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▼▼GRAND OPENING FOR COMPANY WRENCH
Company Wrench held a grand opening celebration at the company’s
new Lakeland, Fla. location on May 15. Attendees, including
demolition, scrap and construction contractors from the region,
were provided a tour of the facility’s new office, large service department
featuring drive through service and equipment yard.
The grand opening festivities kicked off in the morning with a continental
breakfast, and attendees were later treated to a barbecue lunch.
Raffle drawings for door prizes were held throughout the day.
Company Wrench’s new Lakeland facility is staffed by a crew of six
people, including three service technicians, and maintains an extensive
parts inventory including Fleet Guard, Terex Fuchs, Kobelco, Sentry
tires and ground engaging parts. The branch offers a full line of Kobelco
excavators, Terex Fuchs material handlers, Gehl skid steers, Stanley/
LaBounty attachments, Strickland buckets, Screen Machine crushing
and screening equipment and the line of dust suppression equipment
manufactured by C.W. Machine Worx.
“The grand opening event was held to make local customers aware
of who we are, and that we have a full complement of equipment for
the construction, scrap and demolition industries,” said Hugh Gordon,
national sales director for Company Wrench.
Editor’s note: For more information about new PDCA member
Company Wrench, read their member profile, starting on page 65.
▼▼ECA HITS THE GREENS TO KEEP VETERANS
HEALTHY
Equipment Corporation of America (ECA), a leading distributor of
foundation construction equipment, sponsored and participated in
the Bucks County Veterans Golf Outing in Telford, Pa. on May 18,
2015 to help fund free transportation for veterans to VA Medical
Centers in Philadelphia and Coatesville, Pa.
This unique service has transported 13,000 veterans and traveled
350,000 miles since being started by the County of Bucks 12 years ago
at no cost to taxpayers. This annual golf outing fully subsidizes the cost
of the bus and per diem expenses for two bus drivers, and the Coatesville
Veterans Affairs Medical Center funds fuel, maintenance, repairs and
insurance.
“Many of our aging and disabled veterans have no means of transportation
to attend to their health,” said executive vice president Ben
Dutton. “ECA is proud to give back to those who have sacrificed so much
for our country.”
About Equipment Corporation of America: ECA has been a leading
supplier of foundation construction equipment in the Eastern United
States and Eastern Canada for nearly a century. We are exclusive distributors
for BAUER Drills, Klemm anchor and micropile drills, RTG
piling rigs, Pileco diesel pile hammers, HPSI vibratory pile hammers,
Word International drill attachments, Dawson construction products
and Grizzly side grip vibros. ECA offers sales, rentals, service and parts
from six facilities throughout the Eastern U.S. and Eastern Canadian
provinces.
▼▼SKYLINE STEEL TAKES OSU STUDENTS ON A
MILL TOUR
On May 14, a group of graduate students and professors from Oregon
State University toured the Skyline Steel pipe pile plant in Longview,
Wash. Inside the plant, the students and professors learned about the
production processes of spiralweld and rolled and welded pipe piling
products. After an in-depth discussion of the manufacturing processes,
the guests were exposed to the wide variety of steel products that Skyline
Steel inventories in Longview. This inventory supports Longview operations
and the steel foundation industry as a whole. Philip Bononcini
from Pile Contractors further educated the guests by presenting several
project case studies which demonstrated how the Skyline Steel pipe and
sheet pile products are used every day in a variety of applications. Josh
Angel and Mike Clark from International Construction Equipment,
Inc. gave an introductory presentation on the highly engineered pile driving
equipment used to install steel foundations. t
Photos courtesy of Skyline Steel
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