LUBBOCK, TX—2024 – Associated Supply Company, Inc. (ASCO), a leading provider of construction, agriculture, and material handling equipment, announced that it has joined the distributor network for Vacall
jetting and vacuum machines in 130 counties, primarily in eastern, western, and south Texas and New Mexico.
ASCO locations are authorized to sell, service, and support Vacall brand combination jet/vac sewer cleaners, hydro excavators, industrial vacuum machines, and truck-mounted jetters in the territory. Vacall products are designed, built, and tested by Gradall Industries, the manufacturer of world-famous Gradall excavators that are also sold and supported by ASCO.
With over 60 years of experience, ASCO is well-established in Texas, with 27 dealership locations that support many equipment brands. With a proven track record of successful growth, ASCO has a clear vision for the potential of Vacall products to strengthen its current relationships with customers and build new relationships with the world-renowned lineup of Vacall and Gradall equipment.
“We are excited to combine Gradall’s worldwide reputation as a premier manufacturer and its superior Vacall brand machines with ASCO’s commitment to providing excellent customer service, product knowledge, and industry relationships to create new opportunities for both of us,” said Brax Wright, CEO, ASCO.
“ASCO looks forward to joining our Team with Vacall’s highly respected collection of powerful, productive, and easy-to-operate machines. Together, we will offer customers superior options in our market. We are excited about this new opportunity to serve our customers with Vacall brand machines,” said Steve Wright, President of ASCO.
“Gradall Industries has already forged a strong relationship with ASCO, rooted in our mutual success with excavator products,” said Mike Popovich, Gradall President. “So it’s with great pleasure that we see this relationship expand to include our Vacall product group.”
“Our field team of Vacall sales and support people,” said Tod Ebetino, Gradall’s Director of Sales for Vacall products, “has built a cooperative, coordinated effort with ASCO’s people in its many Texas and New Mexico locations. With the right Vacall machines and the right Vacall support system, we believe we will reach the goals of both ASCO and Vacall.”
ASCO’s other product offerings include CASE Construction Equipment, CASE IH, Hitachi, Doosan, Volvo Construction Equipment, Genie, K-TEC, Gradall, and Sennebogen, as well as many other lines of well-known and respected agriculture, construction, and material handling equipment.
ABOUT GRADALL AND VACALL
The Alamo group owns Gradall Industries and Vacall brand products – a world leader for over 40 years in designing, manufacturing, distributing, and servicing high-quality equipment for right-of-way maintenance and agriculture. Alamo products include tractor and truck-mounted mowing and other vegetation maintenance equipment, excavators, street sweepers, vacuum trucks, snow removal equipment, pothole patchers, agricultural attachments, and related aftermarket parts and services. Alamo currently produces and assembles products in 16 principal facilities worldwide, sold through Alamo Group’s marketing organizations and Alamo’s extensive independent worldwide dealer networks under various trademarks and trade names. These include Alamo Industrial, Tiger, Schwarze, Gradall, Vacall, Nite-Hawk, Henke Manufacturing, Schulte, Rhino, M & W, SMC, Herschel, Valu-Bilt, Bomford, Spearhead, McConnel, Twose, SMA, Forges Gorce, Faucheux, Rousseau, Rivard, and others. Alamo Group went public in 1993 and, since 1995, has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange as ALG. Visit our website at www.alamo-group.com.
ABOUT ASCO
ASCO was founded in 1960 as Associated Supply Company in Lubbock, Texas, by the late J.W. “Bill” Wright as a Towmotor lift truck dealership and U.S. Army surplus equipment store. Bill and Corinne’s children, Brax Wright, Steve Wright, and Paula Key, led the company. Three of the third-generation work in the company today, along with more than 700 other teammates. ASCO operates 27 locations in the Great State of Texas, Oklahoma, and Eastern New Mexico under the core values of Honor God, Develop People, Pursue Excellence, and Grow Profitably. To learn more about ASCO Equipment, visit www.ascoeq.com.