Industry Dirt: March 2010
March 1, 2010
Start Us Up USA! Holds Fourth Rally for Construction Recovery
The rally was the fourth in the national Start Us Up USA! campaign led by the Associated Equipment Distributors and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. Last year, rallies were held in Las Vegas, Chicago and Washington, D.C. The San Antonio rally was held in conjunction with AED’s 2010 Summit Convention and CONDEX trade show.
Following the rally, a caravan of trucks carrying large pieces of construction equipment idled by the industry depression made its way through the streets of downtown San Antonio. For more information about the campaign and to see video footage of the rallies, visit www.StartUsUpUSA.com.
Case Awards New Skid Steer Loaders to Sweepstakes Winners
Case awarded each winner of the Rockin’ Block party sweepstakes a new Case 430 skid steer loader valued at more than $47,000.
Throughout 2009, Case commemorated the 40th anniversary of its skid steer loaders by hosting Rockin’ Block Parties at its dealerships. At the events, customers were invited to climb into the cab of a Case skid steer loader for a demo and a chance to win a new machine. A random drawing conducted Dec. 14, 2009, selected American Abatement, San Antonio, Texas; WWF Construction, Winnipeg, Manitoba; and R-Crow Construction, Terrell, Texas, as grand prize sweepstakes winners.
The block parties also provided an opportunity for attendees to contribute to Habitat for Humanity. The events raised more than $50,000 in support of local Habitat for Humanity affiliates across North America.
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MillerBaird’s executive team (from left to right): Jacqui Miller, Randy Baird, Gary Miller, James Baird and Keith Miller.
Randy and James Baird, founders and former principals with JRB Company, have joined forces with Keith, Gary and Jacqui Miller of European coupler manufacturer, Miller U.K. Ltd., to form MillerBaird LLC (www.millerbaird.com). Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, MillerBaird recently launched its Pin Grabber Advanced fully-automatic coupler for hydraulic excavators to the North American market.
LiuGong North America is seeking North American dealers for its wheel loader and other product lines.
LiuGong North America, headquartered in Katy, Texas, is growing both its product line and dealer network across the United States and Canada. Interested dealers should visit www.GoldenOpportunityWith.Us.
Dynapac LLC (www.dynapac.com), a company within the Atlas Copco Group, became part of the Atlas Copco (www.atlascopco.us) sales organization as of Jan. 1, 2010. The long-term goal of this integration is to provide Atlas Copco and Dynapac customers with access to more complete product lines and an extensive parts inventory and distribution system.
Komatsu’s Newberry, South Carolina facility is now producing wheel loaders.
Wells Fargo Construction (www.wellsfargo.com/construction) named John Crum as national sales manager. He succeeded Ron Riecks, who retired in January. In his new role, Crum directs Wells Fargo’s originations activities in the construction space in the U.S. and Canada. The sales organization includes five originations teams each that call on infrastructure contractors, construction equipment dealers and equipment manufacturers.
The Terex Aerial Work Platforms segment of Terex Corporation (www.terex.com) sold its generator and power buggy product lines in January. The generator line was sold to Cummins Power Generation (www.cumminspower.com); the power buggy line was sold to Indy Equipment (www.indyequipment.com). The sales were part of Terex AWP’s overall strategic plan to focus on its core aerial equipment business.
Third- and fourth-generation members of the Danuser family.
Topcon Corporation (www.topcon.com) announced that Topcon Europe Positioning, a wholly-owned subsidiary in the Netherlands, acquired Roadware, a developer of software and hardware for paving machine control solutions. Roadware is also headquartered in the Netherlands.
The relaunched Topcon Tierra Web site.
Mustang launched a new public Web site, www.mustangmfg.com. The site offers detailed product information, photo galleries, parts and service information and a dealer locator.
CEAttachments launched a new Web site at www.ceattachments.com with more information about its attachments for compact equipment.
ASSOCIATION NEWS
AEM
has named Volvo Construction Equipment (www.volvoce.com) as exclusive
presenting sponsor of its teen competition for 2010-2014. The competition,
called the Construction Challenge, educates young people about construction
industry careers.
In January, AED and the Canadian Association of Equipment Distributors agreed
to integrate their operations under AED management. CAED’s Ottawa office is
officially closed, and all administrative functions are now centered at AED’s
Oak Brook, Illinois, headquarters.
The National Demolition Association revamped www.demolitionassociation.com to
offer a full arsenal of online safety training and certification courses that
allow for in-house training, orientation, and personnel management. NDA members
can access more than 7,000 training courses on topics as diverse as fall
protection and Microsoft Excel.
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