Doosan to Sponsor British Open
Doosan this week announced it will once again be an official patron of this week’s British Open (known widely as The Open Championship), the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf....
Volvo’s L220G Wheel Loader Garners Red Dot Award
Volvo Construction Equipment won the Red Dot award in the vehicles category for its L220G wheel loader. The machine was judged by a panel of design experts who marked the product on innovation, quality, durability and ecological compatibility. The L220G, part of Volvo’s new G-Series wheel loader range, was honored for its fuel efficient and productive design....
Skyjack Names Territory Manager for Great Lakes Area
Skyjack Inc., a division of Linamar Corp., this week named Ron Butts the territory manager for the Great Lakes area. Butts has extensive experience in the aerial work platform and telehandler industry. He will cover accounts in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana....
Kobelco Announces “Your Competitive Edge” Sweepstakes Winner
Kobelco Construction Machinery America last week announced the winner of the “Your Competitive Edge” sweepstakes. Doug Nilsen, owner of Nilsen Topsoil, Millstone Township, N.J., received a one-year lease on a new Kobelco 55SRx compact excavator valued at $26,000, two tickets to the U2 360 Degree Tour concert in Chicago on July 5, 2011, and $2,000 spending cash....
Manitex Completes Acquisition of Italian Manufacturer
CVS Ferrari srl, a subsidiary of Manitex International, a manufacturer of boom truck cranes, rough terrain forklifts, container handling equipment and mission-oriented vehicles, has completed the acquisition of CVS SpA, an Italian manufacturer of reach stackers and associated lifting equipment. ...
Topcon Names Regional Sales Manager for Australia and New Zealand
Topcon Positioning Systems appointed Greg Frankish of Queensland, Australia, as its new regional survey sales manager for Australia and New Zealand....
Terex Port Equipment to Send Gantry Cranes to Ningbo Port
Terex Port Equipment has signed a new contract for the delivery of four Terex Noell Elevated Busbar rubber-tired gantry cranes to the Ningbo Port Group in China. The new order will bring the number of Terex rubber-tired cranes operated by Ningbo to 139....
Titan International Names New Vice President of Sales
Titan this week announced that Jim Allen joined Titan International as vice president of sales. Allen will be headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, at the Titan Tire Corp. offices. He will head up Titan’s total sales group for tires and wheels....
Linamar to Manufacture Parts in Former Volvo Plant
Linamar Corp., parent company of aerial work platform manufacturer Skyjack, said this week that it will occupy the Asheville, N.C., factory vacated by Volvo Construction Equipment last year when it transferred production to Shippensburg, Pa. Linamar said it plans to employ up to 400 workers in the plant that was acquired this week by Buncombe County Commissioners for $7 million....
TrynEx International Moves to New, State-of-the-Art Plant
TrynEx International, the manufacturer of the SnowEx, TurfEx and SweepEx product lines, has moved into a new, state-of-the-art plant in Madison Heights, Mich. The facility positions TrynEx for future expansion, and it allows the company to set up a lean manufacturing system through a partnership with the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center....
Hyundai Construction Equipment to Relocate Headquarters near Atlanta
Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas recently announced it is relocating its headquarters and warehouse facilities from the Chicago area to Norcross, Ga., a suburb of Atlanta. The move is expected to create about 100 jobs in Georgia over the next five years....
Volvo CE Partners with Technology Center to Offer Training Program
Volvo Construction Equipment’s Shippensburg, Pa., plant has entered into a partnership with the Franklin County Career and Technology Center in nearby Chambersburg to establish a mechanical assembly training program for students and the local workforce. The program, which will teach the principles of assembly and lean manufacturing, will allow students to gain hands-on exposure to assembly techniques in a manufacturing environment....
Joy Global Acquires LeTourneau Technologies
Joy Global, a leading worldwide manufacturer of mining equipment, has acquired Le Tourneau Technologies from Rowan Companies for about $1.1 billion in cash....
Atlas Copco Names Ground Support Sales Manager
Atlas Copco Construction Mining Technique USA has named Ryan Youngblood ground support sales manager, northwest. Youngblood has 12 years in the construction equipment industry, seven involving the sales or installation of ground support products....
Case Names New York Contractor its Latest Community Challenge Winner
Case Construction Equipment recently named Creekside Lawnscapes, Marilla, N.Y., its March winner of the Case Community Challenge. The program, sponsored by Case, recognizes construction contractors who support their local communities with significant community service projects....
Caterpillar to Build Half Million-Square-Foot Parts Distribution Facility in Spokane
Caterpillar Logistics Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., announced plans to open a new parts distribution center in Spokane, Wash....
JCB Posts Strong 2010 Earnings; Celebrates 65th Anniversary of Founding
JCB this week officially celebrated its 65th anniversary by presenting thousands of employees around the world with gifts...
Caterpillar Reports 52-Percent Year-Over-Year Sales Hike in May
Caterpillar reported a 52-percent year-over-year sales increase in May in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission...
Caterpillar to Expand Hydraulic Excavator Facility in Texas
Caterpillar Inc. last week announced plans to significantly increase its manufacturing capabilities and capacity for hydraulic excavators that will be produced at a facility now under construction in Victoria, Texas. In August of 2010, Caterpillar announced that it would build the excavator plant in Victoria, investing about $130 million to open the state-of-the-art, 850,000-square-foot operation. Work is underway at the Victoria site, and the latest announcement includes plans for an additional $70 million investment in the Victoria area that will include another 200,000 square feet under roof, and an additional 100 jobs....
Morbark Names New Tree Care Products Manager
Morbark Inc. last week named Casey Gross as the sales manager for its Tree Care Products business unit. Gross comes to Morbark with 28 years of tree care equipment industry experience, including 20 years in sales and management roles. Gross will be responsible for sales team leadership, as well as general management in the Tree Care Products business unit....
Major Demag Shareholder Rejects Terex Takeover Bid as Too Low
Terex Corp.’s takeover offer of Demag Cranes was rejected as too low by the German cranemaker’s second-largest shareholder Centaurus Capital. Centaurus, which has about a 5-percent stake in Demag, joins Cevian, Demag’s largest shareholder, in opposing Terex’s bid....
Saint-Gobain Technical Fabrics Changes Name to Saint-Gobain ADFORS
Saint-Gobain Technical Fabrics this week changed the company name to Saint-Gobain ADFORS. The new Saint-Gobain ADFORS identity was revealed at the 2011 Techtextil trade fair in Frankfurt, Germany, and the SAMPE show in Long Beach, Calif....
Custom Equipment Appoints Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Custom Equipment Inc., Richfield, Wis., recently appointed Chris Dossin vice president, sales and marketing. He will focus on continued global channel development of the Hy-Brid low-level access product family....
Strike Ends at General Wire Spring
General Wire Spring Co., parent company of General Pipe Cleaners, and United Steel Workers last week reached an agreement to end the 14-week strike and resume work June 13....
Cummins to Add 600 Employees at New Building in Downtown Columbus
Cummins Inc. last week announced that it will add 600 new professional employees in a new office building in downtown Columbus, Ind....
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