Fri August 02, 2019
Leslie Doggett Industries Acquires Truck Enterprises Inc.
Houston-based Leslie Doggett Industries, through its Doggett Truck Group, has acquired privately-held Truck Enterprises Inc. Truck Enterprises was founded in 1980 and is an authorized Western Star, Detroit Diesel and extreme heavy-duty trailer dealer located in El Paso, Texas....
Chuck Harvey – CEG Correspondent - Tue April 24, 2018
$802.9M Harbor Bridge Takes Shape in Corpus Christi, Texas
Supported by extensive research and planning, a modern and massive new $802.9 million U.S. 181 Harbor Bridge is taking form in Corpus Christi, Texas. The project includes replacement of the existing Harbor Bridge and reconstruction of portions of U.S....
Takeuchi - Tue July 23, 2019
Takeuchi Names Shay Klusmeyer as Regional Manager
Takeuchi-US has named Shay Klusmeyer as regional manager, effective immediately. His responsibilities include all sales development and activity within Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and West Texas. As the regional manager, Klusmeyer's main responsibility is to achieve region market share objectives through dealer activities such as development, recruiting, goal setting, sales planning and performance evaluations....
LiuGong - Mon July 22, 2019
Paul Cranage to Head LiuGong NA Sales & Business Development
LiuGong NA has appointed Paul Cranage as its senior manager of sales and business development. Working from LiuGong NA headquarters in Katy, Texas, Cranage is in charge of new dealer recruitment and training, LiuGong's dealer portal initiative and industry and performance reporting....
Terex Cranes - Mon July 22, 2019
R&J Lifting Solutions Invests In Terex CBR 40H Self-Erecting Tower Crane
For the many congested construction sites in and around Austin, Texas, contractors face significant lifting challenges. Small commercial projects, condominiums, low-story hotels and utility applications are often too small to use traditional tower cranes, but there's not enough footprint for a mobile crane....
Kirby-Smith Machinery - Wed July 17, 2019
Kirby-Smith Machinery Promotes JP Cotton to West Texas Finance Manager
Kirby-Smith Machinery Inc. (KSM) has promoted JP Cotton to West Texas finance manager. Cotton will work with regional customers to secure financing for their equipment, utilizing the company's extensive network of lending partners....
CEG - Tue July 16, 2019
Hettinger Comes Out of Retirement, Builds New Company
Some folks count the days until they're able to retire, while others retire and then count the days until they can go back to work again. Mark Hettinger, co-owner of M&G Contractors of New Braunfels, Texas, fits firmly into the second category....
CEG - Tue July 16, 2019
Vermeer D40x55DR Solves Big Problem
When the discovery of flint rock threatened a gas pipeline project outside of San Antonio, Texas, M&G Contractors turned to Vermeer's D40x55DR S3 Navigator horizontal directional drill (HDD) to complete the job....
Archer Western - Tue July 16, 2019
Archer Western Tops Out AMLI Fountain Place in Dallas
Archer Western and AMLI Residential achieved a construction milestone and performed its final concrete pour atop AMLI Fountain Place, a new residential high-rise on the north side of downtown Dallas. The new 45-story apartment community resides next to the highly regarded Fountain Place, designed by the late, famed architect I.M....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue July 16, 2019
ExxonMobil Expands Beaumont Plant, Increases Capacity
ExxonMobil has begun construction on a new crude unit at its Beaumont, Texas, refinery that will increase capacity by more than 65 percent, or 250,000 barrels a day. "This project is part of ExxonMobil's larger ‘Growing the Gulf' initiative, a series of refining and chemical expansion projects across Texas and Louisiana," said Emily Russell, ExxonMobil public and government affairs advisor....
