Case Delivers Armored Backhoe Loaders to U.S. Army for Deployment to Southwest Asia
Racine, Wis.-based Case Construction Equipment last week announced it has produced the first 50 Case armored backhoe loaders for the U.S. Army as part of a five-year contract awarded to Case for a total of 626 Case backhoe loaders. Manufactured at the Case plant in Burlington, Iowa, these 50 units were deployed in October to Southwest Asia to support military efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq. Another 150 non-armored Case backhoe loaders for the U.S. Army are also in production in Burlington to meet delivery requirements stateside in November....
Honda Produces 20 Millionth Power Product in the United States
A Honda lawnmower that rolled off the assembly line recently in Swepsonville, N.C., was the 20 millionth product to be manufactured by Honda Power Equipment Manufacturing, a division of American Honda Motor Co....
Case Co-Sponsors Sheltra Motorsports’ NASCAR Nationwide Series Races
Racine, Wis.-based Case Construction Equipment last week announced its sponsorship of the final two NASCAR Nationwide Series races — a Case-sponsored No. 4 Dodge Charger driven by NASCAR rookie Patrick Sheltra, of Sheltra Motorsports....
Manitou Acquires 8.99 Million Shares of Gehl Stock
Manitou BF SA last week said the French manufacturer purchased an additional 8.99 million shares of Gehl stock, clearing the way for its subsidiary, Tenedor Corp., to merge with Gehl Co....
Doosan Infracore America Promotes Michael Stanley to President
Doosan Infracore America last week announced that Michael Stanley was promoted to president and chief operating officer of Doosan Infracore America’s Construction Equipment Division....
Bobcat Facilities in Gwinner, Bismarck to Suspend Production for Six Weeks
West Fargo, N.D.-based Bobcat Co. last week announced it will suspend manufacturing production in its Gwinner and Bismarck, N.D., facilities for six weeks, beginning Dec. 15, with operations resuming Monday, Feb. 2, 2009. These are the only Bobcat facilities affected. The six-week timeframe excludes a week of normal Bobcat paid holidays from Dec. 24 through Jan. 1, 2009. This action comes as a result of current economic conditions, specifically the downturn in the housing market and crisis in the financial markets....
Volvo CE Gives Notice of Redundancy to 850 Employees in Sweden
Volvo Construction Equipment last week announced that it gave an additional 850 employees in Sweden a notice of redundancy. Earlier this fall, the company announced a notice of redundancy to 500 employees in Sweden. The redundancy notice serves as a warning to employees that downsizing is necessary. The number of employees released and the timeframe for the reductions will now be negotiated and decided through discussions with the unions, Volvo CE said....
Terex Announces Marketing Promotions
Terex Aerial Work Platforms, a business segment of the Terex Corp. last week announced that Mike Samora has joined the company as the global director of marketing solutions. In this role, Samora will provide leadership for all marketing communication functions, including advertising, public and media relations, Web content, print, promotions, product launches, training, trade shows and e-business. He will also manage the Genie and Terex brands through multiple channels, with a focus on understanding customer needs and providing solutions....
Honda Engines Announces Three-Year Warranty on GX Series Engines
Honda Engines last week announced all-new warranty coverage for its GX Series engine models. Effective Jan. 1, 2009, a new three-year warranty will apply to GX engines used for consumer, commercial and rental applications. This warranty replaces the existing two-year coverage currently offered by Honda on general-purpose engine products....
Iowa Mold Tooling Adds Vice President of Sales
Iowa Mold Tooling, an Oshkosh Corp., last week named Eric Neitzke vice president of sales. Neitzke will be responsible for leading the IMT sales team and helping to drive business strategy for the company’s line of material handling equipment and commercial vehicles....
Alta Lift Truck Services Acquires Van’s Industrial Equipment
Alta Lift Truck Services has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Van’s Industrial Equipment. Alta, based in Wixom, Mich., provides new, used and rental lift trucks from nine locations in Michigan. The company was founded in 1984 by Steven Greenawait....
