Sakai Names Dealer for New York and N.E. Pennsylvania
Equipment manufacturer Sakai last week named Tracey Road Equipment its authorized dealer in New York state and Northeastern Pennsylvania....
AED Launches Thousands into Service Tech Field
When the construction industry needs more equipment, OEMs step up production, fill the orders, and crank out more machinery. Mission accomplished. But what happens when the industry needs thousands more equipment technicians? ...
Australia’s Boom Logistics’ CEO Resigns Amid Lower Profits
Australian crane and aerial specialist Boom Logistics last week said it expects its full-year profit to drop by as much as 20 percent, the company said, as recent severe flooding in Queensland is affecting its second-half performance....
HSS Hire Ireland Expands Skid-Steer Loader Fleet
With a recent acquisition of 23 mini-excavators, HSS Hire Ireland has become the largest rental of Kubota mini-excavators in Ireland, with a total Kubota fleet of 48 units, the company said. HSS Ireland has 24 branches in Ireland, with headquarters in Dublin....
Rental Veterans Launch Denver-Area Rental Company
Greg Harrington and David Blood-Smyth, former management personnel for Rental Service Corp., have opened their own rental company, Contractors Equipment Center, in Brighton, Colo., a northern suburb of Denver. The new company, which will put its first piece of equipment on rent Feb. 4, is backed financially by Dave Lanoha, former owner of Center Rentals, which Lanoha sold to RSC in the late 1990s....
Volvo Rents Awards Franchisees; Names Wacker Neuson Vendor of the Year
More than 400 attendees from the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe attended Volvo Rents’ sixth annual Volvo Rents Franchise Convention Jan. 17 through 20 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., at which the Franchise of the Year Award was given to Paul Bullock and the Vendor of the Year Award was given to Wacker Neuson....
Cat Names JLG a Preferred Vendor
Caterpillar last week named JLG Industries a 2008 Cat Rental Store preferred vendor. Each year Caterpillar reviews and selects companies based on a review of their products, features and benefits, product support capabilities, training and distribution capabilities and Caterpillar dealer satisfaction survey performance....
Birch Employees Join College Advisory Boards
Bellingham, Wash.-based Birch Equipment, which has extensive employee training programs in place, was recently asked by the advisory board for the Diesel Mechanics program at both Bellingham Technical College and Skagit Valley College to volunteer employees to join the board. Bruce Miner, shop manager, and Dean Parker, assistant shop manager, joined the advisory board committees to discuss industry trends in the diesel mechanics field....
Trico Scores a Touchdown in Philadelphia
Aerial work platforms have long been the handy tool of the sports and recreation industry. One of Trico Lift's many boomlifts makes its home at Lincoln Financial Field, home field of the Philadelphia Eagles. Clients like the Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Giants rent a variety of Trico Lifts for film crews as well as routine stadium maintenance. This particular boomlift, decked out in Eagles' team colors, safely reaches as high as 125 feet above the ground....
JLG Offers Five-Year Extended Warranty on ES Scissorlifts
JLG Industries last week announced the availability of an extended warranty program for its ES Series Scissors and the Model 1230 ES vertical mast lift in North America....
Grun Adds Three Top Rep Firms
The Grun Co., manufacturers of erosion control and environmental equipment, has signed several of the industry’s leading manufacturers’ rep companies to represent its products in all territories not covered by Lew Hudson Sales. The company has added Cardinal Sales, MJ Miller Companies, and Wirant Sales to represent its lines in various regions....
Hirepool Acquires Events Firm, Weighs Future IPO
Hirepool, New Zealand's powerful rental chain, last week acquired Auckland event hire firm Castles Marquee and Party Hire amid media reports that the company was considering going public in Australia, where Hirepool's parent company also owns OnSite Rentals and OnSite Access & Scaffolds. However, Tenby Powell, CEO of Rakino Group, Hirepool's parent company, said any possible offering was more likely years than months away....
Emeco Expects Small Profit Drop in Fiscal First Half
Emeco Holdings presented its preliminary review of trading in its fiscal first half of 2008, expecting net profit after tax of about AU $30.5 million (U.S. $27.5 million), compared with the corresponding period pro forma NPAT of $34.8 million....
