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Construction Equipment

Toshiya Takeuchi succeeds father as new president of Takeuchi

Toshiya Takeuchi has been appointed the new president of Takeuchi Manufacturing, becoming only the second president in the company’s history. He succeeds his father, Akio Takeuchi, who founded the company in 1963 in Japan and has stepped down. The company says it developed the world’s first compact excavator in 1971 and was the first to […]

August 12, 2019

Dealers

Ohio Cat breaks ground on Perrysburg, Ohio facility

Ohio Cat has broken ground on a 40-acre facility in Perrysburg, Ohio, that will house its Ohio Cat, The Cat Rental Store and Northern Ohio Peterbilt operations on one campus. The site will house a 65,250-square-foot building that will include shop space, a parts warehouse and office space for the dealer’s machine sales, rental and […]

August 12, 2019

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Manitou launches self-branded compact equipment; Goliath is a 6-wheeled Chevy Silverado; Toro intros TRX-250, TRX-350 walk-behind trenchers; Diesel Silverado 1500 fuel economy; Stringline or stringless?

Stringline or stringless? Manufacturers of curb and gutter pavers let operators decide When it comes to curb and gutter concrete slipform pavers, one word tends to crop up. “It’s very unusual to go into a sales call and walk out without having spoken about ‘stringless,’” says Wade Bowman, Wirtgen product manager for concrete slipform paving. […]

August 12, 2019

Dealers

Runnion Equipment opens new Ill. facility

Boom truck dealer Runnion Equipment has opened up a new facility in Hodgkins, Illinois, that will accommodate all of the company’s crane services. The company held a grand opening ceremony on June 26 at the new facility. The 37,400 square-foot building houses 17 service bays, a training center for technicians and operators, and an expanded […]

August 9, 2019

Dealers

Komatsu now providing equipment to government, non-profit customers through Sourcewell contract

Komatsu America has been awarded a contract for construction equipment, attachments and supplies by Sourcewell, a governmental cooperative agency. Known as the National Joint Powers Alliance until 2018, Sourcewell serves government agencies, municipalities, schools and non-profits by partnering with and contracting vetted companies that its clients can then purchase products and services from. The idea […]

August 8, 2019

Dealers

Doosan adds Bobcat of Springfield to dealer network in Ill.

Bobcat of Springfield, Illinois, is the latest authorized provider of Doosan sales, service, parts and rental equipment. The company offers a wide range of Doosan equipment, including crawler excavators, wheel excavators, material handlers, log loaders and wheel loaders. The location serves Springfield and the surrounding areas of central Illinois. The location is one of 11 […]

August 7, 2019

Business

Crane count for major cities continues to rise

The most recent Crane Index by Rider Levett Bucknall reports the fourth consecutive 6-month period with an increase in the number of operating tower cranes in 13 major cities in the United States and Canada. RLB expects this trend to continue throughout the year and sees it as a gauge of the growth of the […]

August 6, 2019

Dealers

Product support game-changers put ‘customer experience’ first

Pick two out of three: price, quality (including customer service) or speed. The so-called “unattainable triangle” might still apply in some businesses, but for the dealer product service business – the key profit center of the dealership – the customer experience expectation has been irreversibly Amazoned. Best price, high quality and next-day delivery with tracking […]

August 6, 2019

Dealers

Bidadoo reports 50% growth in its online equipment auctions

Bidadoo, an online construction equipment auction firm, reports a 50 percent increase in sales growth for the first half of 2019 when compared to the same period last year. Part of the growth has come from an increase in construction equipment manufacturers and rental companies using the online auction service to sell equipment coming off […]

August 5, 2019

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Venieri intros heavy-duty loader to U.S.;Deere intros 344L High-Lift loader; Dynapac upgrades commercial pavers; Vermeer’s new D23x30DR S3 Navigator; SnowEx updates Power Pusher snow pushers

SnowEx’s new Power Pusher snow pushers deliver cleaner scrapes SnowEx has introduced new snow pushers for skid steers, compact track loaders, wheel loaders, backhoes and tractors. The latest Power Pusher snow pushers are available in 8- and 10-foot-wide models and feature new steel trip-edges that SnowEx says deliver “maximum scraping performance” and cleaner scrapes of […]

August 5, 2019

Dealers

JCB adds Equipment Source as Alaska dealer

Equipment Source has joined the JCB North America dealer network. With locations in Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska, the company will sell and service the full range of JCB machines, including excavators, skid steer, compact track loaders and telehandlers. “Since 2000, Equipment Source has provided equipment to oil, mining, construction and agriculture customers in some of […]

August 2, 2019

Dealers

Doosan names Ellens Equipment, Kleis Equipment to dealer network

Doosan Infracore North American has named Ellens Equipment and Kleis Equipment to its dealer network. Ellens Equipment, located in McBain, Michigan, will cover northern Michigan and Kleis Equipment, located in Constantia, New York, will serve upstate New York. Ellens Equipment serves the construction, agriculture, logging and governmental markets in the Northern Lower Michigan peninsula. “We […]

August 1, 2019