November 2010

  • New Distributors Expand Kleemann Reach
    in United States

    A cohort of new distributors is expanding the reach of Kleemann mineral processing equipment in the United States.

    In 2010, Kleemann added nine new firms to its existing line-up of distributors, where it joins other product lines from Wirtgen America, Inc., including asphalt reclaiming and recycling equipment from Wirtgen, asphalt and soil compactors from Hamm Compaction Division and asphalt pavers from Vögele America Inc.

    "We are very pleased to welcome these new firms to the growing list of distributors for Kleemann equipment," said Evan Clarke, vice president, Kleemann. "As Kleemann gathers momentum within the United States and Canadian markets, and new dealers take on the product line, many customers are seeing the ‘Kleemann Advantage’. “We bring to the market a wide range of track mobile crushers and screens with many unique features.”

    New distributors for mid-2010 are:

    • James River Equipment, Ashland, VA, distributor for central and eastern Virginia.
    • Kirby Smith Machinery, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK, distributor for Oklahoma and central and north Texas.
    • Linder Industrial Machinery Company, Plant City, FL, distributor for most of Florida, and North Carolina and South Carolina.
    • Monroe Tractor, Henrietta, NY, distributor for central and western New York State.
    • Nueces Power Equipment, Corpus Christi, TX, distributor for south Texas, west Texas and southern New Mexico.
    • Robert H. Finke & Sons, Inc., Selkirk, NY, distributor for eastern New York State and western Vermont.
    • The McLean Company, Hudson, OH, distributor for Ohio.
    • The W.I. Clark Company, Wallingford, CT, distributor for most of Connecticut, western Massachusetts, and all of Rhode Island.
    • Tractor & Equipment Company, Birmingham, AL, distributor for most of Alabama and Georgia, and the Florida Panhandle.


    They join these existing Kleemann distributors:

    • Brandeis Machinery & Supply Company, Louisville, KY, distributor for Kentucky and most of Indiana.
    • Central Equipment Company (CECO), Sillwater, ME, distributor for central and northern Maine.
    • Elliott & Frantz, Inc., Jessup, PA, distributor for southeastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and northern Virginia.
    • Modern Machinery Inc., Missoula, WA, distributor for Washington State, Oregon, Idaho and Montana
    • Murphy Tractor & Equipment Co., Wichita, KS, distributor for Kansas, western Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska.
    • Power Equipment Company, Knoxville, TN, distributor for Tennessee, eastern Arkansas, northern Mississippi, northeast Alabama, northwest Georgia and the western tip of Virginia.
    • SMS Equipment Inc., Edmonton, AB, distributor for Canada, except for Ontario.

    About Kleemann in North America

    Kleemann is a newcomer to the North American aggregate processing market, but its roots lie deep. Established in Germany in 1857, Kleemann was acquired by Wirtgen Group in 2006. Now, a growing network of equipment distributors and dealers is enabling Kleemann to boost its domestic profile and serve customers in North America.

    Today Kleemann manufactures and markets a broad range of durable, productive mobile and stationary processing equipment and technology for crushed stone, demolition waste and mixed construction waste.

    Kleemann’s product brand names are:

    • The MOBICAT mobile primary jaw on crawler chassis with feeding unit, pre-screen and conveyors built in various sizes ranging from 100-1,000 tph capacity
    • The MOBIREX mobile primary impactor on crawler chassis with feeding unit, pre-screen and conveyors built in various sizes ranging from 100 to 1,000 tph capacity
    • The MOBIFOX mobile secondary crushing machines with feeding unit, impact crusher and a screen producing up to 3 grain sizes, and
    • The MOBISCREEN mobile screening machines, producing up to 4 grain sizes with fixed or swiveling discharge belts, with a screening surface dependent on ultimate use.
    For further information, please contact:

    Wirtgen America, Inc.
    Bruce Monical
    6030 Dana Way
    Antioch, TN 37013

    Phone: 615-501-0600
    Fax: 615-501-0691
    email: bmonical@wirtgenamerica.com

    BACKGROUNDER


    Wirtgen America, Inc., Nashville, is the North American arm of the Wirtgen Group, the single-source marketer of the world's most technologically advanced lines of asphalt reclaiming/recycling, concrete slipform paver, and surface mining equipment from Wirtgen, asphalt and soil compactors from Hamm Compaction Division, asphalt pavers from Vögele America Inc., and construction materials processing equipment from Kleemann.

    In late 2004 Reinhard Wirtgen, founder of Wirtgen Group, was honored as one of the "Top 100 Private Sector Transportation Design & Construction Professionals of the 20th Century" by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association.

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