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DOOSAN INFRACORE NORTH AMERICA ADDS NEW CANADIAN DEALERS
Doosan Infracore North America has partnered with two more Canadian dealers to expand its network in Manitoba and Nova Scotia.
C&C Rentals is located in Brandon, Manitoba, and serves customers in southwestern Manitoba. According to Jordan Trotter, dealer principal, C&C Rentals saw an opportunity in the market and began offering Doosan products in its equipment lineup this year. “We thought it was a natural step and a natural progression to expand into heavy equipment,” Trotter says. “And the obvious brand was Doosan.”
C&C Rentals provides equipment sales and rentals to the agricultural market along with the construction market. According to Trotter, these markets are predominantly focused on using Doosan wheel loaders and crawler excavators.
Doosan has partnered with East Coast International Trucks to add a new authorized location in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
East Coast International Trucks has been serving customers for more than 35 years. According to owner David Lockhart, the company has experienced substantial growth in recent years and decided to include Doosan products in its equipment lineup in 2021.
Located in a construction-heavy geographic area, East
Coast International Trucks provides equipment sales and rentals to the construction market. According to Lockhart, the market is focused on using Doosan mini excavators and crawler excavators.
“We’re honoured to be a Doosan distributor and we look forward to working with the people at Doosan. It’s exciting to be part of the Doosan family,” Lockhart says.
Both East Coast International Trucks and C&C Rentals will offer Doosan crawler excavators, wheel excavators, and mini excavators; wheel loaders; log loaders; and material handlers.
Both dealerships also offer machine rentals, service, and parts support.
CANLIFT EQUIPMENT EXPANDS INTO EARTHMOVING THROUGH XCMG PARTNERSHIP
CanLift Equipment, known as an aerial equipment and material handling company, has expanded its equipment offerings through a partnership with Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group (XCMG) to have the exclusive rights to sales in Ontario for all XCMG earthmoving equipment.
“This partnership opens doors to new relationships within the construction machinery industry,” says Geoff Grant, VP of sales, “CanLift is dedicated to building connections with our clients and ensuring the experience is unmatched by providing the best quality products and services; the XCMG partnership will help us take our customer experience to the next level.”
CanLift is a Canadian company that has been family-owned and operated since 2009. Located in Burlington and London, Ontario, CanLift continues to grow with plans to expand to Northern and Eastern Ontario. Through this partnership, they will have unlimited access to all XCMG earthmoving machinery, giving customers the opportunity to purchase equipment immediately.
The XCMG earthmoving equipment available includes backhoes, compactors, excavators, graders, skid steers, wheel loaders, and dozers. The company says that XCMG equipment has not been affected by supply chain issues that others are facing in North America.
“Being the exclusive dealership for one of the top three construction manufacturing companies in the world makes the CanLift team very proud.” says Johnny Dragicevic, managing partner. “We are thrilled to be able to offer this level of machinery to our customers.”
XCMG was ranked third place in the world for top construction equipment manufacturers by KHL Group’s Yellow Table 2021. This aligns with CanLift’s mission to always provide the best quality equipment to all of their customers, while supporting them with competitive pricing and warranty.
CanLift Equipment joins Japa Equipment as XCMG’s second Canadian dealership.
Topcon Positioning Group has opened a new training centre at its Livermore, California, headquarters. The six-acre John D. Dice Training Centre is the first building Topcon has named after an employee. Dice is the director of Professional Services, and has been part of Topcon since 1984, with roles that have been key to developing the company’s distributor and customer training programs. He has travelled the world providing classroom instruction and hands-on exercises.
“Working with the Topcon team and designing the new training centre has been one of the great highlights of my career,” said Dice. “I want to express my greatest thanks and appreciation to Ray and the leadership team for the recognition given to me. I am so deeply honoured to have my name attached to the Livermore Training Center. I will treasure this honour forever.”
