Metso, ALLU, Kinshofer recognized by AEM

The Milwaukee-based Association of Equipment Manufactures (AEM), a 125-year-old organization, has recognized member companies with lengthy tenures, including a handful of firms with 100-year membership status.

Among the those recognized for 100 years of AEM membership is Metso USA, part of a larger Finland-based crushing and screening equipment manufacturing firm. Metso has undertaken several acquisitions in the United States of companies that have been based or have operated there since the 1920s.

Also reaching the 100-year AEM membership milestone is Irving, Texas-based Caterpillar Inc., which makes excavators, material handlers, loaders and other equipment used by construction and demolition contractors.

Recognized for 25 years of AEM membership are Finland-based attachments maker ALLU, which has a U.S. office in Nashville, Tennessee, and Germany-based Kinshofer GmbH, which also makes attachments and operates in the U.S. from Sanborn, New York.

AEM also announced its officers and board of directors rosters for 2026. The officer roster is topped by board Chair Phil Kelliher of Caterpillar, Kurt Coffey of Wisconsin-based Case IH North America as vice chair, and Melvin Porter of Kentucky-based Link-Belt as treasurer.

Equipment firms familiar to demolition and construction contractors also have spots on the 2026 AEM board of directors, including representatives from Caterpillar, CNH (formerly Case-New Holland), Deere & Co., JCB, Link-Belt and LBX Co., Kubota Corp. and Vermeer Corp.