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AED Survey: Dealers Forecast Service, Sales Growth
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CEG - As the construction equipment industry recovers and equipment sales climb, dealers are also forecasting service sales growth. With both, comes the search for new technicians and the inevitable shortage. In March, AED surveyed member dealers to gauge the coming need for technicians. ...
AED: Sales Compensation Dips 3.7 Percent Below 1999 Levels
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CEG - After climbing 4.8 percent from 1999 to 2000, average compensation for all equipment distribution sales reps fell 1.6 percent in 2001. Compensation fell another 6.6 percent from 2001 to 2002, and at $72,827 in 2002, compensation was 3.7 percent less than 1999 compensation, according to the Associ...
AED Foundation Training Program Serves as Model
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CEG - The model program started by The AED Foundation at Gage Park High School in Chicago continues to thrive and demonstrate to other school systems the value of technical education at the high school level.
Concerned about the shortage of skilled workers facing the construction equipme...
2004 AED Annual Meeting & CONDEX to be Held January 8-10
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CEG - The 85th Annual Meeting & CONDEX will be held in Orlando, FL, January 8-10, 2004. At the recent 84th Annual Meeting & Condex held in San Diego January 9-11, the number of dealers attending the convention increased 23 percent from the previous year as construction equipment distributors and manufa...
Tramac Announces Its Top Dealers of 2002 at AED ’03
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CEG - Tramac has announced its top dealers of 2002 at an awards ceremony held at the San Diego Zoo, San Diego, CA.Denis Bataille, chairman and CEO and Phil von Hemert, president and chief operating officer of Tramac presented the 2002 Tramac Awards of Excellence to:• ...
AED Convention Attendance Up 23 Percent
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CEG - While the economy seems to be teetering between recovery and slowdown, the Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) experienced a dramatic increase inattendance at the 84th Annual Meeting & Condex held in San Diego January 9-11.
The number of dealers attending the convention increased 23 ...
AED Foundation Investors Get Recognized at Annual Meeting
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CEG - AED members are stepping up and showing their support of AED Foundation programs. The AED Foundation 2003 annual giving campaign started in September and is already making progress with the generosity of many industry leaders. 2003 investors receive recognition at AED's Annual Meeting and CONDEX ...
Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta to address AED
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CEG - Attendees at AED’s annual convention can ask a major force in federal transportation policy about the Bush administration’s plans for the nation’s road-building and aviation industries.
On Jan. 11, at the banquet that closes AED’s convention, U.S. Transportation S...
Rental Expert John Caskey Added to Sept. 12-13 AED Executive Forum
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CEG - John Caskey, one of the industry’s leading authorities on national and international construction equipment rentals, has been added to the lineup of speakers for AED’s 2002 Executive Forum, Sept. 12-13, at the Westin O’Hare in Rosemont, IL.
In a presentation titled "Compe...
Expert to Analyze Distributor Capital Requirements at AED’s Executive Forum
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CEG - John McGinty, managing director of Credit Suisse First Boston Corp., has been confirmed as a speaker at AED’s 2002 Executive Forum, Sept. 12-13 at the Westin O’Hare in Rosemont, IL.
McGinty will discuss one of the most pressing issues facing the construction equipment i...