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Industry Beat Holt Cat Contributes More Than $54,000 to Texas for Technical Training Programs HOLT CAT and the Caterpillar Dealer Excellence Fund demonstrated continued support for career development and training of specialized technicians by contributing $54,800 to technical programs at nine schools across Texas. Recipients included Cedar Valley College (Lancaster), Dubiski Career High School (Grand Prairie), Kilgore College, Laredo Community College, MacArthur High School (San Antonio), Skyline High School (Dallas), South Texas College Diesel Program (McAllen), St. Philip's College (San Antonio) and Texas State Technical College (Waco). The Caterpillar Dealer Excellence Fund provided a matching donation of $27,400 in conjunction with HOLT CAT to the nine recipient schools. Ron Craft (left), HOLT Cat vice president of Machine Parts and Service, presented a grant check to Laredo Community College's Dean Luciano Ramon (center) during a grand opening of the Holt CAT's new LEED gold certified facility in Laredo. HOLT CAT and the Caterpillar Dealer Excellence Fund presented the check, which will be used for professional and technical skills training programs. HOLT CAT is the Caterpillar Equipment and Engine dealer for South, Central, North and North East Texas. The new 24,000-square-foot facility is located in the Las Lomas Industrial Park on State Highway 359 in Laredo. Miller-Bradford & Risberg Hosts Open House at New Negaunee, Mich., Facility Miller-Bradford & Risberg recently hosted an open house to celebrate their new 11,000 squarefoot facility at 165 US 41 East in Negaunee Township, Mich., one mile east of the former location. More than 275 people attended the event, which included raffle prizes and lunch. The company will offer a full range of services including shop and on-site maintenance, on-time parts delivery, rental equipment, and a wide variety of new and used equipment. Taking part in the ribbon cutting were (left to right) Scott Erbisch, Marquette County ambassador; Christine Pesola, Marquette County ambassador; Tom Edmark, Marquette County ambassador; Mike Soley, president & CEO, Miller-Bradford & Risberg; Matt Anderson, branch manager of Miller-Bradford & Risberg Negaunee facility; Dan Soley, executive vice president, Miller-Bradford & Risberg; Debbie Pellow, Marquette County commissioner; Sam Elder, Marquette County ambassador; and Betsy Babcock, LSCP director of Marketing & Communications. In the News Bell Equipment, SA, has appointed Bell Trucks America, Inc. (BTA), as its distributor in the U.S. Located in Houston, Texas, BTA will distribute articulated truck models B35D, B40D, B45D and the largest production ADT, the Bell B50D. The new Bell B25E and the B30E will be available in January 2014 to complete the line-up of articulated trucks. The company announced four new dealers in their first month: Four Seasons Equipment, Inc. located in Houston, Texas, with offices in Dallas, Sulphur, La., and Williston, N.D.; Hills Machinery in South Carolina and North Carolina; Heavy Equipment Rentals & Sales, LLC, located in Corona, Calif., and Highway Equipment Company in Western Pennsylvania. Wayne Michels (left), general manager, Bell Trucks America, and Kevin O'Donnell, vice president of Sales, are looking for new dealers in the U.S. The Board of Directors of Trico Lift has appointed Chris Carmolingo as the company's new chief executive officer and president. Carmolingo replaces company co-founder and former president Ken Pustizzi, who announced his retirement earlier this year. Carmolingo is Chris Carmolingo an 18-year veteran of the company. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers announced its commercial launch of EquipmentOne (www.EquipmentOne.com), an online marketplace for the private sale of equipment and 16 | www.cedmag.com | Construction Equipment Distribution | June 2013 14_industry beat_KP.indd 16 5/31/13 12:18 PM