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Toro Company Publishes 2025 Global Sustainability Impact Report

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The Toro Company - The Toro Company (TTC), a global provider of solutions for the outdoor environment, released its fiscal 2025 Sustainability Impact Report on June 10, 2026. The annual report highlights the company's ...

Canadian Company R&D Crane Brings Together Four Cranes to Deliver Major Toronto Bridge

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Manitowoc - Canada's Cherubini Bridges and Structures has completed work on the Four Signature Bridges contract for Toronto's Port Lands project. The job wrapped up in style with the company successfully orchestrating a complex four-crane pick to get the final 492 ton segment of the bridge se...

The Toro Company Reports Record First Quarter Results

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Toro - The Toro Company has reported net earnings of $59.5 million, or $0.55 per share, on a net sales increase of 10 percent to $603 million for its first quarter ended February 1, 2019. In the comparable...

The Toro Company to Acquire Charles Machine Works

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Toro - The Toro Company has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held The Charles Machine Works Inc., an Oklahoma corporation and the parent compa...

The Toro Company Acquires Assets of Stone Construction Equipment, Inc

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CEG - The Toro Company announced today that it has acquired light construction and hardscape product assets of Stone Construction Equipment, Inc., which manufactured concrete and hardscape equipment for rental and construction companies. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. According to ...

RB Global Announces Intended $500M Share Repurchase Program

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RB Global Inc - RB Global Inc. announced that its board of directors has authorized a new share repurchase program under which the company may repurchase up to $500 million worth of its common shares, subject to the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange. The company intends to make an application for ap...

The ARA Foundation Completes Impact Project, Donates $20,000 to Denver Park Trust

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ARA Foundation & Toro - The American Rental Association (ARA) Foundation and The Toro Company Foundation donated equipment, volunteers and a $20,000 grant to enhance the Tennessee Avenue Greenway with new trees, a pollinator garden and tho...

Tom Werner Named General Manager of Toro's Sitework Systems Business

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Toro - Toro has announced that Tom Werner has been named the new general manager for the Toro Sitework Systems business. Werner brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record of driving results, making him...

ARA Foundation Completes Impact Project, Donates $20,000 to Playing Field in Madison, Wis.

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American Rental Association Foundation - The American Rental Association (ARA) Foundation and the Toro Company Foundation donated equipment and volunteers to provide outdoor play areas at the Playing Field's new childcare facility in Madison, Wis., on ...

ARA, Toro Finish Project, Donate $20K to Bolder Options in Minneapolis, Minn.

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American Rental Association Foundation - The American Rental Association (ARA) Foundation and the Toro Company Foundation donated equipment, volunteers and a $20,000 grant to provide new above-ground garden boxes, install new fencing and landscape improvements to Bolder Options in Minneapolis, Minn., on July 29. Collaborators from ...

Ditch Witch Announces Strategic Moves to Accelerate Growth and Industry Leadership

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Ditch Witch - Ditch Witch announced several strategic actions to support future growth in its core segments, drive operational efficiencies and reinforce its position as the authority in the underground construction indust...

Breaking Big Rocks With a Small Electric Excavator? No Problem.

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Volvo - A couple hours west of Toronto, in a town affectionately nicknamed The Royal City, a family-owned and -operated company called Cox Construction is approaching its 80th year in business. "In 1946, my father started our business," said Regan Cox, who now serves as president. "He started cru...

Tri-State Bobcat Holds Open Houses in St. Croix Falls, Hudson

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CEG/Tri-State Bobcat - Tri-State Bobcat, a family-owned and operated business, recently hosted two open house events, drawing more than 400 attendees between both locations. The first event kicked off in Hudson, Wis., on April 29, 2025, followed by a second in St. Croix Falls, Wis., on May 2, 2025. Guests enjoy...

Toro Awards One Lucky Winner Dingo TX 1000 TURBO Limited Edition

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Toro - Toro announced the winner of the Dingo TX 1000 TURBO Limited Edition giveaway. After months of excitement and thousands of entries, Gregory P., a landscape professional in the greater Chicago area, was selec...

Toro Debuts Comprehensive Lineup of Innovations at Equip Expo 2024

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Toro - Toro is bringing together its four key divisions — residential and landscape contractor; sitework systems; golf and grounds; and irrigation — at the 2024 Equip Expo in Louisville, Ky., t...

