Tue August 28, 2007
Family Runs Davis Auctions With Old-School Work Ethic
Davis Auctions Inc., a subsidiary of JHD Corporation, is owned by Jim and Lillian Davis. It sells utility and construction equipment and related supplies. Davis Bros. Inc. was originally a business that cleared land for power lines and roads....
Mon September 03, 2007
Ritchie Bros. to Feature CARB Regulated Equipment in Calif.
New regulations passed by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) on July 26, 2007, are expected to impact most California-based equipment owners, including those participating in two Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers unreserved industrial auctions in California in the coming month....
Tue August 21, 2007
Ritchie Bros. Breaks Record
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers online bidding service, rbauctionBid-Live, broke its own record at a $38 million dollar unreserved auction in Fort Worth, Texas, July 11 to 13. Close to $11 million worth of trucks and other industrial equipment in the auction was purchased online — a new record for the company’s permanent Fort Worth auction site....
Sat July 28, 2007
IronPlanet Auction Sales Up 37 Percent in Second Quarter
Online auction participants bought and sold $105.9 million of equipment through IronPlanet in the first half of 2007, a growth of 37 percent over the same period last year. Bidders bought more than $64 million in equipment in the second quarter, with the largest auction garnering $13.76 million....
Tue July 10, 2007
UpRight’s Parent Company Acquires Snorkel International
UpRight’s parent company, The Tanfield Group Plc, has purchased Snorkel International. Darren Kell, chief executive of Tanfield and UpRight, said, “This will create a new, full line manufacturer of high quality aerial work platforms, which will be a truly global force in the industry.”The combination of Snorkel’s volume production capability in the United States, plus UpRight’s existing facilities in the United Kingdom and America, will create a business with a global manufacturing footprint....
Tue June 26, 2007
Ritchie Bros. Hosts Auction, ARB Meeting in Los Angeles
Proposed regulations discussed May 25 at a public meeting of the California Air Resources Board (ARB) in San Diego generated additional consignments at an unreserved public auction held this week in Los Angeles....
Wed June 13, 2007
IronPlanet Hires Four New National Accounts Managers
IronPlanet has hired four new national accounts managers including Larry Goff, John Gougeon, Felix Rodriguez and John Paschack. “We have been very pleased with our new national accounts managers,” said Robert Alleger, CEO of IronPlanet....
Sun May 27, 2007
IronPlanet Sells $2M of Equipment
IronPlanet, an online auction house for used heavy equipment, recently sold $2 million of equipment in a one-owner auction for Keck Construction Inc. in Tulsa, Okla. The auction drew an audience of more than 7,000 visitors with bidders placing an average of 27 bids per item....
Sat May 26, 2007
Ritchie Bros. Breaks Bidder Records
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers released the results of its two-day, multi-million dollar unreserved auction held at its permanent auction site in Phoenix, Ariz. The unreserved public auction, which sold more than 2,000 items, generated gross auction sales in excess of $26 million and broke both in-person and online registered bidder records for an auction held by the company in Phoenix Feb....
Thu May 24, 2007
Ritchie Bros. Holds Official Ceremony Near Kansas City
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers held an official ground-breaking ceremony at 6 p.m. April 9 to announce the start of construction of an auction site. The ceremony took place at the Odessa Ritchie Bros. property located on US-40 at Reich Road, approximately 25 minutes east of Kansas City....
