CUSTOM DRILL TRUCK CAPITALIZES ON A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY

摘要

A small mine-equipment dealer in the Southwestern U.S. recently completed in-house fabrication of a custom-built drill truck, combining parts and assemblies from some of the world's leading OEMs in a design that meets the extensive coal drilling requirements of a long-time customer, a large surface mine in the Four Corners area. Golden Equipment Co. of Albuquerque, N.M., with about 60 employees and branch offices in Farmington, N.M., and Durango, Colo., isn't the typical mega-dealership that generally wins orders from big operations such as BHP Billiton's Navajo mine, located in northwestern New Mexico and with annual production exceeding 8.5 million tons per year (tpy), one of the top 20 largest surface coal mines in the U.S. Founded by a former Ingersoll-Rand sales rep in 1985 after I-R decided to close its local outlet, Golden Equipment now sells Volvo, Atlas Copco, Cedarapids, and other lines of equipment to local and regional mining and construction customers.