K.A. Group - Tue February 07, 2023

K.A. Group to Display Unity, Inclusivity at ConExpo 2023

K.A. Group is comprised of industry leading earthmoving equipment brands: K-Tec, Ashland and Metalcraft. These three brands will be sharing the company's booth display at ConExpo-Con/AGG 2023. K-Tec scraper product offerings include scrapers ranging from 28 to 63 cu.yds for various heavy construction and mining operations....

Bane Welker - Wed December 21, 2022

Bane-Welker Expands Ashland Construction Brand Into Ohio

Bane-Welker announced the addition of the Ashland construction brand in Plain City, Ohio. The company has a super center in Pendleton, Ind. "We're excited to expand the Ashland brand in our Ohio markets offering it to our construction and ag customers," stated Jason Bane, president of Bane-Welker Equipment....

KA Group - Tue May 17, 2022

K-Tec, Ashland Acquire Metalcraft Scrapers

K-Tec Earthmovers and Ashland Industries, market leaders in pull-pan scraper earthmoving products, announced the acquisition of Metalcraft of GA Inc. This acquisition provides a facility presence in southeastern United States along with expanded product offerings from the Metalcraft brand....

K-Tec - Tue February 08, 2022

K-Tec, Ashland Earthmoving Equipment Manufacturers Acquired by Kinperium Industries

Kinperium Industries has acquired K.A. Group, consisting of K-Tec Earthmovers and Ashland Industries. Kinperium partnered with the owners and management of K-Tec and Ashland to acquire a majority stake of the company....

Bane-Welker - Tue March 17, 2020

Bane-Welker Now Offers Ashland 1410e Ejector Scraper

Bane-Welker Equipment has been an official Ashland Industries dealer at all 13 Indiana and Ohio locations since 2017. They recently added a new product which is first in its class. The 1410E Ejector Ashland scraper is the fastest scraper in its class....

K-Tec - Wed March 11, 2020

K-Tec Earthmovers & Ashland Industries Announce Merger at ConExpo

K-Tec Earthmovers Inc. announced its merger with Ashland Industries. The merger of these two highly regarded earthmoving equipment manufacturing companies creates one of the largest companies in the industry....

- Thu March 22, 2018

Yoder & Frey Gets 2018 Sales Off to Flying Start

Yoder & Frey got 2018 off to a flying start by achieving record successes at its first two sales of the year. This year's Kissimmee Florida Winter Consignment Auction saw more than 6,000 lots of new, used and surplus equipment, including approximately 1,000 engines, consigned and sold at this five day auction event, resulting in an increase of almost 30 percent in the final hammer from the 2017 sale. This was then followed on March 15 with another record one-day sale in Ashland, Ohio — up almost 40 percent on the hammer total achieved a year ago....

- Wed July 12, 2017

Yoder & Frey Auctioneers Hosts Second Sale of the Year

Yoder & Frey Auctioneers, part of Euro Auctions Group, conducted its second sale for the year at its Ashland, Ohio, auction site on June 21. The site has proven popular with area equipment buyers and the auction drew a good sized crowd of onsite bidders while also attracting significant online bidding activity....

- Thu April 26, 2012

GeoShack Holds Annual Technology Roadshow in Ashland

GeoShack held its annual Technology Roadshow at the Ashland County Fairgrounds in Ashland, Ohio on April 19. The day-long event featured a classroom presentation that covered the latest technologies designed for leveling, alignment, measurement and machine control....

- Sun September 10, 2006

Ashland Earthmovers Unleash Compact, Powerful 25SS Scraper

Ashland Earthmovers announced the April 2007 release of the 25SS track loader scraper. The scraper is designed for small sites and will move three to four times the payload of ordinary buckets while taking on most of the extra weight, according to the manufacturer....

Bruce Schreiner - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon August 28, 2006

Ashland Inc. Sells Off Highway Construction Division for $1.3B

LOUISVILLE, KY (AP) Ashland Inc. said Aug. 21 it has agreed to sell its highway construction division to Oldcastle Materials Inc. for $1.3 billion, allowing Ashland to focus on its core chemical operations....