Tue May 20, 2008
Volvo Rents Opens New Rental Center in Rockford, Ill.
Jack Moser, president and CEO of McAllister Equipment Co., has opened a Volvo Rents franchise in Rockford, Ill. The new Volvo Rents center, an independently owned and operated franchise, carries equipment for the construction, commercial and industrial markets, including Volvo compact excavators and wheel loaders and backhoe and skid-steer loaders....
Mon May 19, 2008
Local Contractor Represents Miller-Bradford & Risberg
Rick Greeno, owner of Greeno Excavating in Kenosha, Wis., placed 43rd in the Case Rodeo finals at ConExpo in Las Vegas on March 11. To qualify for the event, Greeno had won Miller-Bradford & Risberg’s local competition in Sussex, Wis....
Mon May 19, 2008
Miller-Bradford & Risberg Offers Blaw-Knox Pavers
Miller-Bradford & Risberg, the Case distributor, now offers Volvo’s line of Blaw-Knox pavers. Volvo acquired the road machinery division of Ingersoll Rand in April 2007, which includes the Blaw-Knox pavers....
Tom Hester Jr. - Fri May 09, 2008
Corzine: Funding Crisis Renders Gas Tax Holiday Unaffordable
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) New Jersey cannot afford a gas tax break to check soaring gas prices, Gov. Jon S. Corzine said. The Democratic governor said failing to collect the state’s 14.5 cent per gallon gas tax would risk projects designed to cut congestion and improve mass transit....
Tue May 06, 2008
Bradford Barringer Named First Ditch Digger of the Year
Bradford Barringer of B.R.S. Inc. in Richfield, N.C., was honored April 20 by the members of the North Carolina Utility Contractors Association as the organization’s first “Ditch Digger of the Year” during the Association’s Spring Conference held in Charleston, S.C....
Thu May 01, 2008
Hanford Landfill Being Expanded, Modernized in Wa.
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) Change is under way at Hanford’s central landfill — the spot where vast amounts of low-level radioactive wastes have been disposed of in the last dozen years. The landfill — officially the Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility — is being expanded and modernized with equipment that wasn’t available when it opened in 1996 on the nuclear reservation in southeast Washington....
Sun April 20, 2008
Miller-Bradford & Risberg to Take on Excavator Rodeo
Miller-Bradford & Risberg, the Case distributor, is hosting the First Annual MBR Case Challenge at its Negaunee facility located on 75 U.S. Highway 41, May 2. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m....
Sun April 06, 2008
Pozzi Joins Miller-Bradford & Risberg
Miller-Bradford & Risberg, the Case distributor, has added Matt Pozzi as territory manager in Rockford, Ill. In his new position, Pozzi is responsible for new and used equipment sales in Winnebago, Boone, Stephenson and Jo Daviess Counties....
Wed March 26, 2008
Stafford Takes on Screen USA Line of Crushers, Screeners
Stafford is now the Screen USA distributor in all of the company’s locations from Virginia to Georgia. With the addition of the Screen USA products to Stafford’s existing lines of crushing and screening equipment, company representatives said Stafford is now a complete screening source for its customers needs, from entry-level small operations to large-scale producers....
Sat March 08, 2008
Miller-Bradford & Risberg Promotes Tom Capps as New Service Manager
Miller-Bradford & Risberg, the Case distributor, has promoted Tom Capps to service manager for the Sussex and Sturtevant branches. In his new position, Capps will be responsible for overseeing the field service operations for both the Sussex and Sturtevant locations....
