Sat September 10, 2005
Wolverine Tractor Makes a Move in Richmond, Michigan
The Wolverine Tractor & Equipment Company’s Richmond branch moved from its current facility at 3500 County Line Road in Richmond, MI, to 9700 Marine City Highway in Casco Township. According to Richmond Branch Manager Chris Kirk, the new location is more than double the size and 70 years younger than its previous Richmond store....
Sat August 27, 2005
Link-Belt Names Colwell as Lower Michigan Dealer
LBX Company, makers of Link-Belt earthmoving, forestry and material handling equipment, announced the appointment of Colwell Equipment Co. Inc. as the authorized dealer of Link-Belt excavators, forestry equipment, scrap and material handling equipment in lower Michigan....
Sat July 30, 2005
Eagle Crusher Adds AggTech as Its New Michigan Distributor
Eagle Crusher Company Inc. announced the appointment of AggTech Inc. in Jenison, MI, as its exclusive dealer in the state of Michigan. Established in 1997 by Mark and Marilyn Fellows, AggTech specializes in processing equipment for the recycling, sand and gravel, crushed stone and soil industries....
Sat April 23, 2005
Toyota to Set Up Shop in Michigan
ANN ARBOR, MI (AP) Toyota Motor Corp. said it has signed a deal to buy 690 acres from the state for a research and development center that is expected to add 400 new jobs. Toyota Technical Center USA Inc., Toyota’s North American research and development arm, said the automaker wants to expand its engineering and research capabilities....
Sat February 26, 2005
Michigan Universities Moving Forward With Stadium Rehabs
ANN ARBOR, MI (AP) University of Michigan is moving down a path taken by Michigan State and other Big Ten schools –– spending millions of dollars for a luxury upgrade of its football stadium....
Sat October 23, 2004
JLG Triple-L Gets Contractors’ Attention in Michigan
“They followed me back to the store and bought one on the spot,” said Bob Fromm, Lift Division manager of National Ladder & Scaffold Company in Madison Heights, MI, when talking about his first sale of a Triple-L drop-deck trailer....
Sat August 14, 2004
Automotive Supplier Opens New $300M HQ in Michigan
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, MI (AP) Visteon Corp.’s new $300 million headquarters was designed to be more like a friendly village square than some chilly, remote glass tower. The corporate center dubbed Visteon Village is modeled after a small town with human-scale buildings featuring pitched roofs with chimneys and a mixture of stone, brick and glass exteriors....
Sat July 03, 2004
Michigan CAT Promotes Gambee to Vice President of Inventory
Michigan CAT announced the appointment of Erv Gambee to vice president of inventory, rental and used equipment. Gambee began his Michigan CAT career in the management trainee program after a brief time with another equipment dealer, and gained experience in parts, service and rental....
Tue February 17, 2004
Michigan Schedules $478 Million in Road Projects for Southeast
DETROIT (AP) The state Department of Transportation has scheduled $478 million in road projects for southeast Michigan. That includes $200 million in repairs within the city of Detroit, fueled in part by the need to spruce up the city for the 2006 Super Bowl and baseball’s All-Star Game next year....
Sat January 17, 2004
Michigan DOT Buys Leica Total Stations
The Design Survey Division of the Michigan Department of Transportation has placed orders with Leica Geosystems to purchase a quantity of robotic surveying total stations.
The order includes six TCRA1103 extended range PowerSearch total stations with Allegro wireless data collectors, and three TCR1103 extended range instruments....
