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Dealers

Kobelco celebrates grand opening of U.S. excavator plant

Kobelco Construction Machinery USA recently celebrated the grand opening of its new excavator manufacturing plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Announced early last year, the $41 million, 85-acre site will produce 1,800 excavators each year. It’s the second U.S. facility for Kobelco USA which opened its Katy, Texas, corporate headquarters in 2014. The Spartanburg site was chosen […]

June 14, 2016

Construction Equipment

More Than Small: The renaissance of the compact excavator

Compact excavators also have experienced bracket creep; the category was once capped at machines weighing 6 tons, then went up to 8 tons, and currently includes units weighing 10 tons and lower. The range is now broad enough that some in the industry are defining subsets as micro, mini, midi, and compact with no adjective […]

May 30, 2016

Construction Equipment

Kobelco construction, crane businesses to merge

Parent Kobe Steel has announced that its Kobelco Construction Machinery and Kobelco Cranes subsidiaries will merge, effective April 1. The Kobelco construction equipment business spun off the crane business in 2004, after which the two companies focused on their individual global markets. Kobe Steel says it considers the merger “necessary to further strengthen its business […]

December 22, 2015

Dealers

Gehl, Bobcat, Morbark welcome new dealers in the latest Dealer & Manufacturing roundup

Gehl welcomes Caliber Equipment to the Gehl Dealer Network Caliber Equipment has joined the Gehl dealer network. The company provides sales and service to Vancouver, British Columbia and the surrounding areas. Southeastern Equipment names roadbuilding specialist Southeastern Equipment promoted Chad Webb to Roadbuilding Specialist for all of Southeastern’s branches. Webb’s responsibilities include coaching salesman on […]

October 27, 2015

Dealers

Manitou manufactures 500,000th machine, Stihl opens new facility and more in the latest Dealer and Manufacturing News Roundup

Manitou group manufactures its 500,000th machine Manitou Group has manufactured its milestone 500,000th machine. Manitou Americas will announce the celebration at various summer trade shows; Empire Farm Days in Seneca Falls, NY; Ag Progress Days in Pennsylvania Furnace, PA; and Wisconsin Farm Tech Days in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. They will travel from Wisconsin to Europe, debuting […]

August 17, 2015

Dealers

JLG acquires Power Towers, a new Atlas Copco sales VP and Kenworth dealer relocations all in the latest Dealer and Manufacturing News Roundup

JLG acquires UK-based Power Towers JLG Industries has acquired Power Towers, a low level access equipment manufacturer based in Leicester, UK. Power Towers, founded in 2007, offers 7 self-propelled and push around lift models, some rated for outdoor use. The company employs 30 people, all of whom have been retained through the acquisition. With the […]

June 8, 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

Construction Equipment

Kobelco to build excavator plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina

Kobelco Construction Machinery announced it will build an excavator plant near Spartanburg, South Carolina. The plant will start producing 1,800 units of an as-yet unspecified 20-metric-ton model in January 2016. The 85-acre site will be operated by Kobelco Construction Machinery U.S.A, which now markets five conventional excavators, including the 48,500-pound SK210LC, four compact excavators, six […]

January 8, 2015

Construction Equipment

Why 3- to 4-ton compact excavators are just the right size to get most jobs done

Three- to 4-ton compact excavators seem to be just the right size. “Positioned in the middle of the compact range, these machines go where bigger machines cannot and dig and lift what smaller units are unable to do,” says Jake Jeffords of JCB. Because of their versatility and the inclusion of popular features as […]

November 30, 2014

Construction Equipment

Excavator pushes dozer up steep grade before clawing its own way up to escape loose terrain

Steep grades and loose terrain can be formidable foes for heavy machinery on their own. So it’s no surprise that combining the two with both an excavator and dozer needing to reach the top creates quite the puzzle for all involved. The video below is a bit long but provides a pretty interesting watch. We’d […]

April 18, 2014

Roadbuilding

How to move a machine from the ConExpo-Con/Agg show floor

If you attended ConExpo-Con/Agg, or if you saw any photos or videos from the show, you might be wondering how those machines are moved to and from the convention center. I know I was curious. Well, one YouTube video shows how Kobelco moved its patriotic excavator. The process involved an operator, a trailer, what […]

March 31, 2014

Roadbuilding

Kobelco’s new excavators, demolition machines in North America mark company’s independance

“The Kobelco brand has sprouted on this land once again this year,” says Jun Fujioka, president and CEO, Kobelco Construction Machinery. More than a year after ending its North American distribution and marketing agreement with CNH Industrial, Kobelco is waving an independent exhibitor flat at ConExpo for the first time in 10 years. The company […]

March 16, 2014