Fairchild Equipment Celebrates Grand Opening

June 04, 2015
Menomonee Falls, WI – On Thursday, May 21, 2015 Fairchild Equipment celebrated the grand opening of their new southern division in Menomonee Falls branch located at N52 W13821 North Park Drive, Menomonee Falls, WI. The company hosted over a dozen of its vendors, held a brief commencement with distinguished guests from the community, and supported the attendance of over 200 customers throughout the day.  
 
Fairchild Equipment was pleased to be recognized by distinguished guests including: Mervyn Byrd, Waukesha County Business Alliance; Paul Farrow, Wisconsin State Senator and Waukesha County Executive; Paul Decker, Waukesha County Board Chair; Banga Kollmansberger (Ginger),  Regional Director/Constituent Services Representative for the office of Senator Ron Johnson.
 
Gary Fairchild, President & CEO of Fairchild Equipment along with Van Clarkson, President of Fairchild Equipment’s southern division accepted a letter from Kollmansberger on behalf of Senator Ron Johnson’s office that commemorated Fairchild Equipment for its empowerment and determination to build and expand in the community and beyond.
 
“Fairchild as a whole has nearly tripled in size over the last five years, and we are committed to mirroring this growth trajectory here in southern Wisconsin and the five counties we serve surrounding Rockford, IL,” said Van Clarkson. “In our first six months since the acquisition, we’ve experienced over 30% growth specifically here in southern Wisconsin, and have invested in people, systems and facilities to support this growth.”
 
Clarkson also stated, “We continue to heavily recruit quality people that fit in with our hard-charging ‘customer-obsessed’ family, and will be breaking ground within the next nine months to more than double our current footprint here in Menomonee Falls.”
 
In addition to its distinguished guests, Fairchild Equipment also welcomed special guest appearances made by Marquette University’s men’s basketball coach, Steve Wojciechowski along with Travis Diener, Director of Player Personnel and former All-American Player for Marquette University Men’s Basketball. Fairchild Equipment was gracious to receive such vast support from the community, county and state representatives, honored guests and customers.
 
Customers and the community were able to learn about all the extensive services and products Fairchild Equipment has to offer include new and used equipment sales for from all product lines, rental equipment from all product lines including high capacity/heavy duty forklifts, service of all equipment types, full-line of parts for all equipment, along with forklift operator and aerial equipment training.
 
For a complete listing of vendors and manufacturers supported and for additional information, visit www.fairchildequipment.com.
 
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Contact:
Andrea Jorgensen, Marketing & Events Coordinator
andrea.jorgensen@fairchildequipment.com, (920) 471-4342