ARA Completes Impact Project, Donates $20,000 in Chicago

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ARA Foundation - The American Rental Association (ARA) Foundation and The Toro Company Foundation in collaboration with United Way of Metro Chicago donated volunteers and equipment to clean up and transform the grounds of Center for...

Relationship Building, Reliability Key to Mass.-Based Business' Success

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CEG - Cole Landscaping is a large residential and commercial landscaping firm headquartered in Rowley, Mass., which serves the north shore region. The projects that it tackles for residential customers include property management; lawn care; plant health care; landscape design; hardscapes; outdoor kitc...

Alta Equipment Celebrates Grand Opening of Tallahassee Facility

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Alta Equipment - Alta Equipment Company recently celebrated the opening of its ninth Florida location in Tallahassee. The company hosted a grand opening event, which featured a tour of the facilit...

Burns JCB Opens New Facility in West Virginia

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Burns JCB - Burns JCB recently opened a new facility in Bridgeport, W. Va. Headquartered in Macedonia, Ohio, just south of Cleveland, Burns JCB officially opened its second facility in Bridgeport, located...

Alta Equipment Holds Open House in Syracuse, N.Y.

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CEG - Alta Equipment held an open house and customer appreciation event Aug. 24, 2023, at its Syracuse, N.Y., facility. Factory representatives from the major lines of equipment that Al...

Hayden-Murphy Names Jeff Clarke New President, Don Knackstedt Retires

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CEG - Hayden-Murphy has named Jeff Clarke as its new president. Clarke takes the reigns from Don Knackstedt who is retiring after his 25-year career with Hayden-Murphy. Clarke spent 17 ...

Ontario Construction Materials Firm Partners With CDE to Maximize Material Recovery

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James Dick Construction - Ontario-based sand and aggregate producer James Dick Construction has finalized a major new investment in an ultra fines recovery system, designed and engineered by wet processing industry experts CDE, as the company solidifies its position as one of the leading ...

Alta Equipment Names New GM of New York Division

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CEG - Alta Equipment Company recently named Ryan Curtis general manager of its New York division, which includes three stores located in Batavia, Syracuse and Albany. Alta Equipment is ...

ECA Canada Continues Expansion With Key Team Additions

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ECA Canada - ECA Canada Company recently announced the addition of two key team members in its ongoing effort to serve its customers in eastern Canada and expand into western Canada. ECA Canada welcomed Account Manager Kevin Sharp, based out of its new Vancouver branch, and BAUER Trai...

Construction Crane Numbers Rise Across North America

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Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - After taking a dip in 2021, the North American crane sector is experiencing a comeback. In its first quarter report released in April, the Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) Crane Index logged a 4.5-percent increase in cranes at work across the continent. Toronto, Canada, is ahead of the pack in terms o...

Boss Products Acquires Liquid Deicing Assets of Voigt Smith Innovation

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Boss Snowplow - Boss Products, a division of The Toro Company, has acquired the liquid deicing assets of Voigt Smith Innovation (VSI), a privately-held manufacturer of liquid deicing equipment. The...

Alta Equipment Company NY Names Director of Sales

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CEG - Ryan Curtis has been named director of sales of Alta Equipment Company's New York division. Recently, Construction Equipment Guide (CEG) was given the opportunity to spend som...

Toro Unleashes Dingo TX 700

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Toro - Toro has added the Dingo TX 700 to its already extensive Dingo line-up. Due to the Dingo TX 700's small size and powerful punch, it's the ideal machine for bot...

Toro Now Available at Southeastern Equipment

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Southeastern Equipment - Southeastern Equipment Company now carries the full line of Toro Siteworks compac...

Cervus Equipment Corp. Agrees to Be Acquired by Brandt Tractor

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Cervus Equipment - Cervus Equipment Corporation has entered into an arrangement agreement pursuant to which Brandt Tractor Ltd. will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of t...

ARA, Toro Partner for Boys & Girls Club of Northeast Ohio

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ARA Foundation; Toro Company Foundation - A new community impact project launched by the American Rental Association (ARA) Foundation and the Toro Company Foundation was held at the Boys & Girls Club of Northeast Ohio&#...

Alta Equipment Company Hosts Its 2nd Annual Golf Outing

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CEG - Alta Equipment Company welcomed 152 representatives of manufacturers, local construction companies and its own team members for its second annual golf outing on June 10 at the Prairie Lan...

