Manitex International Acquires Badger Equipment
Manitex International, a leading provider of boom truck cranes, rough-terrain forklifts and special mission-oriented vehicles, last week acquired Badger Equipment Co., a Winona, Minn-based manufacturer of specialized rough-terrain cranes and material handling products. Terms of the acquisition included $250,000 in Manitex common stock and a $2.75 million five-year note bearing interest at 6 percent, for an aggregate purchase price of $3 million....
Deere Closes Ashok Leyland Joint Venture
Deere & Company last week completed all legal requirements to form a joint venture in India between its Worldwide Construction & Forestry Division and Ashok Leyland Limited, the flagship of the Hinduja Group....
Doosan Marks Two Years of 48-Hour Parts Guarantee Program
Doosan Infracore America marked two years of its 48-Hour Parts Guarantee Program for wheel loaders and excavators. The program guarantees that Doosan heavy equipment machine owners will receive replacement parts within two business days or Doosan will pay for a replacement machine rental. DIA promises to get the part to the customer wherever they are in North America....
U.S. Commerce Secretary Visits Cummins’ Beijing Plant
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke last week visited the Cummins Emission Solutions plant in Beijing as part of his four-day visit to China to continue the dialog on economic, energy and environmental issues between the countries....
Cat Insurance Partners with Cat AccessAccount to Simplify Physical Damage Insurance Renewal
Cat Insurance last week announced it has partnered with Cat AccessAccount to enable equipment owners to pay for their physical damage insurance renewal with their Cat AccessAccount, simplifying the renewal process....
Volvo Road Institute Announces New 2009-2010 Schedule
Volvo Construction Equipment has announced the 2009-2010 schedule for its Volvo Road Institute, a comprehensive training school that provides practical instruction for contractors and dealers in the asphalt paving industry. Course curriculum ranges from two- to four-day sessions beginning in September and continuing through May 2010....
Haulotte Group | BilJax Holds Customer Open House
Haulotte Group | BilJax hosted a customer open house at its Archbold, Ohio, manufacturing facility and corporate headquarters. The event featured aerial work platforms, scaffolding and the new AS 2100 aluminum staging system....
Deutz Appoints Robert Mann Head of Sales and Service
Deutz AG last week announced it will merge its three current sales regions with its service and back-office sales management functions to form one unit with global responsibility. The new unit will be headed by Robert Mann who will be based in Cologne, Germany....
Wynne Systems Signs Affiliation Agreement with Enterprise Consulting Group
Wynne Systems, an international provider of business intelligence software, last week announced that it has signed an affiliation agreement with Enterprise Consulting Group that names ECG as a recommended provider. ECG is a recently formed partnership by principals Jeff Goodrich and Larry Kaye, who together have more than 35 years of experience with rental industry operations and technology applications....
Briggs & Stratton Consolidates Home Power Products Group
Briggs & Stratton last week announced that it will consolidate manufacturing of its Home Power Products Group, located in Jefferson Wis., to multiple existing Briggs & Stratton locations in the United States. Portable generator production will be moved to its Auburn, Ala., facility where it currently produces engines for these products. Pressure washer manufacturing will be moved to its McDonough, Ga., facility, which produces other lawn and garden products. Home standby generator production, along with engineering research and development, will be moved to its Wauwatosa, Wis., facility....
Mack to Take Over as President of Deere’s Construction & Forestry Division
Michael Mack Jr., the new president of John Deere’s Worldwide Construction & Forestry Division, will take the reins from Samuel Allen when he steps up as Deere & Co. CEO in August. Mack has prepared for this leadership position through a variety of assignments at Deere in finance, engineering, marketing and operations....
Mustang, Gehl Introduce Fluidtrac Fluid Analysis Program
West Bend, Wis.-based Mustang and Gehl recently introduced the FluidTRAC fluid analysis program to their customers throughout North America....
