KOBELCO Construction Machinery USA Inc. announced that Sound Heavy Machinery (SHM) has been appointed a full-line distributor of KOBELCO excavators across 37 counties in North and South Carolina.

Through this expanded partnership, SHM now offers KOBELCO's complete lineup of excavators, including SR Series, conventional, specialty and models, building upon its existing KOBELCO mini-excavator designated market area. Customers will now have access to a broader range of KOBELCO machines, from the SK17SR mini-excavator to the SK520LC-11, supporting a wide variety of applications across the construction, forestry, aggregates, agriculture and auto dismantling industries.

Sound Heavy Machinery is a full-service construction, agricultural and material handling equipment dealership serving customers throughout the Carolinas. Since 2010, SHM has provided equipment sales, rentals, parts and service for cranes, excavators, loaders, aggregate equipment, material handling equipment, and other heavy construction and agricultural machinery. Already an authorized dealer for KOBELCO mini-excavators, SHM now expands its KOBELCO offering to include the full line of KOBELCO excavators, as well as other leading equipment brands, including AUSA, ASV, Lamtrac, Anaconda, Faresin and Terex RT.

KOBELCO partners with equipment dealers that possess strong local market expertise and a proven commitment to customer service. SHM exemplifies these qualities, and KOBELCO is confident that both current and future customers will benefit from the value and support this partnership provides.

KOBELCO Construction Machinery USA offers a lineup of crawler cranes and crawler excavators, including zero-tail-swing, compact, conventional and long-reach models. Together, KOBELCO and Sound Heavy Machinery will deliver high-performance equipment, innovative features and exceptional customer support to customers throughout the region.

For more information, visit kobelco-usa.com and soundhm.com.