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Headquartered in Piscataway, N.J., Hoffman Equipment was founded in 1920 by Bill and Harry Hoffman when purchased their first truck and founded Hoffman Motor Transportation to deliver roofing material for installers. The next 30 years brought a lot of change, with Hoffman Equipment expanding steadily by specializing in heavy hauling and rigging, moving oversized objects, such as large machinery, structural steel, storage tanks, industrial boilers, and even diners.

Wed November 17, 2004
NJ’s Hoffman Hosts ’Bringing JCB to the Customer’ Event
On Nov. 8, Hoffman Equipment, Piscataway, NJ, hosted local contractors and municipal employees and treated them to breakfast and a private inspection of JCB’s lineup of products, including backhoes, skid steers, telehandlers and wheel loaders....

Wed September 15, 2004
Daewoo Targets No. 3 Position in Excavator Manufacturing
Daewoo Heavy Industries America Corporation (DHIAC) has announced its new “Jump to the Top” initiative, which is being executed worldwide throughout all Daewoo Heavy Industries and Machinery Ltd....

Wed July 14, 2004
Jersey’s Hoffman Equipment Earns Manitowoc Crane CARE ’Elite’ Status
One of Hoffman Equipment’s major achievements during its first year of representing Grove and Manitowoc was earning special recognition from Manitowoc as a Crane CARE “Elite” dealer. “Elite” status means that Hoffman has satisfied a detailed set of Manitowoc specifications relevant to total support of the manufacturer’s products....

Wed November 19, 2003
Hoffman Equipment Welcomes Brophy to Long Island Branch
Hoffman Equipment Co., headquartered in Piscataway, NJ, has announced the addition of Dennis Brophy to the sales staff of the company’s Long Island branch located in Holtsville, NY. He will be responsible for customers in Nassau and Suffolk counties....

Wed July 30, 2003
Hoffman Named Authorized Dealer for Grove, Manitowoc
Hoffman Equipment Co., of Piscataway, NJ, has been named the full-service dealer for Manitowoc and Grove cranes. According to Tim Watters, president of Hoffman Equipment Co., this appointment allows the company to greatly expand the breadth of its crane offerings....

Wed January 15, 2003
Hoffman Sells Roadbuilding Units to Georgian Republic
Hoffman International Inc., an exporter of heavy construction equipment, has just completed its first sale of roadbuilding equipment to the Republic of Georgia. The equipment includes one LeeBoy Elite II HD track paver, two Terex-Canica 80 V.S.I....

Wed December 18, 2002
Tim Watters Becomes New Hoffman International Owner
Timothy J. Watters, former president of Hoffman Equipment Inc., has purchased all outstanding shares of its parent, Hoffman International Inc., in a move hailed by the 82-year-old firm’s management and employees....

Pete Sigmund - Wed September 26, 2001
Crews Assist Rescuers in Massive WTC Search
When I first saw the towers of the World Trade Center collapse in smoke and flame, I was somehow emotionally detached, as if I were covering a story rather than feeling the tragedy of people dying. Then the phone rang....

Wed March 14, 2001
Daewoo Machines Clean House for NJ High-Rise
After imploding three Newark high-rise apartment buildings, Jersey City, NJ-based Red Ball Demolition Co. was responsible for clearing the site. Three Daewoo excavators, one equipped with an Allied shear, one with a Geith grapple and one with a Daewoo bucket, were employed to do the job....

Wed February 28, 2001
Daewoo Excavator Demonstrates ’Shear’ Strength on Staten Island
R. Baker All Industrial Service, a demolition contractor headquartered on Staten Island, NY, employs a Daewoo model 400LC-III excavator equipped with Baker’s Hanwoo shear to remove and cut up 51 large storage tanks and associated piping at GATX’s Staten Island facility....
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