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March 9 2011
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Vol. XXIV • No. 5
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Caterpillar to Sell Carter Machinery Co. Caterpillar Inc. has reached an agreement to sell Carter Machinery Company Inc. Carter Machinery is a Caterpillar dealership headquartered in Salem, Va., and has operations and stores covering Virginia and nine counties in southeast West
Service Focus Key to Hil ls Machinery Success…14
Virginia. The current senior management of Carter Machinery, which led the buy-out of Carter Machinery from Caterpillar, will remain in place. Jim Parker, a retired Caterpillar vice president, will become CEO of Carter
Machinery and will be the principal owner going forward. Caterpillar has owned Carter Machinery since 1988. It is the only Caterpillar dealership in the United States that is not independently owned.
“Over the last 20 years, Carter Machinery has consistently been an excellent performing dealership, but as we updated our corporate strategy in 2010, it was clear that continued Caterpillar ownership tttt see CARTER page 15
Long-Awaited Sports Park Reaches Finish By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT
New AED Chairman Seizes Opportunity to Lead…16
Ritchie Bros. Holds $172M Aucti on in Fla. …52
Table of Contents ............4 Attachment Section 22-27 Truck & Trailer Section .... ..................................30-32 Crushing, Screening & Recycling Section ....37-45 Parts Section ................46 Business Calendar ........64 Auction Section ......57-67 Advertisers Index ..........66
Construction is nearing completion on a 23-acre sports complex in a Birmingham, Ala., suburb which will host state and regional tournaments throughout the Southeast. The Vestavia Hills Liberty Park project, which includes four full-size soccer, lacrosse and football fields, plus an additional warm-up area, will feature almost a dozen acres of green synthetic turf. “The city of Vestavia Hills has needed fields for some time, and the council was able to secure funding for them in the last two years,” explained Vestavia Hills Parks and Recreation Director Brian Davis. “They’ve been on the drawing board for about seven years. The overall growth of our city has necessitated the need for these additional fields.” The park is located approximately 3.5 see PARK page 48
Installation of the sanitary sewer for the concession stand.
Machinery Exports Gain in 2010; Top $16.4B The market for exports of U.S.-made construction machinery closed out 2010 with a gain of more than 28 percent compared to the previous year, for a total of $16.4 billion dollars’ worth of equipment sold worldwide, according to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). The AEM North American-based internation-
al trade group consolidates U.S. Commerce Department data with other sources into a quarterly export trends report. “Global trade is extremely important to our industry and export sales continue to sustain many companies as we still face a fragile domestic upturn,” said AEM Senior Vice President Al Cervero. “While these numbers are
positive we have to remember they follow a 2009 decline of more than 38 percent.” “It’s important to pass the pending free-trade agreements with Colombia, Korea and Panama to help manufacturers create more U.S. jobs by selling their products to international buyers,” he added. see EXPORTS page 12