Manitowoc Crane Care Selects Syncron for Global Parts Planning
Manitowoc Crane Care has selected Syncron’s Supply Chain Planner software as part of its continued drive to delivering the highest possible levels of customer service....
800 Employees Accept Voluntary Separation Initiative at Deere
Deere & Co. last week said that approximately 800 salaried employees will leave the company as a result of a voluntary separation program announced in April. This total will enable the company to achieve first-year savings of approximately $75 million after a pretax expense of about $100 million primarily in the fourth quarter of 2009. Previously, the company had estimated a pretax expense for the program of $50 million. This amount was reflected in the annual earnings guidance issued as part of the second-quarter earnings release on May 20....
Atlas Copco Extends Hydraulic Breaker Warranty Coverage
Atlas Copco has extended the warranty for light and medium hydraulic breakers to three years, the company said last week. The newly developed 1+2 program is a free-of-charge offer for all SB and MB range hydraulic breakers acquired after July 1....
Grimmer Schmidt Portable Compressors Transition to Chicago Pneumatic Brand
Atlas Copco Construction Equipment last week announced that as of July 1, responsibility for the Grimmer Schmidt portable compressors and utility units will fall under it instead of Atlas Copco Hurricane....
JCB Supplies 250 Wheel Loaders to U.S. Air Force
JCB continues its long-standing relationship of supplying wheel loaders to the U.S. Air Force. The company has shipped 92 JCB wheel loaders in the 100-hp and 165-hp range in 2009, and has contracted more than 250 units during the past five years....
Wacker Neuson Donates Light Tower
Wacker Neuson Corp. has donated a liquid-cooled, diesel-powered light tower to The Hanover Center for Trades and Technology, Ashland, Va. The school will use the light tower to assist students as they learn about innovative technology in the construction equipment industry. The equipment will allow students to have hands-on experience with a machine that is used to create light and temporary power on construction sites....
Link-Belt Announces Expansion to Headquarters Facility
Link-Belt Construction Equipment Co. will break ground within weeks on a new assembly bay at its world headquarters and manufacturing facility in Lexington, Ky. The new bay will add manufacturing capability and increase production capacity for large rough terrain cranes, large truck cranes, and telescopic crawler cranes. Current plans have the new bay online by mid 2011....
JLG to Close North Dakota Facility
McConnellsburg, Pa.-based JLG Industries last week said it will close its Oakes, N.D., production plant by Sept. 24. The company has already laid off more than 100 workers there in the past year. The remaining 61 workers’ jobs will be cut in September....
Husqvarna Group Reorganizes into Five Business Sectors
The Husqvarna Group recently announced plans to implement a new organization as of year-end 2009. The new organization will be implemented gradually beginning July 1....
Lincoln Electric Offers Rebates on New Welding Equipment
The Lincoln Electric Co. last week launched its Industrial Summer Stimulus Package. Customers purchasing qualified new equipment models can receive a rebate check from $200 to $2,500....
Tiffin Parts Names Mark Knight President
Pettibone, an affiliate of The Heico Companies, recently appointed Mark Knight president of the Tiffin Parts business unit....
National Gardening Association and Mantis Launch 2010 Mantis Award Program
Mantis and the National Gardening Association are once again offering awards to charitable and educational garden projects that enhance the quality of life in their host communities. Any organization that has or wishes to create a community or youth garden is eligible to apply. Next spring, 25 of these programs will receive a Mantis Tiller/Cultivator with a border/edger attachment....
Silent Drive Announces Joint Venture with Portable Lift Equipment
Truck auxiliary lift and trailer suspension manufacturer Silent Drive, based in Orange City, Iowa, recently announced a joint venture with Portable Lift Equipment, Beresford, S.D., to manufacture and distribute the TP 9000 mobile scissorlift. A towable, auto-levelling scissorlift, the unit can be transported without a trailer and is designed for homeland security, utility construction, tree trimming and construction applications....
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