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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.