Lutec Provides the Right Tool for Molson Coors Project

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Lutec - Molson Coors needed to repurpose the concrete floor at its Toronto brewing facility. Besides the floor being 20 years old, the company wanted to convert the property from a production facility complete with bottle washer, filler and pasteurizer that drain onto sloped floors into a warehouse. ...

Aaron Brown Returns to Norris Sales As Sales Manager, Bill Cummings Promoted to Director of Sales

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Norris Sales Company - Norris Sales Company Inc. has announced further investment into its sales operation to better serve the needs of the Philadelphia area construction and contractor market. As of Fe...

Metso Outotec Ranked 8th on Global 100 List of Sustainable Companies

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Metso - Metso Outotec is ranked 8th on the Corporate Knights 2021 Global 100 Index of most sustainable companies in the world, and places as a top-ranking company among its peers. The results were announce...

Kevin Smith Named General Manager of Ditch Witch Division

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Ditch Witch - A familiar face within Ditch Witch is taking over the helm of the organization. Kevin Smith has been named the general manager of the recently formed Ditch Witch division of ...

Fecon Promotes Mark Middendorf to Senior VP of Sales

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Fecon - Fecon announced the promotion of Mark Middendorf to senior VP of sales. In his new role, Middendorf oversees the global sales effort for all Fecon products. Middendorf has been with the c...

Alta Equipment Construction Group Hosts Its First Annual Golf Outing at Prairie Landing in Chicago

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CEG - Alta Equipment Construction Group held its First Annual Golf Outing at the Pra...

Landscape Renovations Takes Delivery of Toro Dingo

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Katherine Devlin – CEG Editorial Assistant - The team at Landscape Renovations, a design and installation company in Afton, Minn., was searching for a new machine that would fit its needs. The machine had to be able to fit into a confined, fenced-in area. It had to have low ground pressure, but be able to carry pallets of l...

Toro Announces New Underground Construction Business Strategy

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Toro - The Toro Company announced that it is realigning the organizational structure for its underground construction businesses to better serve customers, maximize synergies and streamline costs. ...

Boss Snowplow Redesigns Snowrator

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Boss Snowplow - Boss Products, a division of The Toro Company, acquired the Snowrator brand in March 2018 and set a...

Tri-State Bobcat Hosts Attendees, Showcases Product Lines at Open Houses Spanning Three Locations, Two States

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CEG - Tri-State Bobcat recently held open houses in Burnsville, Minn., on April 25, Little Canada, Minn., on May 2 and Hudson, Wis., on May 9, with hundreds of attendees, great weather and good food....

Kioti Tractor Sponsors Olympic Curling Gold Medalists Team Jacobs

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Kioti - Kioti Tractor is teaming up with 2014 Olympic Gold Medalists Team Brad Jacobs — a Canadian men's curling team — on a multi-year partnership. Kioti is now a proud tier 1 sponsor for ...

Volvo CE Opens Parts Distribution Center in Canada

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Volvo - Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has opened a new parts distribution center in Toronto, Canada, to better serve its customers in the country. The new facility is part of the company's strate...

Terex, Demag Build New Ferenc Puskás Stadium In Budapest

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Terex Cranes - Work on the new Ferenc Puskás Stadium in Budapest has been going on since the beginning of 2017. The soccer stadium is being built at the exact same spot as its predecessor of the same name, which was built in 1953 and torn down in 2016. The construction work is scheduled to be completed i...

Thompson Tractor Hosts Cat Rental Store Grand Opening

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CEG - Thompson Tractor Company hosted hundreds of guests and dignitaries at the Grand Opening celebration and official ribbon-cutting ceremony for its all-new Opelika, Ala., Thompson Cat Rental Store ...

Bobcat Enterprises Adds Equipment Line, Grows Team

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CEG - Bobcat Enterprises Inc. announced that it is now the exclusive dealer of Bandit chippers and stump grinders. The company will offer Bandit in Hilliard, Reynoldsburg, Cincinnati, Mt. Orab and Lexington, ...

The Walsh Group Celebrates 120 Years in Construction

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CEG - The Walsh Group is celebrating 120 years in construction, dating back to its founding in the late nineteenth century when Matthew Myles Walsh started a small carpentry business in his Chicago home.Founded in 1898, the Walsh business served as a well...

