Aspen Equipment Company

Aspen Equipment Promotes Craig Swanson

Aspen Equipment Company announced that it has promoted rental coordinator Craig Swanson to project manager. Swanson received a bachelor of arts in Management from Gustavus Adolphus College. Prior to his employment with Aspen Equipment, Mr. Swanson was employed as an agriculture equipment sales account manager for RDO Equipment Company in Aberdeen, S.D.

Todd Foster, vice president of sales operations for Aspen Equipment Company said, “Craig Swanson’s willingness to learn, technical aptitude and positive attitude are a perfect fit for the project manager position. In his new role, Swanson will define a project’s objectives and oversee quality control through completion to deliver equipment to Aspen customers which is on time and on budget.”

 

For more information contact:
Becky Marini, Marketing Coordinator
(952) 888-2525

5-3-2012

Aspen Equipment Becomes the Newest Palfinger Crane Dealer

Aspen Equipment is pleased to announce that it has become a dealer for the Palfinger line of cranes for the states of Iowa and Nebraska.  Aspen will offer the line including sales, service and parts from facilities in Des Moines and Omaha. Expect a fully trained support staff to assist customers with their Palfinger crane repairs throughout the branches.

Aspen Equipment believes the agreement made with Palfinger shows the continued commitment to its customers of providing the top selling products with excellent service and parts support. Steve Sill, President of Aspen Equipment said, “The addition of Palfinger cranes fills out our desire to represent the finest offerings in the full spectrum of cranes from crawlers, all-terrain and rough terrain with Manitowoc and Grove through boom trucks and knuckle booms with National and Palfinger.  The Palfinger line brings Aspen’s customers another excellent option for truck upfitting, and we’re proud to represent such a phenomenal line.”

For more information contact:
Becky Marini, Marketing Coordinator
(952) 888-2525

11-7-2011

Aspen Equipment Hires Project Manager for Omaha Location

Aspen Equipment Company has recently hired Mike Crunk as the new project manager for their Omaha, NE location. Mike has over thirty years in the crane industry, working as an engineer for National Crane and Elliott. Mike Crunk will quote and oversee orders into production. Mike is joining Aspen Equipment's Omaha branch employees who, combined, have more than 120 years of National Crane experience.

Mike is responsible for designing many of National's popular boom truck cranes, such as the 800 series and knuckle boom models.

For more information contact:
Becky Marini, Marketing Coordinator
(952) 888-2525

10-31-2011

 

Aspen Equipment Hires Branch Manager for Des Moines Location

Aspen Equipment Company has recently hired Doug Sebastian as the new branch manager for their Des Moines, IA location. Doug, with his diverse background in the equipment industry, will oversee day-to-day operations of the branch, as well as continuing to manage and expand Aspen Equipment’s presence in local and national markets. Doug is replacing retiring Branch Manager Marty Puhr, who has worked at Aspen Equipment for more than 30 years.
Doug joins Aspen Equipment with more than 9 years of construction industry sales and branch management experience. He previously worked at Capitol City Equipment in Des Moines, and Rexco Equipment in Cedar Rapids.

For more information contact:
Becky Marini, Marketing Coordinator
(952) 888-2525

8-19-2011

Aspen Equipment earns Wellness Award 3 consecutive years

Aspen Equipment Company has recently been awarded Gold Level for Hennepin County’s program Wellness by Design. Aspen is now a three-time Wellness by Design winner. Through its wellness program, the company has been tracking seven overall wellness ratings: coronary risk, cancer risk, nutrition status, fitness status, stress status, substance use, and safety status. In 2010 employees saw improvements in all seven ratings. When benchmarked against other companies that use the same wellness vendor, Aspen exceeded the average improvement in six of the seven ratings.

Aspen Equipment offers participants of this program several incentives to reward healthy living. Yearly biometric screenings are performed on-site to assist employees to target areas of improvement. After completing the biometric screenings, participants complete a health risk assessment and meet regularly with a health coach via the telephone to set and work towards personal goals. Healthy snacks and meal options are also spread throughout the workplace to provide employees with healthful eating alternatives. Aspen Equipment coordinates various activities throughout the year to foster an active lifestyle.

Since starting its wellness program in 2009, Aspen has realized measurable savings in its medical insurance renewals. This helped employees with their personal budgets and allowed the company to continue offering an attractive medical insurance benefit package. “This is a good investment for a company, especially one whose employees have an average of almost 13 years of employment at Aspen,” said Sharon Hengel, HR Director at Aspen Equipment.

