MB America Adds Patten Caterpillar as Dealer

Caterpillar heavy equipment dealer Patten Industries, Elmhurst, Ill., has been appointed as an authorized MB America dealership. According to an MB America news release, “Patten will be a stocking dealer, making MB crushing and screening attachments available at all of its branches.”

Patten Industries, also known as Patten Caterpillar, serves customers in the construction, earth moving and related industries in Northern Illinois and two counties in Northwest Indiana.

According to the MB America news release, Len Scala, Patten Industries equipment sales operations administrator, first discovered MB attachments in the summer of 2011 while researching another project. By August, discussions began between Scala, MB America Inc. CEO Max Ravazzolo and MB's New England Regional Sales Manager Casey Reed.

In late November 2011, an MB demonstration was conducted at Patten’s headquarters. Reed, along with Patten Cat Technician Steve Rajzer, prepared a Caterpillar 336 for the event. Don Styx, Patten's Demo Operator, rolled the 336 in front of an audience. “A good part of the audience was sewer and water guys,” Scala recalls. “They had heard about the crusher and wanted to see it working. Seeing that they could just pull up curbing and crush it right there was a big selling point. One customer was saying he spends big bucks to haul waste off for crushing and then to haul it back for reuse. After the demonstration, he was ready to buy. He knew the unit would pay for itself quickly.”

During the two-hour demonstration, MB’s crusher demolished numerous buckets of cement, according to the company. Customers who asked how quickly the output size could drop from 5 inches to 2 inches waited only moments. “Crusher and Screen Attachments are simple and easy to use, allowing team projects to become a one-person operation,” according to MB America.

“From attendance to equipment performance, the event was a great success,” says MB America, adding, “An alliance was formed between two dynamic companies, with the same goal in mind - to continue being a reliable heavy equipment source for America's construction industries.”

MB crushing and screening buckets attach to any excavator 9 tons or larger, according to the company, and can be used for on-site demolition, excavation, roadwork, quarries and other applications. “Our equipment is suited for all demolition and earth moving situations, offers faster project start-ups, defrays recycling and fuel charges (associated with hauling material to a dump), and is economically friendly,” MB America states in its news release.

More information on MB America can be found at www.mbamerica.com.