Takeuchi Celebrates Top North American Dealers & Salespeople for 2025
Takeuchi honored its North American Dealer of the Year, Dealer Salesperson of the Year and those who achieved 2025 Dealer and Salesperson 360° status at the Dealer 360° Awards reception during CONEXPO/CON-AGG in Las Vegas.
The Dealer 360° Awards recognize Takeuchi dealers across the U.S. and Canada for excellence in sales performance, facilities, training, accounts receivables, marketing/parts and service. Complementing this effort, the Salesperson 360° Awards recognize individual sales professionals who take a well-rounded, professional approach to representing Takeuchi. Together, these programs celebrate the people and organizations who are committed to delivering a consistent, high-quality customer experience.
“Our success starts with strong dealers and salespeople, which is why we created this awards program,” said Jeff Stewart, president of Takeuchi-US. “It sets clear operational standards that help deliver a consistent customer experience and support long-term growth.”
Twenty dealerships across the U.S. and Canada were recognized as Dealer 360° winners for 2025, reflecting excellence in sales performance, facilities, training, marketing, parts and service.
CCS Equipment Sales takes the prize
CCS Equipment Sales is Takeuchi’s 2025 Dealer of the Year. Established in 1998, CCS is a family-owned and operated equipment dealership serving the eastern two-thirds of North Carolina with locations in Youngsville, Angier and Ayden. They offer equipment sales, rental, service and parts.
“The team at CCS has been in this business for nearly 30 years,” said John Vranches, Eastern Division sales manager for Takeuchi-US. “They know what it takes to build strong relationships with their customers, and their business continues to thrive because of the outstanding effort they put forth every day. We’re happy they’re part of the Takeuchi family, and we congratulate them on this achievement.”
In addition to CCS Equipment Sales, the following dealers also met or exceeded Dealer 360° criteria by December 31, 2025:
ACT Construction Equipment (North Carolina and South Carolina)
ALTA Equipment (Florida and Michigan)
Appling Motors of Baxely (Georgia)
Atlantic Coastal Equipment (Georgia)
Bennett Equipment & Supply (Georgia and South Carolina)
Cobb County Tractor (Georgia)
Cowin Equipment (Alabama, Georgia, Florida)
Dittamore Implement (Illinois)
Grand Equipment (Michigan)
Hawkins Graves (Virginia)
Jasper Tractor (Georgia)
Luby Equipment (Illinois and Missouri)
MasCo Equipment (Texas)
McClung-Logan Equipment Company (Delaware, Maryland and Virginia)
Parman Tractor & Equipment (Tennessee)
Powerhouse Outdoor Equipment (Georgia)
Star Equipment (Iowa)
Tri-West Tractor (California)
Williams Equipment (Mississippi and Arkansas)
“Our dealers’ dedication and commitment to excellence have helped Takeuchi continue to increase its market share in North America,” said Stewart. “We thank them for their efforts this past year, and we will do everything within our power to help them achieve even greater success in 2026.”
Along with recognizing top-performing dealerships, Takeuchi honored 44 individual dealer sales professionals who achieved Salesperson 360º status by demonstrated exceptional performance and commitment to their customers. Bill Smith of Cobb County Tractor ranked number one in Takeuchi sales throughout North American, making him the Salesperson of the Year for the seventh time, more times than any other Takeuchi dealer sales representative in the U.S. has ever achieved.
“Bill continues to set a high standard,” said Vranches. “He understands his customers’ needs and consistently delivers the right equipment solutions for their projects. That kind of experience and consistency is not easy to find. We congratulate Bill on yet another very successful year, and we look forward to seeing what he accomplishes in 2026 and beyond.”
For more information about Takeuchi’s track loaders, excavators, crawler dumper, wheel loaders and attachments, or to find your nearest dealer, visit takeuchi-us.com. Follow Takeuchi-US on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter.
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Michael Roth
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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.