“John has been with the company since the earliest days, and this training centre is a perfect expression of John’s passion for teaching,” said Ray O’Connor, president and CEO, Topcon Positioning Systems. “This new facility is the direct result of decades of John’s curriculum development – carefully designed to meet the training needs of today, and the continually growing and evolving positioning technology industry of tomorrow.”
FOCUS ON MACHINE CONTROL
In 2022, popularity of machine control will continue to accelerate and more options for a wider range of equipment become available. This issue we spoke with Randy Norland from Hemisphere GNSS (page 38) about aftermarket systems, CASE serves up some machine control tips (44), we’ve got the latest from Topcon (20, 42), and caught up with a Canadian contractor who is embracing technology of all kinds (28).
Canadian customers will now be able to order select Bobcat parts, accessories, and attachments directly from BobcatParts.com, the company’s e-commerce platform. Canadian customers can now order Bobcat parts, filters, fluids, tracks, tires, and maintenance kits, as well as bucket and pallet fork attachments through BobcatParts.com.
EXCAVATOR MEDIAN PRICES UP BY 15 PERCENT IN THE U.S., ACCORDING TO RITCHIE BROS. REPORT
With its January Market Trends Report, Ritchie Bros. looks closely at earthmoving and aerial equipment sales last year with in-depth charts outlining volumes, median pricing, and more by asset category. Last year, Ritchie Bros. sold 3,888 excavators in the U.S. and the median price was approximately $57,500, up by 15 percent year over year (for the three months ending December 31, 2022).
This month’s Market Trends Report highlights sales of excavators, dozers, wheel loaders, motor graders, articulated dump trucks, loader backhoes, multi-terrain and skid steer loaders, as well as telehandlers, boom lifts, scissor lifts, and forklifts.
“We attracted a record number of bidders in 2021, resulting in the strongest equipment pricing we have ever seen,” said Doug Olive, senior vice president (Pricing), Ritchie Bros. “Truck tractor pricing over the past three months is up 65 percent year over year in the United States, while medium earthmoving, vocational trucks, and aerial equipment prices are up 45 percent, 44 percent, and 41 percent respectively. It’s a seller’s market and consignors around the world are taking advantage by turning their surplus assets into cash.”
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CENTENNIAL COLLEGE HEAVY EQUIPMENT SERVICE PROGRAM FIRST IN TORONTO TO BE ACCREDITED BY AED
The AED Foundation has accredited the Heavy Equipment Service Technology program at Centennial College. This is the first program in Toronto to be accredited by The AED Foundation. The term of accreditation is five years, starting December 2021, running through December 2026.
“We are pleased that Centennial College has chosen to demonstrate its commitment to academic excellence and continuous improvement through the process of accreditation,” stated The AED Foundation President Brian McGuire. “Your accreditation signifies to equipment industry stakeholders that your school continues to meet rigorous industry-specific national construction equipment technical standards. It further signifies to current and prospective students that your program provides the best in diesel-equipment technical education as defined by the industry it serves.”
“It’s my great honour to congratulate Centennial College for this significant accomplishment,” stated AED Chairman Craig Drury, vice president of operations for Vermeer Canada. “Our AED Foundation’s accredited colleges are the cornerstone of our efforts in Canada and the U.S. as we work to solve the workforce shortage in our industry.”
OMICRON PUSHES CANADIAN CONCRETE EXPO TO MAY 2022
Due to the new wave of COVID-19 infections from the Omicron variant, Canadian Concrete Expo has been pushed back to May 18–19, 2022. The event will still take place at the International Centre in Toronto, Canada.
“The safety risks posed by the Omicron variant combined with potential government restrictions made moving forward with our original February dates too risky,” says show organizer Stuart
Galloway. “We have already reached out to numerous exhibitors when deciding to make the change and they were 100 percent on board with it. We then reached out to all other exhibitors and all but two confirmed they will exhibit on the new dates.”
More than 7,000 people were expected to visit the show, see 300+ exhibitors and participate in 30+ conference sessions, presentations, and demonstrations on the February dates.
Show organizers expect the number of exhibitors to increase as
COVID-19 public safety issues subside.
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