Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu July 18, 2024
The Ironpeddlers Celebrates 50th Year in Business
As The Ironpeddlers, a Southeast equipment dealer, celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2024, officers of the company, headquartered in Monroe, N.C., can easily identify the markers of its success. Being a family-run operation, a dedication to personal customer attention is one of its attributes, along with maintaining parts and service departments staffed by talented professionals, according to the company....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Mon July 08, 2024
WIC: James River Equipment's Destiny Johnson's — Determination to Be Best
Like any other successful young person in the construction equipment distribution industry, Destiny Johnson is making her mark via a single-minded determination to be the best at her job. Throughout her seven-year career working in the business, the past two with the Charlotte, N.C., branch of James River Equipment, Johnson has worked to learn everything there is to know about the machines she handles as an outside rental representative for the dealership....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu June 20, 2024
HARCO Prospers With Help From ASCENDUM, Volvo CE
Opening a business as a 21-year-old is a daunting prospect for anyone. In the case of Jeffrey Hardin, he had plenty of help in getting his company started and continued to build it through hard work and sheer determination....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu May 23, 2024
Georgia's Dustcom Limited Perseveres to Become Prosperous
When the Great Recession swept across the United States in 2008, it destroyed or damaged countless businesses in its wake. Construction companies, too, were not immune to economic disaster, no matter the size of their operations....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu April 25, 2024
ASCENDUM Machinery Opens New Savannah, Ga., Facility
When the folks at ASCENDUM Machinery realized a few years ago that their Pooler, Ga., location no longer met the company's needs, they began looking around for a more suitable location — one that was not only larger and more modern but also was easier for customers to get to....
CEG - Thu December 21, 2023
Hills Machinery to Carry Bergmann Products in Virginia
Bergmann Americas Inc. , a Spartanburg, S.C., manufacturer of compact dumpers, recently selected Hills Machinery to distribute its products in Virginia. From its base in Charleston, S.C., Hills Machinery operates full-service dealerships in Richmond and Wise, Va., and is currently making plans to open future stores in other areas of the state....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu November 09, 2023
Hills Machinery Honors Top Product Support Professionals
In early summer, Hills Machinery, distributor of construction, environmental and agricultural equipment in the Southeast, held a series of awards banquets at its 12 branch locations to celebrate the achievements of its top product support professionals....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu June 22, 2023
Hills Machinery's Investments Expand Southeast Presence
After a company becomes successful, staying that way means it needs to be like a living organism — always growing and forever adapting. Over the past several years, the people at Hills Machinery, a Columbia, S.C.-based distributor of equipment built for construction, paving, environmental and agricultural needs, have wholeheartedly embraced that philosophy, with the result being that it is one of the top dealers in the Southeast....
FAE - Thu May 25, 2023
TraxPlus Expands FAE Product Line, Holds Training Event
TraxPlus, based in Hickory, Miss., has been a successful dealer of the FAE line of attachments for many years, and judging from the sales volume and repeat buyers, customers who have purchased FAE products from them are seeing a substantial return on their investment....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu May 18, 2023
Expanding to Southeast Increases Success of Pa. Contractor
Despite outside forces, such as a much-forecasted economic slowdown, the Southeastern U.S. infrastructure building market has continued to grow at a steady pace during the post-COVID period. Multiple structure and road/bridge projects are announced daily in states like the two Carolinas, Georgia, Florida and Tennessee, to name a few....
