Fairchild Equipment to Hold Ribbon Cutting

Menomonee Falls, WI –On Monday, December 1, 2014 at 11 a.m., Fairchild Equipment, in conjunction with the Waukesha County Business Alliance, will celebrate the opening of their new Menomonee Falls facility and expansion into southern Wisconsin with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. The ceremony will take place at Fairchild Equipment’s Menomonee Falls facility located at N52 W13821 North Park Drive, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051.
 
Fairchild Equipment is a regional provider of materials handling, warehouse, construction and agriculture equipment. On October 1, 2014, Fairchild Equipment announced that the company agreed to acquire the Hyster material handling dealership rights from the Heyrman family the owner of Milwaukee Engineering Equipment (MEE) in southern Wisconsin in addition to acquiring the assets of Schmidt Industrial Truck, Inc. from the Schmidt family in Racine, WI and was effective as of July 1, 2014.
 
The company’s newest facilities will be operated by Van Clarkson, President of Fairchild Equipment’s Southern Division. As a southern Wisconsin resident, Van grew up in the Milwaukee metro area. After moving careers from the eastern coast to the Midwest, Van returned to the metro area and is now a strong advocate of the southern Wisconsin community. Van’s advocacy and community involvement has propelled the business relationships in the area and has enabled the company to promote its business model.
 
The Fairchild Equipment business model encompasses the mentality of a partnership and will work with businesses to meet and exceed all of their needs. To do this, the company offers equipment and product solutions for material handling and warehouse applications for every aspect of the project; from financing, fleet management, service on all brands of material handling equipment, providing a full-line of parts, safety awareness products, training and more.
 
The new Southern Division of Fairchild Equipment will focus on the sale of materials handling and warehouse equipment solutions. Fairchild Equipment offers new and used equipment sales, rentals, service, parts and training.
 
Fairchild Equipment, founded by Gary Fairchild, originated in 1985 as Yale Materials Handling – Green Bay. Today, the company has expanded and has nine facilities designated into three divisions across the state of Wisconsin and Minnesota and employs over 200 people. Fairchild will continue to support and enhance their business operations as a dealer for materials handling, warehouse, construction and agriculture equipment in their respective territories. For more information about Fairchild Equipment please visit www.fairchildequipment.com.
 
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