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Contractors Sales Company was founded by Albert J. Mantica in 1923 in Green Island, N.Y., as a supplier of industrial hardware. Soon after, the company expanded into construction equipment. In the 1930s, Al Mantica moved the company to Menands, N.Y., and became a distributor for Allis Chalmers. In the 1940s, Contractors Sales became a Rex dealer and in the 1950s, the company moved to its current location on Karner Road in Albany, N.Y.. During the 1950s and 1960s, the company operated branches in Syracuse and Watertown, N.Y., so that it could be involved in the construction of the New York State Thruway and the St. Lawrence Seaway projects.

PowerBully - Thu March 06, 2025

Contractors Sales Takes On PowerBully Track Carriers

PowerBully has named Contractors Sales Co. Inc. a new distributor. The Albany, N.Y.-based dealer will now carry PowerBully's line of track carriers. "Contractors Sales has been a trusted, family-owned business since 1923 and has spent over a century building strong relationships with top earthmoving contractors throughout the Northeast," said PowerBully....

CEG - Thu September 21, 2023

Contractors Sales Company Holds 100th Anniversary Event

Contractors Sales Company held its 100th anniversary celebration and open house Aug. 30, 2023, at its Albany, N.Y., location. The event was held to show customers and employees the company's appreciation for the many years of support it has received, said Zack Manz, president of Contractors Sales Company....

Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu March 24, 2022

Kubricky Construction Demolishes Bridges, Builds Temp Spans, More

The Middlebury Bridge & Rail project, a Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) initiative in collaboration with the town of Middlebury, is nearing completion this summer. The more than $92 million project replaced two nearly 100-year-old bridges that crossed the Vermont Rail Corridor in the center of Middlebury with a tunnel in the summer of 2020....

Mon March 16, 2020

Growth Spurs Contractors Sales to Expand Operations in N.Y.

Contractors Sales is one of New York state's oldest dealerships (founded in 1923) and has expanded its operations with a new facility in Middletown, N.Y. Contractors Sales has long been known for its reputation for supplying some of the largest, most demanding heavy highway and aggregate producing contractors in New York state with quality construction equipment manufacturers including: Link-Belt; Hitachi wheel loaders; Terex trucks; Dynapac; Allied Construction Products; Midland Mfg.; Rammer Hammers; and much more....

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