Business News

Manitou Group - Wed March 13, 2019

Manitou Group Releases 2018 Results

The board of directors of Manitou BF approved the accounts for 2018. Michel Denis, president and CEO, said, "I am very satisfied with the group's development in 2018 across all geographies and markets....

Metso - Wed March 13, 2019

Metso Names Quinn Distributor

Metso welcomes California-based Quinn Company to its United States' distributor family. Quinn is celebrating 100 years of business after getting its start in agriculture. Now, the company sells and leases machines for agriculture, construction and the marine industry....

Husqvarna - Tue March 12, 2019

Husqvarna Opens New Distribution Center

Husqvarna Construction Products, headquartered in Olathe, Kan., has expanded with a brand new 150,000-sq.-ft. distribution center. The center, located in Lenexa, Kan., is only a mile away from the company's present headquarters and central warehouse....

Deutz Corporation - Tue March 12, 2019

Deutz Corporation Close to Naming Distributor for Argentina

Deutz Corporation announced that it is in discussions regarding a new authorized distributor for Argentina. The new distributor will work closely with the expansive Deutz dealer network, located all across the country to supply engines and parts, in order to support both locally produced, and imported Deutz engines....

Gradall - Tue March 12, 2019

Gradall Releases Video Featuring Vacall Production, Models, History

Gradall Industries, Inc. , has released a new video providing an in-depth look at its Vacall family of products, including an up-close tour of Gradall's New Philadelphia, Ohio, manufacturing facilities....

AASHTO Journal - Mon March 11, 2019

GDOT Commissioner Heads AASHTO Highway Council

Russell McMurry, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Transportation, has been appointed to a two-year term as chair of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Council on Highways and Streets....

Joe Barron – CEG Associate Editor - Mon March 11, 2019

House Reconsiders Equipment Rental Fee as Aid to Dealers

The Georgia General Assembly is once again considering a law that would impose a fee on the rental of construction equipment. House Bill 420, which was assigned to the House Ways and Means Committee Feb....

Isuzu - Mon March 11, 2019

Isuzu Expands Lineup to Mark 35th Anniversary

Isuzu Commercial Truck of America Inc. announced production plans for its 2019 and 2020 model-year lineup. Highlighting the announcement, which the company made at the National Truck Equipment Association's 2019 Work Truck Show in Indianapolis, the addition of two new Class 5 gasoline engine models next year....

CEG - Mon March 11, 2019

Friends Turn Out for Beard Equipment Groundbreaking

Beard Equipment Company held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new Ocala, Fla., dealership Feb. 28. Beard has contracted the design-build with Ausley Construction of Ocala for the new facility, which will have more than 48,000 sq....

Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas - Mon March 11, 2019

Hyundai Adds Earthmovers to Its Distribution Network

Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas has announced the expansion of its North American authorized dealer network with the addition of Earthmovers Construction Equipment. Earthmovers was founded in 2013 and has recently become a part of the National Equipment Dealers (NED) Group of companies....