Nationwide housing starts rose 5.2 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.178 million units in February, according to newly released data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Commerce Department. Single-family production increased 7.2 percent to 822,000 units – its highest level since November 2007 – while multifamily starts remained virtually unchanged, inching up…
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Kobelco USA Dealers Receive Firsthand Training
Kobelco Construction Machinery USA recently provided its dealer sales teams with firsthand product training during its 2016 Sales Seminar. More than 100 sales professionals from Kobelco’s North America dealer network gathered at the four-day conference held at CLM Equipment in Houston. Participants were given the opportunity to operate and compare key features and benefits of Kobelco excavators. Five demonstration areas were…
Read MoreManitou Americas Dealers Take Part in ‘Next Big Thing’
Manitou Americas kicked off their “Next Big Thing” Dealer Event earlier this month at its headquarters in West Bend, Wis., with attendance of more than a 190 dealers from the United States and Canada. Event highlights included an award ceremony and dinner honoring the 2015 top-performing Gehl, Manitou and Mustang equipment dealers in North America, tours of the West Bend facility,…
Read MoreCSTK JCB Opens New Kansas City Location
JCB equipment dealer CSTK JCB has opened a new, dedicated JCB sales, service and rental facility at 401 Shawnee Avenue in Kansas City, Kan. The new JCB facility is directly across the street from CSTK’s existing Thermo King dealership. “When we originally became a JCB dealer in 2013, we merged the JCB product into our existing facility with plans to construct a…
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