Chinese Company to Acquire Construction Firm for $1.18B

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Emily Buenzle - Aecon Group, a Canadian construction company that helped to build the CN Tower in Toronto, recently announced that it will be acquired by CCCC International Holding Ltd (CCCI), of China, for a total of $1.18 billion. The deal, which will require the Canadian government's approval before it ca...

'Field Classrooms' Bring Education to ICUEE 2017 Show

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CEG - Attendees at ICUEE 2017 will be able to see industry best practices illustrated first hand with equipment on the show floor during new “field classroom” education sessions.Rounding out the ICUEE education lineup are popular returning programs: the Utility Safety and Utility Fle...

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Reports on Voting Results from the 2017 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders

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CEG - The Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") of Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated (the "Company", NYSE and TSX: RBA), was held on May 1, 2017 in Toronto, Ontario. Each of the m...

Maple-Crete Invests in a Fleet of SDLG Wheel Loaders

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CEG - Adding an additional five new SDLG wheel loaders to its fleet, Concord, Ontario-based contractor Maple-Crete now has the largest number of SDLG machines working in North America.The Canadian company operates in a wide variety of sectors including road maintenance, snow removal and sidewalk...

Tri-State Bobcat Hosts Events in Burnsville, Hudson, Wis.

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CEG - Tri-State Bobcat held two events, the first was an open house at its Burnsville, Minn., location and the second was to mark the company's grand opening in its new Hudson, Wis., location.The Burnsville open house took place April 22 and featured equipment displays from various manufactu...

Titan Machinery Hosts Two Open Houses in Omaha, Duluth

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CEG - Titan Machinery held two open house events, one at its new Omaha, Neb., location on April 29 to celebrate the company's move to its brand new dealership location, and one at its Duluth, Minn., location on May 5.Hundreds of customers came out to Omaha to celebrate, win door prizes and h...

Rick Rodier of Toro Named ICUEE 2017 Show Chair

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CEG - Rick Rodier, general manager of the Sitework Systems Division of The Toro Company, has been named chair of the 2017 ICUEE, International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition.He oversees the ICUEE 2017 management committee, a cross-section of utility construction leaders who guide ...

Norris Sales Celebrates 60 Years, Opens New Facility in Pa.

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CEG - Norris Sales held an open house April 21 at its new facility in Conshohocken, Pa.Many contractors, as well as local highway and public works departments, attended the event to check out both the company's spacious new facility and extensive product lineup.Vendors in attendance w...

Toro Announces C&O Equipment Co. Expansion in Texas

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CEG - Toro recently announced the expansion of a trusted equipment dealer, C&O Equipment Co. The dealer's new location will offer Toro's full line of products including directional drills, ride-on trenchers, concrete and masonry equipment, compact utility equipment, walk-behind trenchers and To...

Ritchie Bros. Receives TSX Approval for New Normal Course Issuer Bid

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CEG - Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers announces today that it has obtained the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) to commence a new normal course issuer bid (NCIB). The Company currently has in place a NCIB which will terminate on March 2, 2016. The new NCIB will allow the Company to continue using...

Ditch Witch Offering Free Conversion Sprockets for First-Time Trencher Conversions

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CEG - Ditch Witch, a Charles Machine Works Company, is helping underground construction professionals bring the proven performance of Ditch Witch digging systems to non-Ditch Witch trencher equipment through a new promotion. The company is offering its conversion sprockets for free to customers that pu...

Toro Introduces Additional Options for Riding Trencher Product Line

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CEG - The Toro Company has a number of new attachments now available for its line of riding trenchers. The three new attachments include a direct drive trencher (available on the RT600), a combo mount system (available on both the RT600 and RT1200), and a sliding offset feature (available on both the R...

Toro Introduces TDOS 1 Drill Operating System

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CEG - The Toro Company’s TDOS 1 is an all-new software operating system for Toro’s DD4050 horizontal directional drill (HDD). The new software will provide a number of added features to HDD operators including streamlined drill controls, intuitive navigation, and single-screen display of al...

NJPA Awards Toro Contract for Construction Equipment

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CEG - The Toro Company has officially been awarded a national contract by The National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) for compact construction and maintenance equipment. The contract was approved on May 19, 2015, and the award is classified under contract number #042815-TTC with NJPA.“We are...

