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Business

The top 5 best-selling new and used construction equipment during 1Q 2014

Almost 28,725 new and used machines in the top 11 types of construction equipment* were financed during the first quarter of 2014, according to Equipment Data Associates. This compares to the 30,260 new and used machines in these categories financed during the same quarter of 2013, a 5-percent decline. Compact units with their lower prices […]

April 22, 2014

Business

February brings typical downturn for number of new, used construction machines sold

As is typical during the month of February, financed sales of new and used equipment took a dip from January figures, according to information released by Equipment Data Associates. EDA, a division of Randall-Reilly, which produces Equipment World, tracks and reports Uniform Commercial Code-1 filings on financed equipment. There were 4,286 new financed units sold […]

April 21, 2014

Business

Volvo CE operating income plummets 54% in 2013 despite gains in 4Q

Despite encouraging gains in the fourth quarter, Volvo Construction Equipment will be glad to put 2013 behind it. Full-year sales fell by 16 percent to $8.2 billion (53.4 billion SEK) while operating income plummeted 54 percent to $399 million (2.6 billion SEK). In its report, Volvo CE attributed the fall in operating income to “tough price […]

February 5, 2014

Business

Dealers surveyed by GE Capital expect construction equipment sales to increase in 2013

An encouraging 75 percent of construction equipment dealers surveyed by GE Captial Equipment Finance said they expect retail sales of construction equipment to increase at least 3 percent this year. The finding is 10 percent better than last year’s and 24 percent said they expect their sales to increase betwen 6 and 8 percent. The […]

February 11, 2013

Roadbuilding

Online equipment sales platform launched by Ritchie Bros.

Vancouver, B.C.-based Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers has gone online with its equipment sales. Already a major player in equipment sales as the world’s largest seller of used industrial equipment as an auctioneer, the company on Jan. 22 announced the initial release Ritchie Bros EquipmentOne, a new online equipment marketplace for the company. With the initial rollout, […]

January 22, 2013