Caterpillar Completes Acquisition of Shandong SEM Machinery Co.
Caterpillar Inc. last week announced it has received final regulatory approval and completed the purchase of the remaining shares of Shandong SEM Machinery, a leading wheel loader manufacturer in China. Caterpillar purchased a minority stake in SEM in 2005 as part of its commitment to support its growing customer base in the Chinese construction equipment industry....
Short-term Pain, Long-term Gain Predicts Economist
Although the current economic outlook is not bullish, major economic expansion will be the trend in North America through 2030, Ed Sullivan, chief economist for the Portland Cement Association said at the recent World of Concrete convention in Las Vegas....
Volvo CE’s Road Machinery Now Available in Volvo Colors
Volvo Construction Equipment, which acquired the road machinery business from Ingersoll Rand in April of 2007, is now producing the line in Volvo colors. By agreement, the equipment was not required to appear in new Volvo colors until the end of April 2008, but by the end of 2007 Volvo road machinery began coming off the production line in the traditional Volvo yellow and gray carrying the Volvo brand....
Systematic Announces Dashboard Contest Winner
Toronto-based Systematic, a provider of rental and mobile equipment software, last week announced that Torcan Lift Equipment of Concord, Ontario, is the winner of its recent Systematic Dashboard contest. The prize, a 4-hour trip in an executive jet for the winner and five guests, is a first for the equipment rental industry. Stan Crumbaugh, president of the American Rental Association, will congratulate the winner at booth 1242, during The Rental Show Feb. 12-14 in Las Vegas....
Cart-Away Concrete Systems Announces New Franchise Store
McMinnville, Ore.-based Cart-Away Concrete Systems announced last week at the World of Concrete show in Las Vegas that it is launching a new franchise — Cart-Away Supply. The new franchise companies will offer a retail channel for Cart-Away’s products as well as landscape materials and general tool rental items. ...
Bobcat Announces 50th Anniversary North American Road Tour
Bobcat Co., which celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2008, last week announced it will host a North American road tour beginning May 17 in Knoxville, Tenn., and ending in mid-August with a homecoming event in Gwinner, N.D., and a Bobcat employee event in Bismarck, N.D....
Caterpillar Announces 8-percent Revenue Increase in 2007 Despite Weakness in North America
Peoria, Ill.-based Caterpillar Inc. last week announced the fifth straight year of record sales and revenues and the fourth consecutive year of record profit. For 2007, sales and revenues were $44.96 billion, up 8 percent, and profit per share was $5.37, up 4 percent from 2006. The company also reported record fourth-quarter sales and revenues of $12.14 billion, 10-percent higher than the fourth quarter of 2006, and profit per share of $1.50, up 14 percent from a year ago....
Sullair Joins the SmartEquip Network
Norwalk, Conn.-based SmartEquip last week announced that Sullair Corp., an international manufacturer of compressors, has joined the SmartEquip network. Sullair is a subsidiary of Hamilton Sundstrand Corp., a United Technologies company. ...
Williams Equipment & Supply Partners With The Grun Company in the Mid-South
Modesto, California- based Williams Equipment & Supply recently signed up as the exclusive authorized Grun dealer serving the Mid-South in western Tennessee, Mississippi, northeastern Arkansas and Louisiana....
Atlas Copco Specialty Rental First to Get Triple Certification for Quality, Environment and Health
Atlas Copco’s division Specialty Rental last week announced it was granted a triple certification for quality, environmental and occupational health and safety management by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance. It is the first rental company in the world to be granted the triple certification....
Harsco’s Access Services Group Announces New Contracts in Dubai, Germany and the U.S.
Worldwide industrial services company Harsco Corp. last week announced that its Access Services business group will provide access-related engineering services and equipment to major construction projects in Dubai, Germany, and the U.S. under new contracts totaling close to an estimated $10 million over their terms. The projects include a prestigious new racing and leisure city being built in Dubai that will include nearly three square miles of new facilities, as well as three major new power plants in the U.S. ...
Record Turnover and Sales as JCB India Growth Continues
JCB’s last week announced that its rapid growth in India continued in 2007 with record turnover and machine sales. JCB India sold more than 17,000 machines during 2007 up from 10,800 sold in 2006. ...
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