Pete Sigmund - Wed November 02, 2005
Southeast Dealers Cope With Floods
Before Hurricane Katrina roared through on Aug. 29, employees at the branch store of Great Southern Tractor Co. Inc., in Biloxi, MS, moved a pickup truck to assumed safekeeping inside the store. All hell broke loose....
Wed October 26, 2005
Southern Equipment’s Focus Shifts From Ag to Construction
With housing developments sprouting up throughout Florida, the staff at Southern Equipment and Machinery has adapted and changed the company’s focus over the past few years. While its new venture has taken the company into the world of construction equipment, it has deep roots in agriculture....
Wed September 28, 2005
Valley Equipment Joins ’Mall’ Setting in Virginia
Earl Reger opened the doors of his dealership in an area where he was guaranteed to get foot traffic. Valley Equipment Center Inc. opened in March in Fishersville, VA, in what Reger describes as “an equipment mall.”“Ninety-nine percent of the people who walk in through our doors are people who were visiting another location,” he said....
Wed August 03, 2005
Stafford Tractor Brings Aboard Five New Staff Members
Denver Weinstiger, president of Stafford Tractor Co. in Lawrenceville, GA, recently added five new members to his staff. “Hiring each of these new staff members was a team effort and we were very deliberate and methodic about the caliber of the people we were bringing to the company,” Weinstiger said....
Wed July 20, 2005
JCB Announces Acquisition of Vibromax
JCB, the global manufacturer of construction equipment, has announced the acquisition of German-based Vibromax Compaction Equipment. The company will be known as JCB Vibromax and will be managed as part of the JCB Group with local management retained in Germany and North America....
Thu June 23, 2005
JCB Loadall Proves Its Versatility at R.F. Concrete Reconstruction Job
Like a lot of contractors in Florida, R.F. Concrete Construction Inc. has spent a lot of its time with reconstruction since the 2004 hurricane season. While it focused mostly on new construction before the storms rampaged the state, approximately 70 percent of its work involves rebuilding....
Fri May 06, 2005
Red Oak Disposal Service Carves Niche in Demolition, Recycling
Red Oak Disposal Service Inc., a southern New Jersey contractor, has been taking on specialized jobs in demolition and recycling since 1986 to meet the needs of a changing, growing economy. “We take on the jobs that no one else can or wants to take on....
Wed May 04, 2005
Joseph Mulroe Co. Restores Giants Star’s Montclair Home
Joseph Mulroe Co., a major landscaping contractor headquartered in Roseland, NJ, is participating in the restoration of a Montclair, NJ, historic mansion owned by New York Giants star, Mike Strahan. Here Mulroe uses a pair of Hoffman Equipment Co., Piscataway, NJ, sourced JCB machines on the project....
Wed April 13, 2005
Tresca Machinery Moves to Southside of Orlando
Tresca Machinery Inc., recently moved its Orlando branch into a new facility at 9481 Boggy Creek Rd. on the south side of town. The new facility sits on approximately 1.5 acres and includes general office space, a parts department and a service department with four inside bays and two outside covered bays, as well as a wash rack....
Wed April 06, 2005
Leslie Hubbs Joins Hoffman Equipment Co.’s Service Team
Newly hired Leslie Hubbs brings more than 25 years of mechanical experience in the automotive and construction equipment industries to the service team of Hoffman Equipment Company, Piscataway, NJ. The addition of Hubbs to Hoffman Equipment’s service department adds to its already diversified service group and will raise the level of service it provides to its customers....
