Honda Names AIMCO MRO Supplier of the Year
AIMCO recently announced it received the "Supplier of the Year Award" from Honda for its excellence in providing services for Honda plants in Ohio and Indiana....
Caterpillar Opens Expanded Facility in North Carolina
Caterpillar last week celebrated the grand opening of its expanded Compact Construction Equipment operations in Sanford, N.C. The addition of the 270,000-square-foot building allows for increased logistics and fabrications capacity required to meet growing global demand for the skid steer, compact track and multi-terrain loaders currently produced in Sanford....
Atlas Copco Acquires German Adhesive and Sealant Manufacturer
Atlas Copco has completed its acquisition of German adhesive and sealant equipment manufacturer SCA Schucker, a fast-growing niche segment. The market is expanding fast because of the increasing use of lightweight materials in the automotive and other industries....
Atlas Copco Acquires Provider of Advanced Drilling Solutions for Aerospace
Atlas Copco-owned ETS Georges Renault S.A.S., France, has agreed to acquire Seti-Tec S.A.S., a French manufacturer of advanced drilling equipment and solutions for the aerospace industry....
Bridgestone Americas to Build Off-Road Radial Tire Plant in South Carolina
Bridgestone Americas, a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corp., this week announced the construction of a new 1.5-million-square-foot off-road radial tire manufacturing facility on a Greenfield site in Aiken County, South Carolina. Bridgestone also announced an additional 474,000-square-foot expansion of its existing passenger and light truck tire plant in Aiken County. When fully completed, the total $1.2 billion investment in the projects will increase Bridgestone’s local workforce by more than 850 full-time and contractor positions, the company said....
Elliott Equipment Now Offers Lifetime Structural Warranty on HiReach and BoomTruck Products
Elliott Equipment Co. is now offering a lifetime structural warranty on all HiReach aerial work platform and BoomTruck crane products. The new warranty extends the term beyond the five-year warranty previously offered....
Morbark Hosts Annual Demo Days
Morbark Inc. last week demonstrated several new products for the forestry and recycling markets at the company’s annual Demo Days event in Winn, Mich....
Kioti Assesses Success in Mid-Year Business Meeting
Kioti Tractor recently held an internal business meeting to review its performance in a number of areas including sales, marketing and customer service during the first half of 2011. The company reported a 15.98-percent increase in sales revenue relative to the first half of 2010 and added more than 30 new dealership locations throughout North America....
World of Concrete Announces “Crews That Rock” Competition
World of Concrete this week announced its “Crews That Rock!” competition, sponsored by BASF, to honor the hard-working crews in the construction and masonry industries. WOC’s mission is to spotlight the great things crews of the commercial construction and masonry industries have accomplished in 2011....
Bandit Highlights Hybrid Technology at 2011 Dealer Meeting
Equipment seminars, model updates and new machines were showcased for a worldwide audience of dealers at the Bandit Industries 2011 Dealer Meeting, held August 23-26 at the company’s headquarters in Remus, Mich. Bandit hosted 155 attendees from 19 countries, making it the largest dealer meeting in the company’s 28-year history....
Atlas Copco Names Redfern Capital Equipment Manager
Atlas Copco has named Andrew Redfern capital equipment manager at Atlas Copco Construction Mining Technique USA, based in Commerce City, Colo. Redfern will report directly to Torbjorn Redaelli, president and general manager of Atlas Coco CMT....
Terex Names Scott Wine to Board of Directors
Terex Corp. this week announced that Scott Wine will be appointed to its board of directors effective Oct. 10....
Caterpillar Vice President John Heller to Retire
Caterpillar Inc. this week announced that John Heller, 57, will retire following more than 38 years of service to the company. Heller has been a Caterpillar vice president since 2004, and is currently chief information officer and vice president with responsibility for the Global Information Services Division. Heller’s retirement will be effective Feb. 1, 2012. A replacement for Heller will be named prior to the end of 2011....
Case Donates Skid-Steer Loader to Chicago Children’s Museum
Case Construction Equipment this week donated a specially modified skid-steer loader to Chicago Children’s Museum at Navy Pier. Museum officials accepted the donation during a ceremony at the Skyline Exhibit....
Manitowoc Cranes Lays Off 200-Plus Workers Temporarily
Manitowoc Cranes is laying off close to 300 works in what the company calls a temporary adjustment to its build schedule because of soft demand, according to several online news reports. Company officials have said the layoffs are temporary....
Sandberg to Retire from Atlas Copco’s Group Management
Stockholm, Sweden-based Atlas Copco last week announced that Hans Sandberg, senior vice president general counsel for Atlas Copco AB and member of group management, will retire from his position at the end of 2011, after 36 years with the company....
Worker Killed in Accident at Caterpillar’s Milwaukee Plant
A workplace accident at the Caterpillar plant in South Milwaukee left a worker dead last week, according to Injury Lawyers News. The fatal accident occurred in the weld shop area of the plant. Caterpillar said the worker was in the weld shop area when he was hit by a welded structure that was being moved inside the plant....
HERO Products Acquires Paint Mixing Assets from Ultrablend
The H.E.R.O. Products Group, a division of ICTC Holdings, has acquired the assets related to the paint mixing and shaking business of Ultrablend. The acquisition brings a complementary lineup of 5-gallon vortex mixers to HERO....
Case Honors Seneca Landscapes in Community Challenge
Case Construction Equipment this week named Seneca Landscapes as the most recent monthly winner of the Case Community Challenge, a program that recognizes construction contractors who support their local communities with significant community service projects....
Gehl Awards Dairy Farm Free Use of a Gehl 5640e Skid-steer Loader
West Bend, Wis.-based Gehl, a manufacturer of compact equipment for construction and agriculture applications recently presented Brian and Laura Leiby of Dorchester, Wis., with the free use of a Gehl model 5640E skid-steer loader. The Leibys registered for the Giveaway at the Gehl booth at the Wisconsin Farm Technology Days, held July 12-14 in Marshfield, Wis. The machine was delivered by Area Equipment of Thorpe, Wis....
Deere’s Mack Named to AEM Board
Michael Mack Jr., president worldwide construction and forestry division for Deere & Co., has been named to the board of directors of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. AEM directors help set guidelines and operating policies of the association on behalf of its members in areas such as public policy representation, technical and product safety support, equipment statistics and market information, trade shows, global business development services, education and training, workforce development and worksite safety/educational materials....
Cummins to Sell Light Duty Filtration Business
Cummins Inc. last week entered into an agreement to sell its light duty filtration operations to Industrial Opportunity Partners, a private equity investment firm based in Evanston, Ill. The sale affects Cummins’ Kuss Filtration business in Findlay, Ohio, and Bloomer, Wis., and Kuss operations in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Shanghai, China....
Kohler Produces One Millionth Courage V-Twin Engine
Kohler Engines last week celebrated as the one millionth Kohler Courage V-Twin engine rolled off the assembly line in Hattiesburg, Miss. In celebration, Tom Cromwell, president of Kohler Engines and Mark Cassidy, vice president of operations, presented plant manager Drew Hankins and associates with a commemorative plaque. The one millionth engine was fitted with a chrome shroud and added to the display of other milestone engines in the plant lobby....
KPS Capital Partners to Acquire Paladin Brands Holding and Crenlo LLC
KPS Capital Partners this week announced that, through a newly formed company, International Equipment Solutions and its affiliates, it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire Paladin Brands Holding and Crenlo LLC from Dover Corp. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed....
Snorkel Unveils New Sales Management Structure
Aerial lift manufacturer Snorkel is introducing a new management structure to its sales operation to better serve its distributors and customers....
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