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Dealers

IronDirect takes aim at dealers, additional reps to promote Chinese-made equipment

IronDirect has unveiled a series of new initiatives in the past month designed to get dealers and sales representatives interested in both servicing and selling its offering of Chinese-made equipment, in addition to lines from Italian and American manufacturers. IronDirect’s e-commerce site, irondirect.com, launched in mid-September. Online, the company offers Lonking excavators and wheel loaders, […]

November 8, 2016

Dealers

Kobelco USA adds Brogan as dealer field service representative

Kobelco Construction Machinery USA has named Matt Brogan as a dealer field service representative. Brogan has served as a service technician for the past nine years. The company believes his expertise in assessing field matters and performing technical training will provide a boost to dealer service support. “The addition of Matt highlights Kobelco’s commitment to providing […]

September 2, 2016

Dealers

Walsh JCB expands parts/service, Hyundai CE adds 4 locations in the latest Dealer and Manufacturing News Roundup

Walsh JCB expands parts and service department Walsh JCB, Prospect, Pennsylvania, has expanded its parts and service department, adding 11,000 square feet to its Prospect facility. The company also has a branch location in Lilly, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1932, the company represents Lee Boy, Rosco and Schwarze equipment in addition to JCB. Hyundai adds four […]

June 23, 2016

Dealers

Case CE dealers to begin offering Leica’s off-machine construction tools

Case Construction Equipment announced today that its North American dealers will begin carrying off-machine construction tools from Leica Geosystems. The move comes through the expansion of a partnership between the two companies established in 2014. With that agreement Case was allowed to integrate Leica machine control technology into its machines from the factory as well as […]

April 6, 2016

Dealers

Vermeer names Ultimate Crew; Holt Cat hits VisionLink milestone; Orion expands & more in the latest Dealer and Manufacturing roundup

Vermeer names B&T Drainage winner of Ultimate Crew contest B&T Drainage from Marshall, Illinois, was named the winner of the Ultimate Crew Contest sponsored by Vermeer at last week’s International Construction & Utility Equipment Expo in Louisville. A panel of judges scored each team based on their times, accuracy, safety procedures and teamwork in completing a live drilling competition. […]

October 8, 2015

Dealers

Lincoln Electric endows welding fund, a new H&E facility and more in the latest Dealer and Manufacturing News Roundup

Lincoln Electric endows Ohio State welding engineering program Cleveland-based Lincoln Electric and David Lincoln have co-funded the first endowed professorship in welding engineering at The Ohio State University. In addition to a $1 million donation, the company also donated or consigned approximately $420,000 worth of welding equipment and technology for use by Ohio State students […]

July 10, 2015

Dealers

JCB, Douglas Dynamics earn honors; Kenworth, Fecon add locations in the latest Dealer and Manufacturing News Roundup

Skyjack machines tee up for charity in Miami Skyjack scissor lifts and booms were on hand at the BEA and Action Rentals’ Second Annual Golf Tournament, held on March 16 in Miami. The daylong event, held at Miami International Links in the Melreese Country Club, included golfing and a silent auction. This was Skyjack’s second […]

June 23, 2015

Dealers

SDLG, Liebherr, Takeuchi, others add dealers in the latest Dealer and Manufacturing News Roundup

Takeuchi names Salesman of the Year, Top Volume dealer and adds dealer Jimi Martin of Perimeter Takeuchi in Buford, Georgia, has been named Takeuchi’s Salesman of the Year. Ranking number one in retail sales, 2014 marks the second consecutive year Martin has received the award. Folcomer Equipment, a full-service dealer with five locations in Aberdeen, […]

May 22, 2015

Dealers

Terex Construction launches new website and app, plus new locations for Liebherr and JCB in this week’s Dealer News Roundup

Welcome to the Dealer News Roundup, your one-stop shop for all the moves going on inside the heavy equipment distributor industry. This week’s edition includes a redesigned Terex website and app, along with new locations for Liebherr and JCB. Terex launches distributor support app and responsive website Terex Construction has launched a new Distributor Support […]

December 1, 2014

Dealers

Caterpillar pushes dealers missing out on billions in sales each year to increase use of telematics data

Contractors aren’t the only ones not using telematics. Dealers of the largest heavy equipment manufacturer in the world are also being urged to up their use of the valuable data the technology creates. Caterpillar says its dealers are failing to capture somewhere in the range of $9 billion and $18 billion in revenue each year, […]

May 21, 2014

Dealers

Bobcat, Sany add locations, ICP recruits for Lonking in this week’s Dealer News Roundup

Welcome to the Dealer News Roundup, your one-stop shop for all the moves going on inside the heavy equipment distributor industry. We post a new edition just about every week with news on hires, promotions, new locations and expansions. Check back for a new edition every week! Bobcat adds new authorized dealer in Iowa, Wyoming […]

April 4, 2014

Construction Equipment

GE Capital expands equipment financing program for dealers looking to grow their rental fleets

With equipment rentals showing growth in each of the last three years, GE Capital is hoping to boost expected continued growth in coming years even further with an expansion of its equipment financing program for dealers looking to grow their rental fleets. Though most dealers pay cash for equipment that costs less than $10,000, Jim […]

January 30, 2014