By Craig Mongeau - Wed February 05, 2025
Longto Tree Service Lays Strong Foundation for Successful Business
Fifteen years ago, in the town of Bradford, Vt., Adam Longto laid the foundation of what would become a thriving tree service company. Growing up with a natural affinity for hands-on work, Longto began his career in carpentry straight out of high school....
Robert H Finke & Sons - Fri January 31, 2025
Robert H Finke & Sons Lends Hand to Wreaths Across America
Each December, a poignant tradition takes place across the United States, bringing together communities to honor the men and women who have served in the military. Wreaths Across America, an organization founded in 2007, has grown into a nationwide movement, placing wreaths at the graves of fallen soldiers to ensure they are remembered and celebrated for their sacrifice....
CEG - Thu October 03, 2024
Robert H. Finke & Sons Holds Open House at New Colchester, Vt. Facility
Robert H. Finke & Sons held an open house Sept. 12, 2024, at its new facility at 429 Troy Avenue in Colchester, Vt., just north of Burlington. The event included lunch, refreshments, displays from equipment manufacturers and facility tours....
CEG - Thu September 21, 2023
R.H. Finke & Sons Holds Customer Appreciation Event
Robert H. Finke & Sons held a two-day customer appreciation event Sept. 8 and 9, 2023, at its Selkirk, N.Y., facility. The event featured equipment displays from the company's major equipment suppliers, including Kobelco, Bobcat, BOMAG, Merlo, DEVELON, Stewart Amos, Wacker Neuson, Superior Broom, Geith, NPK, Wanco, American Signal, Indeco, Brokk and Nitehawk....
CEG - Thu June 15, 2023
Robert H. Finke & Sons Holds Kobelco Demo Day in N.Y.
Robert H. Finke & Sons held a Kobelco Demo Day May 12, 2023, at its Selkirk, N.Y., location. "This event was designed to give customers an opportunity to come into our demonstration yard and try out each of the Kobelco models, compare them side by side, and get a feel for which one best fits their needs," said Don Fiacco, general manager of Robert H....
Bomag - Thu May 18, 2023
BOMAG Americas Signs Finke Equipment as Full-Line Equipment Dealer
BOMAG Americas has signed Finke Equipment as a new dealer covering the Albany market area and counties to the northeast as well as the entire state of Vermont. Under the agreement, Finke Equipment will be providing its customers with sales, service and parts support for all BOMAG equipment....
CEG - Thu September 22, 2022
Robert H. Finke & Sons Holds Customer Appreciation Event
Robert H. Finke & Sons held a three-day customer appreciation event at its facility in Selkirk, N.Y., on Sept. 8 to 10. On Thursday and Friday, customers were invited to stop by, eat lunch, enjoy product displays, compete in an excavator rodeo, talk to factory representatives, let the kids explore an obstacle course designed just for them and catch up with friends and fellow contractors....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Mon May 23, 2022
Jackson Demolition Razes Meat Packaging Plant in Albany
By June or July, Jackson Demolition Service Inc. expects to complete the demolition of the former Tobin's First Prize Center meat packaging plant in a now residential neighborhood of Albany, N.Y. The plant was located on a 30-acre site, which had 10 buildings on 10 acres....
CEG - Thu May 20, 2021
Capital Region BOCES Tours Robert H. Finke & Sons Facility
Among the biggest challenges the industry faces is a severe shortage of technicians, specifically an extremely low number of young people willing to train to fill the positions that are open. Equipment dealerships across the country openly state that one of the biggest challenges they face in the future of their operations is being properly staffed with heavy equipment technicians....
CEG - Mon December 09, 2019
N.Y.'s Robert H. Finke & Son Takes on ShoulderMaster
Just over a year ago John Finke, president of Robert H. Finke & Son, a heavy equipment dealership located in Selkirk, N.Y., and his General Manager, Don Fiacco, were researching a better way to attack a paving project at their own homes that, unless they could find an appropriate machine for the job, would involve laying a whole lot of asphalt by hand, which neither of them was particularly interested in doing....
