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Dealers

Heavy equipment dealers: trade skills gap costs industry $2.4 billion a year

Construction equipment dealers are reporting significant shortages in getting skilled help, a lack that is directly impacting their bottom line, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Associated Equipment Distributors Foundation. More than 50 percent of survey respondents said the inability to find qualified workers is both hindering growth and increasing costs. AED says […]

January 21, 2016

Roadbuilding

If you don’t want the Stanley Cup delayed, maybe increase highway funding, AED CEO says

Even one of the most storied trophies in all of sports isn’t immune to America’s infrastructure woes. While Chicago Blackhawks players were out on the ice savoring their Stanley Cup win on Monday night, championship-starved fans chanting “We want the cup.” Unfortunately for the fans, the cup wasn’t ready for them. The Stanley Cup and […]

June 18, 2015

Roadbuilding

Six tips on how to sustain your business model

Do you know how to sustain your business model and be a profitable dealer for the future? At the Associated Equipment Distributors (AED)/Infor Executive Forum held in mid-September in Rosemont, Illinois, Steve Leonard, president and owners of Annapolis, Maryland-based American Bus Sales Inc., offered these six areas to consider to sustain profit in your business […]

October 14, 2014

Roadbuilding

12-cent gas tax hike could pay for transportation projects

With the current highway bill, MAP-21, nearing expiration and the Highway Trust Fund (HTF), the main transportation funding source, projected to shortfall in just over two months, the search is on for a new way to fund transportation infrastructure projects. Two senators have contributed to the search by suggesting an increase of the federal gas […]

June 19, 2014

Roadbuilding

AED names Brian P. McGuire as president, CEO

Associated Equipment Distributors has appointed Brian P. McGuire as its new president and CEO. He will begin his duties January 6 and will be located at AED’s headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois. McGuire, 43, most recently served as president of the Tooling and Manufacturing Association. His other experience includes senior regional manager of Illinois and […]

November 26, 2013

Roadbuilding

Could alternate energy sources help solve our funding problem?

It’s time to get creative with less than a year until our latest surface transportation bill expires.

November 6, 2013

Roadbuilding

AED president, CEO Toby Mack responds to Obama’s remarks about Keystone XL pipeline jobs

Toby Mack, president and CEO of Associated Equipment Distributors (AED), today issued a statement in response to President Barack Obama’s interview with the New York Times, specifically the president’s remarks regarding the job creation potential of construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Mack writes: “It’s sad that President Obama ignores his own senior advisors’ careful […]

July 30, 2013

Business

AED and 17 construction industry groups call for House to support approval of Keystone XL pipeline

In a letter addressed to Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California, the Associated Equipment Distributers and 17 other construction industry associations and unions called for the House of Representatives to approve a bill that would negate the need for President Barack Obama to sign off on the […]

May 22, 2013

Construction Equipment

Why you need an equipment dealer

Recently I attended a meeting with a new customer regarding a new product line that we had acquired and would soon be representing. This is a big opportunity for us and I was really looking forward to meeting their management team and introducing them to the key players in our organization who would be working […]

April 12, 2013

Roadbuilding

AED chairman testifies at Congressional tax reform hearing

Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) Vice Chairman Tim Watters is set to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Small Business Committee at the “Small Business Tax Reform: Growth Through Simplicity” hearing at 1 p.m. Eastern Time on April 10. Watters will speak on behalf of AED and the construction equipment industry. He will emphasize that […]

April 9, 2013

Roadbuilding

Shale and gas oil have positive economic effects, industry leaders tell House panel

Two shale energy representatives today told the United States House of Representatives Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy & Mineral Resources that shale gas and oil is having a positive economic affect on more than just the energy sector. Whit Perryman, CEO of Vermeer Equipment of Texas-Louisiana and Associated Equipment Distributors’ (AED) 2013 vice president, and […]

March 14, 2013

Roadbuilding

Don’t just sit there, vote for something important

Got a note from AED, and it’s a timely reminder that potential voters sometimes need to be turned into actual voters. We all know the credibility chasm with many, many people who say they are going to vote but don’t. AED works closely with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on many key issues of primary […]

October 19, 2012