Toyota Material Handling Appoints AWP Specialist for Aichi Division
Toyota Material Handling U.S.A., the sole distributor of Aichi Aerial Work Platforms in the United States, last week appointed Alan Dotts to the new position of manager, AWP specialist....
Thomas Equipment Names McGowan Tractor a Dealer
Thomas Equipment named McGowan Tractor & Equipment, Freetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, a dealer for Thomas skid-steer loaders. A four-decade-old business, McGowan Tractor also represents Schulte snow blowers, Agric roto-cultivators, Lockwood harvesters, Walker mowers, among others....
Bomag to Construct State-of-the-Art Drum Plant
Bomag last week announced plans to build a modern roller drum facility, an expansion of its main factory in Boppard, Germany. The 124,000-square-foot facility will cost approximately US $34 million, making it the largest single investment in the 51-year history of the company....
The Toro Company Acquires Aeration Equipment Manufacturer
The Toro Co. last week announced that it has acquired certain assets from Southern Green Inc., a manufacturer of deep-tine aeration equipment based in Zachary, La. The acquisition of Southern Green’s versatile line of soil reliever aerators helps grow the company’s offering of highly-productive cultivation equipment and provides entry into a new product category....
Cummins Announces $25 Million Stock Purchase Commitment
Cummins Inc. last week said it has agreed to provide a standby commitment in support of the previously announced restructuring plan by Irwin Financial Corp. Cummins will provide $25 million of the standby commitment. The rest will come from individual investors....
Godwin Pumps Announces Promotions
Godwin Pumps last week announced the promotions of Bryan Gassler to marketing manager, and Stephanie Morgan to corporate communications manager....
CNH Executive Honored With SAE Engineering Award
Wayne Martenas, a 34-year veteran of CNH and its predecessor companies, has won the Society of Automotive Engineers Sid Olsen Engineering Executive of the Year award. Formal recognition of the award was made Oct. 8 during the SAE Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress & Exhibition in Rosemont, Ill....
Caterpillar Aligns to Better Serve Customers and Focus Accountability
Caterpillar Inc. last week announced it is aligning its machine product and marketing organizations to sharpen customer focus, position the company to achieve its 2010 and Vision 2020 goals and build deep expertise in product development....
JLG’s MacDonald Announces Retirement; Hatch Promoted to VP - Engineering
JLG Industries last week announced that Wayne MacDonald, senior vice president of engineering, will retire effective Sept. 30, after more than 30 years with the company....
Manitowoc Appoints Regional Business Managers
Manitowoc has appointed Elias Chakour and Keith Crider as regional business managers overseeing sales of Manitowoc crawler cranes and Grove mobile cranes. Chakour’s territory is the Southeast region of the United States; Crider’s is the Northeast region of the U.S. and Canada....
Kawasaki Names New General Manager for Engines and Power Products Division
Katsuyuki (Kent) Murakami, general manager of Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.’s Engines and Power Products Division based in Grand Rapids, Mich., last week announced that he will retire effective the end of this year. He will be replaced by Yoshiteru (Yoshi) Ueda, who headed the research and development program at Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A.’s Maryville, Mo., production facility. Ueda has been with Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. since 1972....
JCB HMEEs Deploy to Afghanistan
JCB Construction Equipment last week deployed its first nine new combat-ready backhoe loaders — the High Mobility Engineer Excavator — as part of a $230 million procurement contract with the U.S. Army. The Savannah, Ga.-based company expects to deploy approximately 800 JCB HMEEs to the Army in Afghanistan in total....
Terex Appoints Load King Plant Director
Redmond, Wash.-based Terex Aerial Work Platforms, a business segment of the Terex Corp., last week named Tim Maxson plant director for Terex Load King. Maxson will be based out of the Load King facility in Elk Point, S.D....
CNH Parts & Service Contributes $25,440 to Susan G. Komen Foundation
CNH Parts & Service, the product support business of CNH Global N.V., last week announced its contribution of $25,440 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure — a foundation dedicated to finding ways to cure and prevent breast cancer around the world....
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