For more information contact:
Sharon Hengel, HR Director
(952) 888-2525

7-8-2011

Steve Sill Installed as 47th President of the NTEA

Steven Sill, president of Aspen Equipment Company (Bloomington, MN), was installed as the 47th President of the NTEA, the Association for the Work Truck Industry, this week at The Work Truck Show 2011, held in Indianapolis, IN. Sill accepted the gavel from immediate past president Allen Birmingham, national sales manager for Tommy Gate Co. (Phoenix, AZ), at the President’s Breakfast & NTEA Annual Meeting. The Association’s Annual Meeting is held in conjunction with The Work Truck Show, North America’s largest work truck event.


Steve began his career as the first third-generation employee in the family business, Road Machinery & Supplies, in high school. He went on to attend Montana State University (Bozeman, MT) and the University of Minnesota Duluth (Duluth, MN) before moving to Vail, CO.
Steve eventually returned to Duluth to finish school and then moved to Minneapolis, MN for work. In 1986, he accepted the position of rental coordinator at RMS Truck Equipment Division’s Bloomington, MN office. Those responsibilities led to roles as used equipment manager, territory manager, general sales manager and, ultimately, vice president general manager.


Then, in 1993, a plan was formed to separate the assets of what would eventually become Aspen Equipment from those of RMS. That goal was accomplished on July 1, 1994 when Aspen Equipment was born under Steve’s leadership as president. Aspen Equipment is headquartered in Minneapolis, with additional facilities in Des Moines, IA and Omaha, NE.


“My primary focus over the next year as president of the NTEA will be to help fellow NTEA member companies to better position themselves to take full advantage of the rapidly revitalizing economy,” said Steve.


Steve has high expectations for the future of the work truck industry. With engine advancements to meet new stringent emissions standards, and the cost of steel and other supplies reach record highs, it is leading to new advancements and improvements across all areas of manufacturing. As Aspen Equipment forges ahead, we will continue to ensure the delivery of quality products and continually evolve our products just as the work truck market evolves.

For more information contact:
Geoff Angell, Marketing Coordinator
(952) 888-2525

3-9-2011

Aspen Equipment Promotes Todd Foster as VP of Sales Operations

Aspen Equipment Company has recently promoted Todd Foster to vice president of sales operations. Foster will be responsible for operational sales support. This includes overseeing Aspen Equipment's inside-sales department, purchasing, parts and warehouse, rentals and project management/engineering department.

In the 14 years since he joined Aspen Equipment, Foster has amassed a wealth of experience in the truck equipment industry, according to the company.

During his career at Aspen Equipment, Foster has been responsible for numerous key improvements within the company."Todd has elevated the efficiency levels throughout the company," said Tom Cherne, Aspen's COO. "The effects have proven themselves over the past couple of years as we, like most businesses, have had to streamline as the current economic environment has dictated."

 

While Foster has brought forth many improvements prior to his new role, the evolving chassis technology, combined with advancements in mountable equipment will continue to demand an ever higher level of sophistication marrying the two together. "We pride ourselves on supplying and building the highest quality products in the industry. We want our customers to rest assured that when they purchase a piece of equipment from us that its been thoroughly thought out; from the initial vocational concept through the final delivery," Foster said.


For more information contact:
Geoff Angell, Marketing Coordinator
(952) 888-2525

2-1-2011

Aspen Equipment Signs Exclusive Agreement with Western Products

Aspen Equipment Co. of Minneapolis has signed an exclusive agreement with Western Products to represent their snow plows and spreaders in the southern half of Minnesota. Aspen Equipment will now be the sole distributor from Hinkley to Clara City and south of 212 to the South Dakota border. This is the first exclusive agreement signed by Western Products which will allow Aspen Equipment to more clearly focus on one product line to offer oustanding service and availability to their customers.

Western Products, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is the leading manufacturer of snow plows for four-wheel drive pickups and sport utility vehicles. Western snow plows have been the choice of professional snow plowers for over 55 years. Western also produces ice removal equipment, such as sand and salt spreaders, as well as a full line of snow plow parts, accessories and equipment.


For more information contact:
Tom Cherne, VP of Operations
(952) 888-2525

5-11-2010