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Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Chevy teases 2020 Silverado HD ; Deere adds integrated machine control to 950K PAT; ASV intros RT-40 CTL; Cat unveils new thermal imaging smartphone; Case dozers get universal machine control compatibility

Case dozers get universal machine control compatibility as factory option Case Construction Equipment will now install a universal machine control kit at the factory as an available option on its production class M-Series dozers. The kit includes a harness for blade guidance systems, brackets and mounts, and universal jumpers. The kit works with systems from […]

April 16, 2018

Dealers

Business Roundup: Cat president of customer/dealer support to retire; Yanmar intros 4-year/4,000-hr. excavator warranty; H&E relocates Fort Collins branch; Luby Equipment a certified Case Precision Dealer

Mo.’s Luby Equipment Services now a certified Case Precision Construction Dealer Luby Equipment Services, based in Fenton, Missouri, has earned Case’s official designation as a certified expert dealer in machine control solutions. The certification is overseen by Case and requires training on off-machine tools and all the way up to 3D and 3D systems. Case […]

April 16, 2018

Dealers

Genie wins Cat Rental Store’s first Vendor of the Year award

Terex brand Genie has been chosen as the Cat Rental Store 2017 Allied Vendor of the Year. The award – the first of its kind for the Cat Rental Store –  came at the company’s 2018 Rental Summit Allied Vendor Fair and Reception, The criteria for the award are quality, product support and policy, ease […]

April 16, 2018

Dealers

H&E Equipment Services relocates Fort Collins, Colo., branch to expand service, repairs for customers in three states

H&E Equipment Services has relocated its branch serving the Fort Collins, Colorado, area to provide service and repairs to a larger volume of general industrial and construction equipment. The new location, at 429 East Mulberry Street, Fort Collins, provides full-service coverage to customers in northern Colorado, southeastern Wyoming, and western Nebraska, the company says. The […]

April 13, 2018

Dealers

Mo.’s Luby Equipment Services now a certified Case Precision Construction Dealer

Luby Equipment Services, based in Fenton, Missouri, has earned Case’s official designation as a certified expert dealer in machine control solutions. The certification is overseen by Case and requires training on off-machine tools and all the way up to 3D and 3D systems. Case requires that its certified Precision dealers have a full-time machine control […]

April 12, 2018

Dealers

Caterpillar president of customer, dealer support to retire

Caterpillar announced that Group President Rob Charter is retiring “following a distinguished career spanning nearly 30 years with the company.” Charter has been a group president of Customer & Dealer Support since 2015. “During his three decades with Caterpillar, Rob has built a reputation for his focus and unwavering commitment to helping our customers succeed,” […]

April 11, 2018

Dealers

Fired United Rentals co-founder and CFO sent back to prison

It’s back to prison for John Milne, the fired president and chief financial officer of United Rentals who was convicted a decade ago of conspiring to falsify the books and records of the equipment rental company he co-founded. A federal judge in Connecticut last week found that Milne had been leading a luxurious  lifestyle while […]

April 10, 2018

Dealers

Business Roundup: Chicago Pneumatic excavator attachments re-branded to Epiroc; Global Rental Alliance focuses on workforce development; Minnich signs N.Y.’s JC Smith; Construction spending up 0.1%; Construction loses 15k jobs

With strong 2018 outlook, Global Rental Alliance focuses on workforce development, technology Strategies to promote more women and minorities in the rental industry, as well as efforts to engage young professionals, provoked a lively discussion when the Global Rental Alliance (GRA) met recently at The Rental Show in New Orleans. Technology trends and workforce development […]

April 9, 2018

Dealers

Palfinger USA drops ‘PalFleet’ distribution name

PalFleet Truck Equipment Company is shedding its “PalFleet” name and will continue distribution operations under the name of parent company Palfinger USA. The goal is to leverage the strength of the Palfinger name, products, sales and service under one single brand, the company says. PalFleet was formed in 2010 following the 2008 acquisition of Omaha […]

April 9, 2018

Dealers

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

Dealers

H&E closes deal to buy Rental Inc. of Ala. and Fla.

H&E Equipment Services says it has completed its acquisition of Rental Inc., an equipment rental company that serves those in nonresidential construction from five branches throughout Alabama and Florida. While the final price was not disclosed this week, in announcing terms of the pending agreement last January, H&E said it expected to pay about $68.6 […]

April 5, 2018

Dealers

Minnich signs N.Y.’s JC Smith to sell concrete dowel pin drills

Minnich Manufacturing is expanding its dealer network kn upstate New York with the addition of JC Smith Inc. According to a Minnich press release, JC Smith is one of the largest construction supply operations in the region. Founded in 1976 by John C. Smith Jr., JC Smith serves heavy highway construction, municipal, concrete, building supply […]

April 4, 2018