Tue February 18, 2014
Thompson Machinery Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony
Thompson Machinery, a Caterpillar dealer, has begun construction on a new facility to serve the Tupelo, Miss., area. The start of construction was commemorated at a groundbreaking ceremony held on Jan....
Mon November 26, 2012
Thompson Machinery, Weiler Announce Sales Agreement
Thompson Machinery and Weiler Inc. have signed an exclusive sales agreement. The agreement grants Thompson Machinery the exclusive rights to market select Weiler brand asphalt products in middle Tennessee, west Tennessee and north Mississippi....
Wed May 02, 2012
Thompson Delivers First Cat Vocational Trucks to Booneville Logging Company
Thompson Truck Centers LLC recently delivered the first two Caterpillar CT660 Class 8 vocational trucks within its territory to Pro Logging Inc., of Booneville, Miss. Thompson Machinery Commerce Corporation president DeWitt Thompson V, presented the keys to Russell Stites, president of Pro Logging, at Thompson’s Tupelo, Miss....
Wed November 21, 2007
Thompson’s Mobile Simulator Offers New Way to Test Cat 140M Motorgrader
There are times when taking a machine out to a site demonstration just isn’t feasible. That’s where Dan Spence steps in. The Thompson Machinery demonstration operator runs a 140M motorgrader simulator, which recently made an appearance at the grand opening of the CAT Rental Store in Nashville, Tenn....
Maybelle G. Cagle - Wed April 25, 2007
Toyota Plant Site Cleared Weeks Ahead of Schedule
The first of many construction projects involving the $1.3 billion Toyota automotive plant near Tupelo has been completed weeks early. Hill Brothers Construction Co. of Faulkner, Miss., recently finished the first contract, clearing the core site in Blue Springs....
Wed October 13, 2004
Thompson Machinery Keeps the Party Rolling Into Memphis
Continuing their 60th anniversary celebration, Thompson Machinery’s staff held a huge open house event on Thursday, Sept. 23, at the company’s branch store in Memphis, TN. More than 500 guests and friends joined in on the festivities and got to “chow down” on catfish, hush puppies and freedom fries....
Thu August 19, 2004
Yearlong Bash: Thompson Celebrates 60th Birthday in Greenwood
On July 22, Thompson Machinery hosted a customer appreciation day and open house in Greenwood, MS. The event is part of the company’s yearlong 60th anniversary celebration. More than 200 principals of numerous Delta-area businesses, agri-businesses and government agencies were in attendance as well as key Thompson staff members, including West region manager Kenny Dill, Memphis, TN, and CEO DeWitt Thompson IV and company President DeWitt Thompson V, both of the Nashville, TN, area....
Kerry Lynn Kirby - Thu August 19, 2004
Wright Brothers Clears Strip for Henderson, TN, Airport
A simple matter of dollars and common sense drove the decision to build a new $15-million regional airport in Henderson County, TN, to take the place of a smaller local airport in Henderson and another in adjacent Decatur County, TN....
Wed May 26, 2004
Thompson Machinery Celebrates 60 Successful Years in Business With Nashville Anniversary Bash
Thompson Machinery celebrated its 60th anniversary with a huge open house gala on Thursday, May 6, at the company’s headquarters in the Nashville suburb of LaVergne, TN. More than 1,000 guests turned out to join in the festivities and “chow down” on a large spread of food....
Fran Foran - Thu September 26, 2002
McGee Rocks Out With Thompson Machinery Crushers
McGee Construction, a residential, commercial, excavating, paving, and building contractor located in West Gardiner, ME, was started in 1976 by Steven McGee before he finished high school. His enterprise began as a trucking business, hauling lime, fertilizer and some construction equipment....
