CEG - Wed April 26, 2023
Farm-Rite Unveils New Facility Plans at Willmar Open House
On April 7, Farm-Rite Equipment held the first of its four open house events this spring. Employees of the company's Willmar, Minn., location welcomed guests to the facility at 1515 Litchfield Ave....
Giles Lambertson – CEG Correspondent - Tue April 25, 2023
Molly Swanston Takes Reigns of Swanston Equipment Co.
Swanston Equipment Company keeps changing — at the same time remaining family-owned and customer-centered. Evolution and stability. These have characterized the North Dakota construction equipment dealership for 93 years....
RTL Equipment - Mon April 24, 2023
RTL Equipment Acquires THECO, Expanding Service, Inventory in Iowa, Minnesota
RTL Equipment Inc. has acquired heavy equipment dealership THECO Inc. , with locations in Big Lake and Brainerd, Minn. The purchase creates one of the most diversified construction equipment dealerships in Iowa and Minnesota, with increased sales territories, equipment inventory, service technicians and service locations that will provide support to customers across the Midwest....
Office of Gov. Tim Walz - Wed March 01, 2023
Minnesota Provides More Than $315M to Improve Roads
Gov. Tim Walz signed into law legislation to unlock $315.5 million in federally appropriated funds from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to improve Minnesota's roads on Feb. 7. The funding provided in Chapter 6 HF 26 will be used for state road construction and improvement on Minnesota's trunk highway system....
CEG/RMS - Tue February 28, 2023
RMS Opens Aggregate, Mining Parts, Fabrication Facility
Road Machinery & Supplies Co. (RMS) announced the opening of its new aggregate and mining parts and custom fabrication facility in Savage, Minn. This new division allows RMS to quickly supply customers with in-stock crushing, screening, aggregate and recycling replacement parts, as well as harder-to-find parts and supplies....
Mattracks - Wed February 01, 2023
Klobuchar Visits Mattracks, Discusses Workforce, Innovation
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D – Minn., made a stop at Mattracks — a Karlstad, Minn., based manufacturer of track conversion systems, on Jan. 11 to discuss the progress and current challenges facing industry leaders in the northwest corner of the state....
Yanmar - Wed February 01, 2023
Minnesota Chooses Yanmar for 2022 Governor's International Trade Award
The Minnesota Trade Office selected Yanmar Compact Equipment North America (Yanmar CE NA), encompassing the Yanmar Compact Equipment and ASV brands, as a recipient of the 2022 Governor's International Trade Award in the Large Company category....
CEG - Wed February 01, 2023
AGC Minnesota Hosts Its 2023 Construction Summit
Held Jan. 17 to 18 at the St. Paul RiverCentre and serving more than 350 attendees, the 2023 Minnesota Construction Summit was a day and a half packed with education, inspiration and networking for Minnesota construction industry professionals....
Dick Rohland – CEG Correspondent - Wed February 01, 2023
Crews Make Upgrades to Highway 10 in Anoka, Minn.
Residents of Anoka, Minn., are on a winter hiatus from a two-year, $85 million project that includes a major state highway rebuild that has a particular nasty bite to it because of the complexity of the local street network, very tight workspace and detailed traffic control....
Yanmar - Wed January 18, 2023
Yanmar CE NA Announces Expansion Plans, Hundreds of Job Openings in Coming Years
Yanmar Compact Equipment North America (Yanmar CE NA), encompassing the Yanmar Compact Equipment and ASV brands, announced plans for a 32,000-sq.-ft. expansion to its Grand Rapids, Minn., facility. The new expansion and a subsequent paint system will increase paint capacity by up to three times with maximum automation and allow a parts manufacturing capacity increase of up to two times in the previously occupied space....
