CEG - Thu December 23, 2021
Iron Auction Group Holds Contractors Fleet Reduction Sale
Iron Auction Group held an unreserved contractors fleet reduction auction on Dec.14, 2021, in Midland, N.C. The auction featured construction equipment, heavy and light duty trucks, trailers and contractor support equipment....
CEG - Tue December 14, 2021
Central North Carolina to Become Home to $1.2B Lithium Battery Plant for Toyota USA
Toyota USA will invest $1.2 billion into a new automotive battery plant in central North Carolina — a project that amounts to the largest capital investment in state history. The company plans to produce enough traction batteries from the factory each year to power up to 1.2 million vehicles....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Wed November 24, 2021
Hills Machinery's New Locations to Better Serve Carolinas
With the goal of establishing each of its locations within approximately 90 mi. of the next closest dealership in the Carolinas, Hills Machinery Co. is expanding to include two more facilities in the Tarheel State....
Kioti - Mon November 22, 2021
KIOTI Tractor Empowers People Doing Good With Equipment Donation to Local Nonprofit
KIOTI Tractor, a division of Daedong-USA Inc. , is helping one local nonprofit use heavy machinery to make a difference in its community. KIOTI recently donated a custom CK2610 HST tractor, KL4030 front-end loader, KB2475L backhoe and accompanying trailer to Rebuilding Together of the Triangle (RTT)....
CEG - Thu November 11, 2021
Pinnacle Cranes Opens Spacious New Facility in Midland, N.C.
To better serve its customers in the Carolinas and beyond, Pinnacle Cranes, the dealer of Link-Belt cranes and Manitex boom trucks, has opened a spacious new facility in Midland, N.C., just a few minutes outside of Charlotte....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu November 11, 2021
NC's $1.7B Northern Beltway Faces Another Decade of Construction
One of North Carolina's largest and most complex road projects has been ongoing since December 2014 and, although a few sections have been opened, its final completion date will still not occur until sometime in the 2030s....
Dynapac - Wed November 03, 2021
Dynapac North America Continues to Strengthen Dealer Network
Dynapac North America LLC, a leader in innovative equipment for compaction and paving applications, announced that NED will be expanding its current footprint for Dynapac products into North and South Carolina....
CEG - Thu October 28, 2021
King Auction Holds October Sale in Burnsville, N.C.
King Auction & Realty held an absolute total liquidation auction Oct. 23, 2021, of Westside Rental in Burnsville, N.C. The auction included construction equipment and tools, including 17 Kubota, Takeuchi and IHI excavators, seven John Deere and Bobcat skid steers, one Kubota backhoe, two Vermeer mini-track loaders, two JLG telehandlers, air compressors, manlifts and more....
Raleigh News & Observer - Thu October 21, 2021
NCDOT to Widen, Raise I-95 Through Lumberton to Prevent Floods
Torrential rain from Hurricane Matthew in 2016 sent the Lumber River over its banks onto Interstate 95 in Lumberton, N.C., closing the East Coast's main north-south highway for several days. Just two years later, it happened again after Hurricane Florence....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu October 14, 2021
Volvo, Ascendum Boosts Success of Tenn. Construction Firm
There are few road projects that have taken place in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee in recent decades that did not rely on Knoxville-based Harrison Construction Company for the materials and services needed to complete the work successfully....
