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Industry Beat July 2014 | Construction Equipment Distribution | www.cedmag.com | 15 IronPlanet recently launched allEquip. com, an online, "buy now" market- place of used construction equipment for sale at competitive prices. TECSYS Inc., announced that HOLT CAT, the largest Caterpillar Dealer in the U.S., has selected TECSYS' ware- house (WMS) and delivery manage- ment solutions to optimize its service parts operations and provide improved service to customers across the state of Texas. The U.S. aerial work platform rental market rebounded in 2013 with strong growth of 9 percent to reach approxi- mately $7.2 billion, according to the IPAF U.S. Powered Access Rental Market Report 2014. The U.S. AWP rental fleet expanded by 6 percent last year. The report can be purchased at www.ipaf.org. JCB has added Rocky Mountain JCB in Missoula, Mont, to its North American dealer network. Formerly known as Rocky Mountain Rental Specialists, LLC, the newly branded dealership will represent the full line of JCB construction equipment, including new, pre-owned and rental models. Rocky Mountain JCB will also provide JCB parts and service to customers throughout Western Montana. IN THE NEWS Curry Supply Company was recently honored with the 2014 Governor's ImPAct Award for consistent job growth. With more than 700 people on hand at a ceremony held in Hershey, Pa., Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett recognized Curry Supply for consistently creating and retaining jobs over the past two years. Mark Ritchey, Curry Supply principal partner (Center), accepted the award. The Governor's ImPAct Awards recognized 50 compa- nies from throughout the state in five categories: Jobs First, Community Impact, Small Business Impact, Entre- preneurial Impact and Export Impact. The awardees were chosen by an independent judging panel selected by the state's partners, Team Pennsylvania Foundation (Team PA) and Journal Multimedia. "We are extremely proud to receive this award," said Jason Ritchey, Curry Supply president. "Our dedicated and hard-working employees are a key ingredient to our growth over the past 80 years. We have hired, and retained, 193 employees in the past two years alone. To be recognized in this way is a huge honor." Curry Supply Wins 2014 Governor's ImPAct Award Faris Machinery's Colorado Springs branch celebrated the Grand Opening of its expanded facility on May 29, 2014. More than 100 people toured the branch, met manufacturers, checked out the equipment and enjoyed a pancake breakfast. The new expansion increased the square footage of the interior space by 200 percent and included the addition of two-story office and parts storage, a larger machine shop and repair bays. Pictured left to right: Ron Bachmann and Giles Poulson of Faris Machinery, along with Mike Quirk Wagner Equipment (AED's 2013 Chairman), and Steve Kearney (Colorado Springs Business Alliance). Faris Machinery Grand Opening Mark Ritchey, Curry Supply principal partner (center) accepts the 2014 Governor's ImPAct Award from (left to right) David J. Karafa, president, PA Operations, FirstEnergy; Governor Tom Corbett; John D. Moran, Jr., president & CEO, Moran Industries Inc. and Co-Chair, Team Pennsylvania Foundation; and Jeffrey J. Vrabel, Partner and Manufacturing, Distribution and Technol- ogy Industry Practice Leader, ParenteBeard LLC. (continued on next page)