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December 18 2022 Vol. XXIII • No. 26
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Venerable Iron Dealer Signficantly Expands For 63 years, Power Motive Corporation (PMC) has diligently been supporting a large and diversified customer base as the oldest Komatsu dealer west of the Mississippi with continuous ownership. While the equipment dealer has served the needs of contractors in the confined boundaries of Colorado and southern Wyoming, that is all about to change. This past June, the company acquired substantially all the assets of what was formerly Komatsu Southwest (or more recently known as Komatsu West). The deal makes PMC the exclusive distributor of Komatsu in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Southeast Wyoming and Far West Texas. The transaction immediately provided Power Motive five new branches located in Farmington, Carlsbad and Albuquerque in New Mexico, along with El Paso, Texas, and Chandler, Ariz. And this is only the beginning, according to PMC President Mac Blount. “We’re hard at work,” he said of the opportunity the company faces going forward. “We are actively adding more branches in key markets. We are ramping up our product support capabilities and we have restructured and added additional management to fit the needs of a larger company. We are also in discussion with several manufacturers about representing their products in the additional territory. There is much to do, but we are making excellent progress.” see POWER page 16
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Paving Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25-37 Mini & Compact Equipment Section . . . . . . . . .47-59 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62-65 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
PMC acquired substantially all the assets of what was formerly Komatsu Southwest, making it the exclusive distributor of Komatsu in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Southeast Wyoming and Far West Texas.
Infrastructure Law Turns Year Old Is the Massive, Bipartisan Legislation Working as Intended? By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
Mid-November marked the end of year one of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), and ARTBA reviewed U.S. Treasury Department data on new project starts spawned by the bill. The road and bridge construction association reports that 29,000 new projects were supported by $53.5 billion in highway and bridge formula funds leveraged at the state level. “A key takeaway from the Treasury data is that the bipartisan infrastructure law is working in year-one as intended,” said Dr. Alison Premo Black, ARTBA chief see LAW page 46
The White House claims the infrastructure bill is the largest and most significant investment in rebuilding roads and bridges since President Eisenhower’s Interstate Highway System.