Member News Archive

Wesgroup Equipment and our Family of Companies are honoured to be recognized as one of BC’s Top Employers for the second year in a row.

Luby Equipment Services, the St. Louis-based CASE Construction Equipment dealer, has announced the promotion of Scott Morga to territory manager, Tom Schaedler to used equipment sales representative, and Daniel Cheney to sales and marketing coordinator.

LiuGong North America (LGNA) has announced Mani Iyer as its new president, effective February 1, 2019. LGNA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of LiuGong Machinery which is a global leader in heavy construction equipment.

Commerce City, Colorado: Epiroc, a leading productivity partner for the mining, infrastructure and natural resources industries, has added James River Equipment as a full-line dealer in Virginia. Previously a dealer of Epiroc hydraulic attachments throughout the state, James River Equipment (JRE) has added sales and rental of new and used Epiroc drill rigs, along with rock drilling tools, parts and service.

As of February 1, 2019, Groff Tractor Holdings, LLC has combined their locations in New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware and Philadelphia to form GT Mid Atlantic LLC. These branches were formerly Trico Equipment, Folcomer Equipment, and CC&T and were acquired by Groff Tractor Holdings over the past 36 months.

Disaster struck California this year as devastating wildfires swept through towns and cities, leaving historic destruction in their wake.

New CASE Dealer Location Expands Service Bays and Parts Inventory

AP Office and AP Mobile are cloud-based productivity solutions that provide concrete producers intelligent mixers to help grow and scale their businesses profitably.

On Friday, February 9, AED’s newly appointed Vice President of Political Action, Wes Stowers (CEO of Stowers Machinery), participated in an infrastructure panel discussion at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.

Massive Orlando, FL event features equipment from across North America & around the world

"The reputation of Ritchie Bros. really stands by itself"

EquipmentWatch, the world leader in data, software and insights for the heavy equipment industry, has announced the winners of the 2019 Highest Retained Value Awards (HRVA) and the 2019 Lowest Cost of Ownership Awards (LCO). The announcement was made in Orlando alongside the first-day kickoff of AED Summit.

With another year of busy growth for Rototilt Group, with increased sales and continued growth on the export markets, Rototilt foresees continued success and is expanding its factory in Sweden by more than 3000m². “With the tremendous growth we are seeing in North America along with other emerging markets it is great to see the expanded factory investment commitment to meet the growing global demand for Rototilt tiltrotators” says Gerry Mallory, General Manager Rototilt Inc.

Power Equipment Company, a part of the Bramco family of companies, announces the promotions of Mike Luster and Darryl Thompson to Vice President, Regional Sales Managers. Mike Luster will continue to develop machine sales throughout the Middle Tennessee region, while Darryl will oversee the sales efforts in Western Tennessee, Northern Mississippi and Eastern Arkansas regions.

Mississauga, Ontario – (December 10, 2018) – Nortrax would like to announce that President & CEO Tim Murphy has decided to retire from the company. Chris P. Holmes, currently vice president of product support and marketing, has been appointed to the position, effective 1 January 2019. Holmes will lead the Nortrax organization in the United States and Canada as it aims to further develop Nortrax locations with the best in equipment, customer support and technology.

Johnson Crushers International, Inc. (JCI) is pleased to announce the promotion of Rob Killgore to company president. In his new leadership position, Killgore will be responsible for setting and achieving JCI’s goals and objectives.

Facility investment to enhance customer support, boost local economy and add full-time jobs

J.T. Bates Insurance Group named in top 50 fastest-growing private companies in central Ohio by Columbus Business First. Rankings were announced October 17, 2018.

LiuGong North America, a wholly owned subsidiary of LiuGong Machinery based in Liuzhou, China, and a global leader in the manufacturing of heavy construction equipment, has announced the addition of JWH Equipment LLC in Jackson, Mississippi, to its authorized LiuGong and Dressta dealer network as of July 1.

Power Motive Corporation (PMC), a leading construction equipment dealer based in Denver with branches across Colorado and SE Wyoming, has brought Mike Gregory onboard to handle Lake, Chaffee, Summit, Eagle, Park, Clear Creek, Gilpin and Grand counties