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Associated Equipment Distributors Hold Annual Show
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he annual Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) Summit and CONDEX show was held Jan. 14 to 17 in Las Vegas. Keynote speakers John Hofmeister, founder and CEO of Citizens for Affordable Energy; Fox News Channel’s Stuart
Barry Stoughton (R), president, BLS Enterprises, shows his track pads to Bill Lyon (L) and Rick Albert, president, Rick Albert Machinery, Pleasanton, Calif.
Varney; and Eli Lustgarten, senior vice president of Longbow Securities and president of ESL Consultants addressed attendees and dealer and manufacturer representatives manned the booths on all days of the event. see AED page 50
(L-R): Bruce Bunting, Knapheide Manufacturing, Quincy, Ill., discusses service trucks with Rick Smith, Tractor & Equipment Co.; and Haily Meyer, Knapheide Manufacturing.
Tom Collins (C), Anderson Equipment Co., stops by to see the latest from Strickland Manufacturing. Representing Strickland are Mick Crimmins (L), and Sean O’Reilly.
(L-R): Bobby Hudson and Robbie Hegwood, both of HydrauliCircuit Technology Inc., answer questions from David Mehrtens, RoadBuilders Machinery and Supply Co. Inc.
(L-R): The father and son team of Bryan and Phil McCoy, RoadBuilders Machinery and Supply Co. Inc., visit the IronPlanet booth and speak with Carson Erickson, sales manager, IronPlanet.
Woods Equipment Co., headquartered in Oregon, Ill., had its new Woods variable coupler on display, which drew a lot of traffic to the booth. (L-R) are Don Kemp, MinnPar, Mounds View, Minn.; Jerry Johnson and Doreen Putnam, Woods Equipment Co.; and Bill Grundy, Avant Tecno USA, Elk Grove Village, Ill.
John Gaughan (L) and Eric Briese, both of TVH Parts Co., Olathe, Kan. TVH, well known in the forklift industry, is now entering the construction industry.
Displaying the Magnum MS-4 HFB are David Hughes (L), Magnum Attachments, Etobicoke, Ontario; and Tom Bottrell, company president.