hayden-Murphy Equipment Co.

AEM, EDA unite to respond to ‘Right to Repair’ legislation

Dealers will be a critical link for a new industry commitment to provide comprehensive service information tools to farmers for tractors and combines for models manufactured in 2021 and beyond. There’s a new dealer website, R2Rsolutions.org, to help you learn more about this initiative. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has joined the Equipment Dealers […]

February 6, 2018

Dealer trade groups helping members understand tax overhaul

In the wake of rewritten tax code, Equipment Dealers Association and Associated Equipment Distributors are providing members with resources to help them learn about upcoming tax changes. Kim Rominger, CEO and president of EDA, Brian McGuire, president and CEO of AED, and others are also voicing appreciation for dealers who contacted their Congressional representatives. The EDA […]

December 26, 2017

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Tax overhaul benefits dealers, but uncertainty for future remains

Construction equipment dealers will be able to take advantage of full expensing – for both new and used equipment – under the final tax bill. There’s also a lower rate for most pass-throughs, including trusts and estates. And business interest deductibility is initially capped at 30 percent of earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITA), […]

December 19, 2017

construction equipment heavy equipment Ritchie Bros. auction 2017 aerial lifts

Business Roundup: Liebherr sees orders jump; Tax overhaul a mixed bag for dealers; Proposed AWP standards would affect rentals; Dealer Institute course on managing iron; New Atlas Copco VPs; Construction starts predicted to rise

Liebherr sees “significant” jump in orders; uses start-up culture to launch products Liebherr says it will add 2,240 employees by the end of this year, seeing what Stefan Heissler, member of the board of directors of Liebherr-International AG, calls a “very significant jump in orders” in 2017. In the first six months of 2017, Liebherr […]

November 7, 2017

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EDA: Tax overhaul plans bring benefits, concerns for equipment dealers in U.S and Canada

Equipment Dealers Association (EDA) says a new plan for overhauling the U.S. tax code could benefit dealers and their customers in a big way. But they’re also worried dealers could be hit hard as tax writers hunt for revenues to pay for reduced tax rates and other reform proposals. The FY18 tax reform plan […]

October 31, 2017

Business Roundup: News on Nortrax, Safway Group, construction spending, trencher sales trends

John Deere dealer Nortrax adds sales staff in southeast region and Wisconsin Nortrax, which operates John Deere construction and forestry dealerships in the U.S. and Canada, has added John Fairley to its Used Equipment Division in the company’s Southeast Region, and Randy Klug to its sales team in Merrill, Wisconsin. Fairley most recent worked as […]

December 5, 2016

The top-selling financed construction equipment models and types, state by state for 2016

The compact track loader (CTL) continues its reign, according to a recent study of UCC-1 filings as reported by EDA. In terms of number of new units sold, CTLs ranked as the No. 1 construction machine in 24 states during the Oct. 1, 2015 to Sept. 30, 2016, time frame. Two CTL models battled it out […]

November 15, 2016

Cat 259D compact track loader

Texas leads U.S. equipment purchases in Q3, sales down 19 percent from 2013

If you believe everything is bigger in Texas, than it should come as no surprise that the state also needs the most road construction equipment. At 68 buyers during the third quarter of 2014, Texas construction companies financed the most road construction equipment in the United States. The numbers are according to an analysis of Equipment […]

November 21, 2014

The number of road construction equipment buyers in Texas was by far the most in the U.S during Q3 2014.

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