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Metso Screening Media, Lining, And Conveyor Accessories Distribution Strengthened With Addition Of L.S.W. Wear Parts Ltd.

Metso’s North American aggregates distributor community is excited to welcome L.S.W. Wear Parts Ltd. of Eastern Canada.

Metso’s Jean Hebert and Rob Paxman (left) welcome L.S.W. Wear Parts Ltd.
of Eastern Canada to the Metso aggregates distributor community

L.S.W. is a second-generation, family-owned and operated business incorporated in 1993. The company has grown over the years to be a major supplier of aftermarket parts to the mining, construction, forestry, and energy industries.

To support their growing business and better accommodate future Metso customers, L.S.W. will be opening a new Bend & Band facility in 2020. The distributor has two current locations in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and Truro, Nova Scotia.

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Jan 16, 2020 - 5 years ago
PacLease Continues Growth Mode – Adds New Locations; Achieves Record Level Fleet Size

PacLease continued its vehicle growth trend by increasing its new full-service rental and leasing business by 18 percent in 2019. According to Ken Roemer, PACCAR Leasing’s President, the company also added seven new locations to further the PacLease footprint.

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Jan 14, 2020 - 5 years ago
KINSHOFER Realigns Company To Better Serve North American Contractors

KINSHOFER is unveiling the company’s realignment of all KINSHOFER GROUP companies currently operating in North America at the company’s booth (F2732, Festival Grounds) at ConExpo-Con/Agg. The strategic refocus is based on the primary needs of the customer to ensure KINSHOFER remain as easy as possible to do business with.

Thomas Friedrich, Group President and CEO, explains: “Since 1980, KINSHOFER have been present in the US, seeing constant growth through organic R&D. On top of that, we’ve acquired several businesses that have added companies in the US and additional product that had to be integrated into the range. We’ve realized the time is right to refocus our distribution and realign our overall offer to better serve our customers.”

For forty years, KINSHOFER have been offering the widest range of attachments to the US – the realignment will simply mean better access to the range for North American customers.

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Jan 14, 2020 - 5 years ago
KEESTRACK on CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2020:

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Jan 14, 2020 - 5 years ago
Wajax Announces Acquisition Of Northpoint Technical Services

Wajax Corporation (“Wajax” or the “Corporation”) recently announced that it has acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares (the “Shares”) of Calgary, Alberta-based NorthPoint Technical Services ULC (“NorthPoint”). The Shares were acquired from an affiliate of Denver, Colorado-based Lion Equity Partners for an aggregate purchase price of $18 million.

NorthPoint was formed in 2018 as a national electro-mechanical services provider and serves a broad range of resource and industrial customers. Specializing in the repair of rotating industrial equipment, including motors, generators, gearboxes, switchgear, transformers, pumps, fans and turbines, NorthPoint operates nine branches across Canada and employs approximately 177 people. Northpoint’s branches are located in Grand Prairie and Calgary, Alberta; Regina, Saskatchewan; Winnipeg, Manitoba; Kirkland Lake, Sudbury and Sarnia, Ontario; Moncton, New Brunswick; and St. John’s, Newfoundland.

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Jan 14, 2020 - 5 years ago
Case IH Earns Three 2020 AE50 Awards For Innovation

Awards spotlight AFS Connect Magnum series tractor and new planting and seeding advancements

The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) will present three AE50 awards to Case IH for outstanding agricultural innovations. The annual recognitions further solidify Case IH as an industry leader in Agronomic Design and product engineering. Award-winning innovations for 2019 include:

• AFS Connect Magnum series tractor

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Jan 14, 2020 - 5 years ago