McCann Industries Celebrates 50-Year Anniversary

McCann Industries, the Addison, Ill.-based distributorship is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, with seven locations in Illinois and Indiana, representing manufacturers such as Case, Sullair, Takeuchi, Wacker Neuson, Allen Engineering, Husqvarna and Carlson Paving Products.

Michael Roth

April 12, 2017

2 min read

McCann Industries founded in a garage 50 years ago began as a retailer of construction supplies before evolving into a major dealership with rental services — McCann Industries, founded in a garage 50 years ago, began as a retailer of construction supplies before evolving into a major dealership with rental services.

McCann Industries, the Addison, Ill.-based distributorship is celebrating its 50^th anniversary this year, with seven locations in Illinois and Indiana, representing manufacturers such as Case, Sullair, Takeuchi, Wacker Neuson, Allen Engineering, Husqvarna and Carlson Paving Products.

The company was founded by Richard McCann as McCann Construction Specialties Co. in 1967 in a garage in Villa Park, Ill., primarily to sell contractor supplies. Now the company is led by Jim McCann, president and CEO.

Richard McCann funded the original business with a $1,500 loan from his father-in-law. Within a year he expanded to a 3,000-square-foot facility across the street and two years later moved to a facility in Addison. He built the current facility there, and added 20,000 square feet 10 years later. McCann Industries acquired three Case construction equipment dealerships in 1995 to provide a full range of equipment, contractor supplies and services for the construction industry.

Jim McCann began working with the company as an outside sales representative in 1991 and has assumed more responsibility continually since that time, serving as rental manager, sales manager, and vice president of sales and marketing.

McCann Industries now represents more than 400 suppliers and manufacturers, and also offers rental equipment, onsite and shop repair, maintenance services and quick parts deliveries for any brand and model.

About the Author

Michael Roth

Editor

Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.