Wed May 01, 2013
Benchmark Tool & Supply Event Features Topcon Systems
Benchmark Tool & Supply held a demo day in Raleigh, N.C., on March 26 and in Concord, N.C., on April 2. The company installed its Topcon 3D-MC2 systems on comparable dozers a John Deere 750K LGP from RW Moore and James River Equipment, Komatsu D61PX from Linder Industrial Machinery and a Cat D6KXL from Gregory Poole Equipment Company and Carolina CAT....
Mary Reed - Thu September 08, 2011
Johnson Concrete Enters Equipment Rental Business
If you rent it, customers will come. Such has been the experience of Johnson Concrete Company, headquartered in Salisbury, N.C. In essence, the company saw a new market, entered it and now offers its clients rental machinery with a focus on equipment used for hardscaping (landscaping) work....
Fri June 24, 2011
Atlas Copco Welcomes James River Equipment as Dealer
Atlas Copco welcomed its newest drilling equipment distributor, James River Equipment. The company, well-known as a heavy equipment supplier, will represent Atlas Copco in the Carolinas for blasthole rigs, other surface drilling rigs and equipment and Secoroc rock drilling tools....
Fri April 15, 2011
James River Holds Training Program for Dynapac, Atlas Copco
James River Equipment held a sales training program April 5 for its sales team. The event, held in the training room of the company’s Charlotte facility, hosted 23 members of James River Equipment’s sales team from the Charlotte, Greensboro and Asheville branches....
Fri April 01, 2011
New Distributors Expand Kleemann Reach in America
A cohort of new distributors is expanding the reach of Kleemann mineral processing equipment in the United States. In 2010, Kleemann added nine new firms to its existing line-up of distributors, where it joins other product lines from Wirtgen America Inc., including asphalt reclaiming and recycling equipment from Wirtgen, asphalt and soil compactors from Hamm Compaction Division and asphalt pavers from Vögele America Inc....
Fri February 04, 2011
Distributors Elect Dennis Kruepke as 2011 Chairman of AED
North American construction equipment distributors have elected Dennis Kruepke to the position of 2011 chairman of Associated Equipment Distributors (AED). Kruepke is president and CEO of McCann Industries, Addison, Ill., the Case dealer serving the Chicago metro area....
Fri July 23, 2010
James River Equipment Expands With Asheville Location
ames River Equipment has expanded its sales and servicing capabilities into western North Carolina with the opening of the Asheville, N.C., branch. The Asheville branch, located on Bruce Road, is James River’s 25th location....
Fri July 09, 2010
James River Expands With Asheville Location
James River Equipment has expanded its sales and servicing capabilities into western North Carolina with the opening of the Asheville, N.C., branch. The Asheville branch, located on Bruce Road, is James River’s 25th location....
Giles Lambertson - Fri March 05, 2010
The Stim Effect: One Year Later
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) was intended to be an effective antidote to high unemployment and stagnant growth in the construction industry. A year after the Act passed, the consensus is that things would have been worse without it....
Tue April 28, 2009
NorAm Appoints New Dealers
NorAm Construction Equipment has appointed six additional dealers to sell and rent the NorAm 65E compact motorgrader. The dealers include Yellowhouse Machinery Co., with five locations in west Texas; Western Plains Machinery with five locations in Montana and three in Wyoming; Groff Tractor & Equipment with two stores in western Pennsylvania; Alma Tractor & Equipment in western Arkansas; RTL Equipment Co....