Earthborne Announces Addition of Fixed Operations Director

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CEG - Earthborne, located in Warrington, Pa., recently brought on Steven Endress as its fixed operations director. Earthborne has been servicing local and national truck fleets for nearly 40 years and is also a dealer of JCB construction, New Holland agricultural, Rayco forestry and Toro and Ava...

Border Equipment Welcomes Its Customers to Open House in Augusta

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CEG - Border Equipment hosted an open house event on April 14 at the company’s headquarters in Augusta, Ga. The event was held to introduce the recent addition of Toro Dingo and Toro underground machines, as well as Case Construction Equipment with Leica Geosystems machine control technologies, a...

Tri-State Bobcat Celebrates New Facility With Open House

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CEG - Tri-State Bobcat in Burnsville, Minn., hosted a successful Grand Opening event on April 17 and 18 to celebrate its move to a much larger, completely remodeled and state-of-the-art facility. The company has been located in Burnsville for more than 30 years and has two other locations in Lit...

More Than 700 Exhibitors Participate in 2014 GIE+Expo

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CEG - More than 700 exhibitors displayed their equipment at the 2014 GIE+Expo, which was held at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville on Oct. 23 and 24. The event also featured a Dealer Preview Day on Oct. 22nd. Attendees and dealers had an opportunity to get a first look at plenty of n...

Northeast Cat Dealer Opens Dedicated Learning Center

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CEG - Officials at Milton CAT, the Northeast and upstate New York Caterpillar Dealer, announced the opening of a complete training center at its Milford, Mass., campus. According to the manager of technician training, Josh Gaynor, “The company has made significant investment into a facility that ...

Toro Company to Acquire Boss

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CEG - The Toro Company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Boss professional snow and ice management business of privately-held Northern Star Industries Inc. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals, and currently is expected to close...

Toronto Owner Operator Finds Increased Productivity in the Tightest of Places

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CEG - Trailering in a 59,300 pound excavator to demolish a brick building will definitely draw notice – especially when the buildings on either side of the structure to be razed are literally just a couple feet away.That’s the challenge that family-owned RoadEx Contracting Ltd, a thr...

NFL’s Buffalo Bills Stadium Sites Explored in Toronto

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John Wawrow - AP Sports Writer - A Buffalo Bills prospective ownership group that includes rocker Jon Bon Jovi has conducted a feasibility study into buying the NFL franchise and building a stadium in Toronto, said a person close to the situation.The study identified at least three potential stadium sites, two in Toronto,...

Toro Company Celebrates 100th Anniversary

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CEG - The Toro Company celebrated its 100th anniversary on July 10, 2014, as more than 2,000 employees, retirees, channel and business partners, and other valued guests gathered at the company’s headquarters in Bloomington, Minn. Joining Michael J. Hoffman, Toro’s chairman and chief exe...

Lano Equipment of Shakopee, Minn., Holds Open House

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CEG - Lano Equipment of Shakopee held its open house on April 25. A DOT session was conducted by Commercial Vehicle Inspector Steve Krueger. Approximately 200 people attended and were impressed by the knowledge and usefulness of attending the presentation, according to the company.Lano E...

Joseph Kenneth LaCamera Dies at Age 50

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CEG - Joseph Kenneth LaCamera, age 50, of Waltham, Mass., died on Jan. 6, 2014. The son of John J. LaCamera Jr. and the late Ann M LaCamera, Mr. LaCamera also was the brother of Kari Roads, Christine Burnett, Carolyn Anderson, Michele LaCamera and the late Diane LaCamera and uncle to Justin and Koriana...

Toro Company Expands Headquarters

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CEG - The Toro Company broke ground Sept. 5 on a $25 million expansion in Bloomington, Minn., that the company has called home for more than 50 years. The project begins the process of expanding the company’s product development and test capacities, demonstrating its continued commitment to innov...

SANY America, BIK Hydraulics to Sponsor NHRA Team

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CEG - SANY America has signed a multi-year agreement to sponsor Mark Martino’s Pro Stock team in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. The company is sponsoring the team in conjunction with BIK Hydraulics, a SANY crane dealer based in Toronto. Martino, a second-generation racer, will be drivin...

Toro Expands Availability of Underground Product Line Through New Dealers

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CEG - The Toro Company has announced the addition of five underground equipment dealers to its comprehensive distribution network. The following equipment dealerships will now carry the full line of Toro underground equipment, including directional drills, compact utility loaders, trenchers, vibratory ...

