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Hills Machinery Welcomes Customers to Celebrate Grand
Photo courtesy of Hills Machinery
Cutting the ceremonial ribbon (L-R) are Gary Nations, operations manager; Adam Hills, executive vice president; Gary Gantzert, regional sales director at Case Construction Equipment; Jim Hills, president; and Kyle Fuglesten, chief operating officer.
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ills Machinery hosted a grand opening celebration at its Asheville, N.C., facility, located on Old Haywood Road in Mills River, on May 5, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Guests were treated to equipment demos, live music, free food and drinks, games, giveaways and door prizes. The new expansion bodes well for the company’s investments in the region, according to Jim Hills, company president. “I think that it is part of a maturing of our organization and realizing that in order to grow we need to be a full-line and fullvalue supplier to our customers,” said Zach Lincolnhol of Mauldin Paving Hills. “While we are expanding geographProducts stands with the popular Mauldin ically, we have also expanded the product 1560 paver. It has a Freedom 14 screed lines and the services we offer. with automatic match height. “We saw that that part of western North
Quite a few guests tested out the Case CX57C on the skills course.
(L-R) are Stacie Lassiter, Lassiter Grading, Flat Rock, N.C.; Charlie Kilby, Wilco Construction, Spartanburg, S.C.; Terry Dolan, Case; and Barry Sullivan and Jim Hills, both of Hills Machinery.
Carolina was under-served, and a need existed for another supplier in the area,” Hills said. “So, we are excited to jump into that end of the market and be of service to those customers.” The new facility, which was built on 13 acres, includes eight bays with plenty of parts and product support space and a pair of overhead cranes, each with about a 30ft. overhead height. “With [the cranes], we should be able to service any of the products that we represent, which is a full range from construction equipment to heavy highway paving equipment to recycling equipment,” Hills said. CEG (All photographs in this article are Copyright 2022 Construction Equipment Guide. All Rights Reserved.)
Hills Machinery is located on Haywood Road in Mills River.
Zach Cooper (L) of Cooper Construction in Flat Rock, N.C., and Jim Hills are shown with the Case TV450B with a Seppi cutter head. Cooper Construction built the new Hills Machinery facility.
Jimmy Hicklin (L) of Hills Machinery talks about the Case TV540B CTL with Chris Mauney of CTM Construction in Burnsville, N.C.
