Industry News: April 2018

Catch up on the latest acquisitions, promotions and company milestones

Industry News: April 2018

Infiltrator acquires Delta Environmental assets from Pentair 

Infiltrator Water Technologies announced the purchase of Delta Environmental’s assets from Pentair Flow Technologies. Infiltrator Water Technologies has acquired the technologies, approvals, trademarks and physical assets to produce the Delta Whitewater Series and Delta Fabricated Treatment Plants from Pentair Flow Technologies. 


Bio-Microbics moving to new facility 

Bio-Microbics moved to a new facility in March. The address is 16002 W. 110th St., Lenexa, Kansas, and the phone and fax numbers are the same. The move creates more space for the company, including more than 18,000 square feet for office staff.


LeRoy Larson has joined Felling Trailers as OEM sales consultant.
LeRoy Larson has joined Felling Trailers as OEM sales consultant.

Felling Trailers adds LeRoy Larson to sales team 
LeRoy Larson has joined Felling Trailers as OEM sales consultant. He has more than 20 years of related OEM sales and product support experience. Larson will manage Felling Trailers' existing OEM accounts and will assist in developing and improving the technical and marketing aspects of existing Power Gen and OEM product lines.


Komatsu-owned dealers phasing out Wirtgen products
Komatsu America announced an agreement with Wirtgen America to phase out the sale of Wirtgen products by Komatsu-owned dealers in the U.S. The three Komatsu-owned dealers — Komatsu Northeast, Komatsu Southwest and Edward Ehrbar — will no longer be authorized dealers of Wirtgen machinery after Sept. 30, 2018, and no longer authorized dealers of Wirtgen OEM parts, or a Wirtgen-authorized service center after March 31, 2019. Komatsu America and Wirtgen stated they are committed to ensuring the transition is smooth and not disruptive to customers’ businesses.


Talbert celebrates 80 years
Talbert marks its 80th year in business in 2018. The company was started by Austin Talbert in 1938 as a heavy haul, crane rental and construction equipment business in Lyons, Illinois. Today the company designs and builds trailers at its facility in Rensselaer, Indiana, the same facility Talbert purchased in 1957 when he sold the rental and heavy-haul divisions to focus on trailer manufacturing.



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