Stihl Supports Green Industry Career Development Competition
With green industry jobs projected to increase by 22 percent in the next 10 years, Stihl decided to partner with the National FFA, a youth leadership and agricultural education organization with more than 495,000 members, to groom tomorrow’s leaders through the annual Nursery and Landscape Career Development Event....
Compact Power Acquires Tool Services Specialist
Ft. Mill, S.C.-based Compact Power and its subsidiary companies announced the acquisition of certain assets of DOC Machine Tool Services of South Carolina Inc., a South Carolina-based full-service maintenance corporation. ...
New Cummins West Africa Joint Venture to Build Power Generators
Cummins Inc. last week signed a joint-venture agreement to establish a new company, Cummins West Africa, in partnership with Nigerian-based company A.G. Leventis. The new Cummins West Africa operation in Lagos will manufacture power generation systems with up to 1,000-kVA output, supported by a network of service branches strategically located across the country. ...
Kubota Expands Georgia Plant for RTV Utility Vehicle Production
Kubota Corp. last week announced it is expanding its Kubota Manufacturing of America plant in Gainesville, Ga., and officially opened an additional production line, with a state-of-the-art, high-tech painting system utilized in the production of Kubota’s RTV utility vehicles. ...
SBH Tiefbautechnik GmbH Opens SBH North America and Houston Manufacturing Plant
SBH Tiefbautechnik (SBH), a German-based company specializing in the design, engineering, manufacture and sales of slide rail systems, trench boxes, aluminum shoring, steel sheet piles and other specialized underground safety equipment announced last week that it has opened a new U.S. company called SBH North America. The new company has begun to manufacture a complete line of trench shields at its new Houston-based manufacturing plant. ...
Vermeer Augments Executive Team
To strengthen its presence in the global, underground and environmental markets, Pella, Iowa-based Vermeer has expanded its executive management team to include three new members. Steve Heap will lead the global initiative as senior director of international sales and operations; Mike Byram was named senior director of environmental solutions; and Dave Wisniewski has been named senior director of underground installations and global accounts....
Ingersoll Rand Names New Senior Vice President of HR and Communications
Ingersoll Rand announced last week that Marcia Avedon joined the company as senior vice president of human resources and communications. She also has been elected an officer of the company and will serve as a member of Ingersoll Rand’s enterprise leadership team....
Atlas Copco Reports Record Fourth Quarter, Share Redemption Plan
Stockholm, Sweden-based Atlas Copco last week reported record fourth-quarter 2006 results. ...
Atlas Copco to Acquire German Pneumatic Tool Provider
Stockholm, Sweden-based Atlas Copco Holding GmbH last week signed an agreement to acquire Rodcraft Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Germany, and all its subsidiary companies. The Rodcraft group of companies had 2006 annual revenues of approximately MSEK 208 (about U.S. $29.8 million) and 78 employees in 2006. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of the first quarter 2007. ...
JCB Develops Engines To Use B20 Biodiesel
As part of its commitment to environmental responsibility, JCB, the world’s fourth-largest manufacturer of construction equipment, announced that from Jan. 1, 2007, all JCB Dieselmax engines have been approved for the use of B20 biodiesel (20 percent biofuel). ...
Briggs & Stratton Creates New Dealer Council
Briggs & Stratton Corp. and the Integrated Distributor Network recently formed a new dealer council to foster exchange of ideas on how to best grow the business for dealers, IDN and Briggs & Stratton....
JLG Debuts Four New Die-Cast Models
JLG Industries is introducing four new die-cast models, including the JLG 860SJ telescopic boom lift, the JLG 10MSP Mobile Stock Picket, the JLG Tow-Pro T350 trailer-mounted boom lift and the Liftlux 260-25 scissor lift. After introducing seven 1/32nd scale models of the company’s aerial work platforms and telehandlers, JLG said it now offers the widest variety of die-cast aerials and telehandlers ever available from a single manufacturer....
Magnum Products Hires Product Manager
Berlin, Wis.-based Magnum Products last week named Dean Mathison product manager. He brings more than 15 years of product and project management experience to the position. ...
Bandit Welcomes New Regional Sales Manager
In an effort to expand sales and service throughout the United States, Bandit Industries introduces a new sales field representative in Bel Air, Md. Chad Cavolo was recently appointed Mid-Atlantic large equipment sales representative for Bandit Industries....
Jacobsen Names Vice President of Marketing
Charlotte, N.C.-based Jacobsen, a Textron company, last week announced Joe Cunningham as its new vice president of marketing. ...
New Holland Gives Away Skid Steer At World of Concrete
Michael Smith, a city engineer from St. George, Utah, hit the jackpot at this year's World of Concrete construction industry event in Las Vegas, winning a New Holland L175 SuperBoom skid-steer loader. Rasmussen Equipment Co., the local New Holland dealer in Salt Lake City, will deliver the L175 skid steer to Smith....
Cummins Engine Awarded Diesel Of The Year 2007
Cummins Inc. last week announced that its QSB3.3 engine received the title "Diesel of the Year 2007" from a leading European publication. The award recognizes the innovative technology that enables the 110-hp rated 3.3-liter engine to offer equivalent performance to that of larger 4.0- to 4.5-liter engines, but with a 30-percent smaller and lighter installation package. ...
Manufacturer of Voltmaster Generators Names New President
Melrose, Park, Ill.-based SML Industries, manufacturer of Voltmaster Generators, last week announced that Sue McFarlin is the new company president....
Stephenson's to Explore Strategic Alternatives
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario- Stephenson's Rental Services last month announced that its board of trustees initiated a process to identify and evaluate strategic...
AEM and MSHA Establish Safety Alliance
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers and the Mine Safety and Health Administration have formed an alliance to develop and distribute “best practices” training materials and other information to help protect miner health and safety related to equipment operation and maintenance....
Case Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Loader/Backhoe
Racine, Wis.-based Case Construction Equipment last week announced it will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its factory-integrated loader/backhoe in February. The Case 320 was the first loader/backhoe purpose-built at the plant for construction applications, the company said....
Magnum Products Hires Director of Sales and Marketing
Magnum Products has added Bob Klinker to its sales and management team as director of sales and marketing. He oversees the sales team of direct and manufacturer sales representatives of Magnum Products....
Olympia Tools Readies for Comeback
Olympia Tools International, which was launched after it acquired the intellectual property related to the Olympia Tools brand in June 2006, is preparing to regain its position in the marketplace....
Genisys Opens Indiana Sales Office
Minneapolis, Minn.-based Genisys Software, recently opened a sales office in Noblesville, Ind., company officians said. The company said it is the first of many remote offices it will be opening in the next two years. ...
Safway Services Changes Name to ThyssenKrupp Safway
Safway Services and its Canadian subsidiary Safway Scaffold Services last week announced that effective immediately the new company name is ThyssenKrupp Safway Inc....
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