Kioti Tractor Donates 10,000 N-95 Masks and Utility Vehicle to UNC REX Healthcare
To assist healthcare workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, this month Kioti Tractor, a division of Daedong-USA, donated 10,000 N-95 masks as well as a K9 2440 utility vehicle to UNC Rex Healthcare, located near Kioti’s U.S. headquarters in Wendell, N.C.
“Kioti Tractor has a long history of giving back to those in our community who need it most,” said Peter Dong-Kyun Kim, president and CEO of Daedong-USA Inc. Kioti Tractor Division. “We’re proud to support the healthcare workers risking their lives on the frontline every day to care for North Carolinians throughout this pandemic. We’re uniquely equipped as a company to provide power equipment that will help keep UNC Rex running smoothly.”
Past Kioti Tractor community initiatives include the donation of equipment customized for accessibility to a veteran in need, as well as partnering with the Carolina Hurricanes NHL team to support a local nonprofit working to combat hunger.
The mask initiative was introduced by the executive team of Kioti Tractor, fully supported by employees and matched by the company. Employees, agency partners and leadership contributed donations to purchase and deliver the masks.
“Our healthcare workers and health systems have given so much these past few months, and we wanted to do something meaningful to assist,” said Anna Kim, chief operating officer of Daedong-USA Inc. “Giving back to our community has always been a priority at Kioti Tractor, and helping ensure a continual supply of personal protective equipment plus donating a Kioti utility vehicle made sense—for today and for the future.”
“We are grateful for local businesses like Kioti, whose generous donations support our coworkers and patients,” said Sylvia Hackett, vice president of the Rex Healthcare Foundation. “It is through working together we can do the most good and live out our mission to better the health and wellness for all in the community.”
In addition to Kioti, employees and leadership from the company’s agency partners, Baldwin& and Eckel & Vaughan, also donated to the cause.
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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.