Tag: Kirby-Smith Machinery

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Kirby-Smith Machinery adds paving specialist to team of road equipment experts

Kirby-Smith Machinery has hired Robert Perkins as a paving and compaction specialist for its Road Construction and Minerals Division. Perkins brings nearly two decades of experience related to both the heavy highway construction and heavy equipment industries to the position. “Robert has paved everything from parking lots to major highways in his career,” says Vern […]

October 21, 2020

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Kirby-Smith names Gunderson VP of road construction, minerals division

Kirby-Smith Machinery (KSM) has named Vern Gunderson its vice president of road construction and minerals division. Gunderson will lead the heavy equipment distributor’s sales, rental and customer support efforts related to its Wirtgen Group brands (Wirtgen, Vögele, Hamm and Kleemann), LeeBoy, Falcon and Masaba product lines. He will work out of KSM’s Dallas office. Gunderson […]

September 11, 2020

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Kirby-Smith Machinery names Al-Suwaidi to Pipeline Services division

Kirby-Smith Machinery has hired Allen Al-Suwaidi as a pipeline services account manager. Al-Suwaidi will be responsible for managing existing customer accounts of KSM’s Pipeline Services division, which operates independent of territory restrictions, as well as developing new customers nationally in the pipeline construction industry. Al-Suwaidi comes to KSM with 16 years of experience in the […]

July 16, 2020

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Kirby-Smith names Chuck Riddle government sales manager

Kirby-Smith Machinery, based in Oklahoma City, has named Chuck Riddle governmental sales manager. overseeing these activities throughout Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and Missouri. “In the time since Chuck joined Kirby-Smith Machinery, I have been impressed by his expertise, integrity, and leadership,” said Del Keffer, vice president of sales. Riddle’s efforts to ” ensure we are a […]

August 13, 2019

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LBX names Kirby-Smith Machinery Triple Crown Dealer Award winner

LBX has awarded Kirby-Smith Machinery its Triple Crown Dealer Award. The award recognizes dealers who “demonstrate a well-rounded, “customers first” approach to building market share within their territory and delivering exceptional customer support,” says a release. Kirby-Smith represents Link-Belt Excavators in Kansas and Western Missouri. Key performance measures for the award are sales performance, parts […]

July 31, 2019

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Kirby-Smith Machinery names McNatt director of construction technology

Rebecca McNatt, the new director of construction technology, will be responsible for the growth and development of Komatsu Smart Construction and much more.

June 20, 2019

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Kirby-Smith Machinery opens new branch in McAlester, Okla.

Kirby-Smith Machinery has opened its brand new facility in the state of Oklahoma to better serve customers on the eastern side of the state. Details here.

January 18, 2019

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Business Roundup: Ritchie Bros. cleared for IronPlanet purchase; OSHA injury reporting rule suspended; Finning Q1 earnings; Takeuchi adds Kirby-Smith; Digga partners with Berlon

DOL suspends OSHA rule requiring companies electronically report injuries and illnesses The Department of Labor has suspended an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rule requiring companies to electronically report injury and illness records, which keeps the records from being publicly disclosed, The Washington Post reports. The rule, which took effect Jan. 1, requires employers to send in their summary data […]

May 30, 2017

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Takeuchi adds Kirby-Smith Machinery to dealer network for Oklahoma, Texas

Takeuchi-US has added Kirby-Smith Machinery, headquartered in Oklahoma City, to its dealer network to provide coverage in Oklahoma and Texas. The company’s products will be available at six of the dealer’s 10 locations, including Oklahoma City and Tulsa in Oklahoma, and Lubbock, Odessa, Amarillo and Abilene in Texas. “Takeuchi has a great product line and […]

May 19, 2017

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Business Roundup: News on CTL market share, a new Hyundai CE COO, and new dealer locations

Why compact track loaders are still stealing skid steer market share at a relentless rate At some point, compact track loaders (CTLs) will quit taking market share from skid steer loaders. But for now, the relentless march of CTLs continues, driven by the narrowing of the cost differential between the two machine types, CTLs’ enhanced […]

December 12, 2016

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Terramac adds Kirby-Smith Machinery to North America dealer network

Crawler carrier manufacturer Terramac has added Oklahoma-based Kirby-Smith Machinery to its North America dealer network. Kirby-Smith says it will primarily serve the pipeline industry in its market area with Terramac machines in sales, rental and aftermarket support. “Terramac is the ultimate Swiss army knife of the pipeline industry,” says Joe Trapani, director pipeline services division […]

December 5, 2016

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Kirby-Smith Machinery names VP of sales, general service manager

Kirby-Smith Machinery, based in Oklahoma City, has named Del Keffer as vice president of sales and Brad Campbell as general service manager. Keffer will manage corporate sales and rental strategy for the construction equipment and crane dealer, and will be based at its Dallas branch. He has roughly four decades of experience in the heavy […]

August 29, 2016