Bomag Breaks Ground on Future U.S. Headquarters in South Carolina

Bomag Americas held a groundbreaking ceremony in Ridgeway, S.C., on the site of what will be the manufacturer’s new North American headquarters. The new 127,600-square-foot facility will house 107,100 square feet of parts warehousing and machine assembly area along with 20,500 square feet of office space.

Michael Roth

Feb. 16, 2014

2 min read

From left Rob Muecker vice president of sales and marketing Bomag Americas Walter Link president Bomag Americas Gov Nikki Haley governor of South Carolina and Dave Dennison marketing manager Bomag Americas along with Bomag tandem vibratory roller — From left: Rob Muecker, vice president of sales and marketing, Bomag Americas; Walter Link, president, Bomag Americas; Gov. Nikki Haley, governor of South Carolina and Dave Dennison, marketing manager, Bomag Americas, along with Bomag tandem vibratory roller.

“We congratulate Bomag on their announcement of an $18.2 million investment and the creation of 121 new jobs,” said South Carolina governor Nikki Haley, one of a number of South Carolina state and local officials who attended the event.

Coming on the heels of its asphalt paving and reclamation equipment lines acquisition in 2013, Bomag chose the location – situated within 30 miles from Columbia and 70 miles from Charlotte, N.C. – to advance product and service support for its customers and distribution network.

“We believe this area offers our company several strategic benefits, such as: close to port of entry, proximity to an air hub for spare parts fulfillment and a climate conducive to offering year-round sales and service training for our customers,” said Walter Link, president of Bomag Americas.

“The primary objective of this new facility is to strengthen the services of our North American organization with the purpose of being closer tto and better serving our customers,” added Rob Mueckler, vice president of sales for Bomag.

Bomag expects to complete the facility in October, when the manufacturer will begin the move from its current headquarters in Kewanee, Ill.

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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.