Tommy Faxon was in the right place at the right time on the morning of June 9. Faxon, owner of Tommy Faxon Excavation, was displaying symptoms of a heart-related emergency while unloading a tanker at Peckham’s PARCO terminal at Union Street in Athens, N.Y. Scott Pooters, the company’s Liquid Division manager, was nearby as this was happening, along with fellow…
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AED: Keep Construction Projects Moving
The Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) delivered letters to national organizations representing mayors, local elected officials and the nation’s governors urging them to allow construction projects to continue while highlighting the equipment industry’s integral role in building and maintaining our nation’s essential infrastructure.
Read MoreAED President Urges Swift Ratification of North American Trade Deal
On Feb. 26, Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) President and CEO Brian P. McGuire testified before the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on International Trade about the importance of swiftly approving implementing legislation to ratify the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). Appearing via teleconference from AED headquarters in Schaumburg, Ill., McGuire discussed the importance of North American trade certainty. He said, “By modernizing…
Read MoreAED Releases Midterm Election Analysis
With the majority of races in the midterm elections called, the Associated Equipment Distributors released the following statement. The midterm elections are in the rearview and just a few races are still “too close to call.” Nonetheless, it’s clear Republicans will continue to control the Senate (51-46 with two races undecided and a run-off set for Nov. 27 in Mississippi) and…
Read MoreAED Demands Immediate, Bipartisan Action on Infrastructure
Earlier this month, on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol, Associated Equipment Distributors’ 2018 Chairwoman Diane Benck of West Side Tractor Sales Co. demanded congressional action to invest in the United States’ crumbling infrastructure. Benck’s call to action came during a Capitol Hill press conference where she was joined by a bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.)…
Read MoreAED Delivers Message to Congress
Congress can no longer shirk its constitutional responsibility to invest in our country’s crumbling infrastructure, Associated Equipment Distributors’ (AED) President and CEO Brian P. McGuire told a House panel.
Read MoreMaking History
The do-nothing congress has finally done something. And it is actually historic.
Read MoreDepreciation, Expensing Provisions in Tax Package Benefit Producers
A tax extenders package accompanying the $1.15 trillion Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016 Congress passed ahead of the holiday break has two major provisions benefitting aggregates producers and their contractor customers: an extension of the 50 percent bonus depreciation for capital equipment purchased in 2015–2017, phasing to 40 percent and 30 percent in 2018 and 2019; and, permanent extension of…
Read MoreAED: FAST Act Will Generate Major Market Activity
A new analysis by the Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) shows the significant economic impact the recently enacted Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act or “FAST Act” will have on construction equipment distributors and manufacturers.
Read MoreAED Chairman Takes Congress to Task
On June 3, Don Shilling, president of General Equipment and Supplies of Fargo, N.D., and the Associated Equipment Distributors’ (AED) 2015 national chairman, called for bold, decisive action to restore certainty to the federal highway program.
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