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Longtime AED Member Remebered

CED Magazine August 2007

Longtime AED member and construction equipment dealership owner Glen E. Gierke, 79 died on April 20 at his home. He was the second generation to run Gierke Robinson Co. and remained active in the company until shortly before his death. His father, E.W.C. Gierke, and Arnold Robinson started the business in 1919. Glen joined the company in 1949 and became its owner in 1964. His son, Glen E. Gierke, Jr., is the current president. Gierke Robinson Co., an AED member since 1929, is based in Davenport, Iowa, and is a construction and industrial equipment dealership. Over the years, the company has shifted from heavy to light construction equipment. The company also undertakes a range of procurement services and performs light assembly for heavy industrial customers. Gierke Robinson has 45 employees and branch locations in Bettendorf, Dubuque, Iowa City and Waterloo, Iowa.

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Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) is an international trade association representing companies involved in the distribution, rental and support of equipment used in construction, mining, forestry, power generation, agriculture and industrial applications. AED member dealers are unique in that they are each authorized, via contract with an original equipment manufacturer, to inventory, sell and service new machinery in a given geography. More than 90% of AED's factory authorized dealers rent construction equipment as well. The Associated Equipment Distributors strongly adheres to and strongly advocates principles of integrity, ethics and fairness. The AED urges its members to conduct their businesses ethically and compatibly with the free enterprise system and the laws which govern it. Contractors can locate factory authorized construction equipment dealers at the MachineMart® web site.
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