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Industry Beat In the News Cashman Equipment Wins Customer Award Kirby-Smith has been named the authorized dealer for Manitou MT Series construction telescopic handlers throughout Texas and Oklahoma. Kirby-Smith was also named an authorized dealer for Gehl skid loaders and track loaders in those same states. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers announced it will be holding its first unreserved public auction in China during Spring 2013. Left to right: Melanie Miller, Newmont vice president, Global Supply Management; Newmont Regional Director ��� North America, Jon George; Ed Hintz, Cashman equipment account manager for Newmont; Mike Pack, Cashman president and chief operating officer Wacker Neuson has created a new, content-rich site (www.wackerneuson. com) that integrates the company���s entire product line as well as global and localized news. The site offers fresher graphics and an easy-tonavigate product and news structure. Cashman Equipment was presented The broad product line is now categowith Newmont Mining���s award for 2012 rized in four main areas: Concrete Regional Supplier of the Year for North Technology, Compaction, Worksite America. The Nevada Caterpillar dealer Technology and Compact Equipment. was selected from among more than Deere & Company placed second in 2,500 suppliers for their contributions the 2012 prestigious InformationWeek toward lasting partnerships, while 500, a list of the top technology innodemonstrating Newmont���s values in worker safety, environmental protection, vators in the U.S. The IT and collaboand social responsibility. ration behind John Deere���s Service ADVISOR Remote have changed the way contractors view machine diagAED���s Government Affairs office nostics. An exclusive to John Deere, has named Gary Grady, president, Service ADVISOR Remote enables a West Virginia John Deere dealer to connect remotely Tractor, as AED���s to a Deere machine to read diagnostic 2012 Pundit of the trouble codes and record machine Year. Grady correctly performance data. The system predicted the significantly reduces the time and cost outcome in six of the associated with equipment repairs. seven most hotlycontested Senate Gary Grady Sennebogen LLC, recently races. He forecast the Democrats announced that Rish Equipment would retain control of the Senate Company is the manufacturer���s new by a two-seat margin, three shy of authorized dealer for West Virginia. the 55 seats the party captured on According to Rish CEO Myron Jones, election night. Grady also correctly the territory holds ample opportunity predicted the five competitive House for his new line of purpose-built material handlers. Rish became the regional races included in the quiz and anticiKomatsu dealer in 1983 and recently pated President Obama earning a celebrated 30 years of service to the second term. mining and construction industries. The firm now operates 12 service locations throughout the region. e-Emphasys announced that ELRUS Aggregate Systems, one of Canada���s 50 Best Managed Companies and a leader in the design and delivery of portable aggregate products, has selected eXtend ERP as their business management solution. e-Emphasys also announced that Wajax Equipment, Canada���s largest multiline distributor of heavy equipment, reached a milestone on Oct. 1 with the production rollout of the e-Emphasys eXtend ERP solution for their mining division. As part of its business transformation program, the application is helping Wajax generate significant operational benefits. Manitex International, Inc., a provider of engineered lifting solutions and specialized engineered trailers has been named to Forbes Magazine���s ���America���s Best Small Companies��� list for 2012, coming in at No. 44. Wells Fargo & Company recently announced it is expanding its wholesale banking capabilities throughout Canada. Wells Fargo can now provide expanded lending, treasury management, foreign exchange and trade services to customers in Canada. JLG Industries, Inc. announced the extension of a contract with the U.S. Army that increases the value of the existing contract by $10.2 million for the reset of theater-provided equipment deployed in Afghanistan. The Reset program administered by the Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Life Cycle Management Command (TACOM) is designed to reverse the effects of combat stress on equipment, ensuring that machines are ���reset��� to optimal condition. 16 | www.cedmag.com | Construction Equipment Distribution | January 2013 14_industry beat_KP.indd 16 12/21/12 1:14 PM