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PCCA Journal|3

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in more than 30 different categories. Endura also has over

1,000 resellers in China and exports to ten countries.

Integration of the Chinese operations of Textron’s Klauke

tool business and Endura-Greenlee Tools into a single team

allows for application of collective resources to broaden cus-

tomer support and accelerate product engineering.

“This strategic acquisition is a unique opportunity to pro-

vide greater value to our customers in the Chinese markets

with Textron’s extended resources,” said Scott Hall, president

of Textron’s Industrial Segment. “We are confident that the

Endura brand will deliver a more comprehensive solution to

our international customers and optimize our growth in an

evolving competitive market.”

NESCO Rentals Donates Equipment to

Vocational Ministry in Haiti

V

ocational training is an important part of any

economy, but in a country still recovering from the

2010 earthquake and with an unemployment rate of

nearly 80 percent, Haiti’s infrastructure is in near perpetual

need of renewal. Necessary skills are lacking, preventing any

real progress.

Loving Shepherd Ministries (LSM)—based out of Bluffton,

Ind., NESCO’s hometown—is working to solve that problem

by establishing the LSM Vocational Ranch in Les Cayes, Haiti.

The infrastructure on this 40-acre reserve is currently being

built with the goal of providing vocational training to the

once- vulnerable children they serve. Ultimately these chil-

dren will grow to be sustainable adults, empowering them to

be change-makers in their own communities.

NESCO Rentals recently donated the shipment and use

of an auger to the LSM Vocational Ranch, where it is being

used to drill holes for trees, install utility hardware, and help

regulate drainage.

“We’re able to check soil bearing capacities with a special

attachment [on the auger], which has given us a way to

make foundation construction decisions,” said Troy Leyse of

LSM. “Immediately upon arrival, we used it to determine the

foundation conditions for a school we’re building.”

The auger and supplies spent three weeks in transit once

they left Indiana before reaching their final destination at the

vocational ranch. Heavy equipment of this nature is difficult

to come by as it is not locally produced or supplied.

“NESCO Rentals has allowed us to better utilize our staff to

do more meaningful work and get it done faster,” said Shane

Shaw, projector coordinator for LSM.