Finning Canada Becomes First Canadian Dealer for NorAm Motor Graders

Finning Canada, a division of Finning International Inc., has signed an agreement to become the first Cat dealer in Canada to exclusively sell and provide parts and service for the NorAm 65E motor grader with a Cat engine.

Michael Roth

Sept. 29, 2018

2 min read

Finning is the first Canadian Cat dealer to be a dealer for NorAm motor graders Finning is also a major rental player — Finning is the first Canadian Cat dealer to be a dealer for NorAm motor graders. Finning is also a major rental player.

"We are thrilled to be an exclusive dealer for the NorAm 65E motor grader, a machine that will allow us to provide the full spectrum of motor grader offerings to customers," said Jordan Reber, senior vice president rental and strategy, Finning Canada. "The addition of the NorAm 65E motor grader complements our existing product line and enables us to now offer customers in construction, paving and the government sector a more compact motor grader to meet small- to mid-size job requirements."

The NorAm 65E motor grader is a 16,900-pound machine with 120 horsepower. It comes with a 10- or 12-foot blade and a Cat C3.4 Tier IV final engine and power shift transmission with torque converter. The unit is designed for small to medium-sized jobs, like small commercial sites, roads, driveways or parking lots and on any job site where maneuverability is a concern. The 65E complements Finning's existing Cat motor grader offerings and fills the gap at the compact end of the spectrum providing a product offering for the small to mid-size customer base. Customers will also benefit from the exceptional after sales support, parts and service Finning provides.

Finning, based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, is No. 20 on the RER 100.

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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.