Terex Utilities Names New Vice President

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CEG - Terex Utilities has named Jim Lohan as its new vice president of sales and marketing. In this role, Lohan will have overall responsibility for the sales and marketing teams, along with key supporting functions. “Lohan joins Terex with an impressive record of sales and marketing expe...

Toro Acquires Product Assets of Astec Underground

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CEG - The Toro Company has announced that it has acquired certain utility and underground product assets of Astec Underground, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Astec Industries, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Through the acquisition, Toro has acquired Astec Underground’...

Canadian PM Disappointed over Keystone XL Pipeline Rejection

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Rob Gillies - ASSOCIATED PRESS - TORONTO (AP) Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper said Jan. 18 he told Barack Obama he was profoundly disappointed after the U.S. president called to tell him the administration rejected a plan to build an oil pipeline from Canada to Texas. But the Canadian government expressed optimism ...

Ed Zoranski Rejoins Norris Sales as Outside Sales Rep

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CEG - Ed Zoranski has joined Norris Sales Company as an outside sales representative. Zoranski will be serving the Delaware Valley and brings with him more than 23 years experience in the construction equipment industry. Zoranski had previously worked at Norris Sales from 2000 to 2004. “...

Hawthorne’s Smith Wins Green Blazer Award

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CEG - The Toro Company congratulated its 2008 distributor sales award recipients at the annual Toro awards presentation in February. The event was held in New Orleans.Toro’s awards recognize distributor personnel for customer-focused sales programs in the turf equipment market.Leona...

SSC to Educate Prestigious International Trenchless Technology Professionals

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CEG - Specialized Services Company (SSC) announced that Arvid Veidmark III, the company’s executive vice president, will participate in two international conferences this quarter.Trenchless Middle East 2009, the region’s largest and most prestigious meeting for trenchless tech...

Digging Begins at Wash.’s Buckhorn Mountain Project

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CEG - CHESAW, Wash. (AP) If all goes as planned at the Buckhorn Mountain mine near Chesaw in north central Washington, in a few weeks miners will hit gold ore.The Kinross Gold Corporation of Toronto said the site holds nearly $1 billion dollars of gold.The company spent nearly two decades...

Ritchie Bros. Splits Stocks 3-for-1

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CEG - Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers’s shareholders have approved a three-for-one stock split of its outstanding common shares at the company’s 2008 annual and special meeting held on April 11. The stock split will be effected by an amendment to the company’s articles of amalgamation....

Toro TX Platform for Compact Loaders Reduces Vibrations

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CEG - The Toro Company’s TX Platform, a new ride-on attachment, can be bolted on to Toro Dingo TX 420, TX 425 Wide Track, and TX 525 Wide Track diesel model compact utility loaders. The TX Platform pivots up and down to float with uneven terrain, providing a stable and level platform for t...

Heavyquip Takes Advantage of Growth With New Locations

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CEG - Heavyquip’s presence in North America has experienced a bit of a boom in recent months.The Pearl, MS-based company, which specializes in aftermarket parts and service, opened up its 12th location in Dallas, TX, in November.Then, it acquired the assets of Metaris Company’...

Mine Plans for Power

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CEG - CARSON CITY, NV (AP) Barrick Gold Corp. is getting into the electricity business with an electric power plant in Storey County that will supply its eastern Nevada mines. The gas-fired plant will be built near the Sierra Pacific Power Co. station at Tracy, east of Reno. Company spoke...

Caterpillar Joins Feds to Safeguard Infrastructure, Transportation Systems

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CEG - Caterpillar and two partners will receive funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce to help develop technology designed to improve the durability of large structures and machines that are critical to the nation’s economy. The $9 million program, administered by the National Institute of ...

Toro Signs National Agreement With Volvo as Preferred Supplier for Compact Utility Loaders

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CEG - The Toro Company and Volvo Construction Equipment Rents Inc., have signed a national agreement with Volvo as the preferred supplier for Toro Dingo compact utility loaders. Compact utlity loaders are an alternative to hand labor while working in tight spaces requiring power equipment. Th...

Lafarge Merges With Warren Paving & Materials Group

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CEG - Lafarge Corporation, one of North America’s largest diversified supplier of construction materials, has completed a previously announced merger with The Warren Paving & Materials Group Limited after receiving necessary approvals from the Competition Bureau of Canada. As part of an agreement...