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Illustrious names—people with vision that grew our industry
Since its inception in 1993, respected leaders in the industry have been inducted into the Construction Equipment Hall of Fame. Individually and collectively they represent some of the best, brightest and most influential minds in the history of construction and equipment manufacturing.
- Joseph Cyril Bamford, Founder, JCB Company United Kingdom
- H. Ashley Barber, CEO (former), Barber-Greene Company
- Harry H. Barber, Co-founder, Barber Greene Company
- Daniel Best, Founder, Best Mfg. (Caterpillar, Inc.)
- J. Don Brock, President & Chairman, Astec Industries, Inc.
- Edward D. Etnyre, Founder, E.D. Etnyre & Company
- William Dana Ewart, Founder, Link Belt Machinery Company
- Gary L. Godbersen, Co-founder, Gomaco Corporation
- William B. Greene, Co-founder, Barber Greene Company
- John L. Grove, Founder, Grove Mfg.
- Howard Hall, Founder, Iowa Mfg. (Cedarapids)
- Henry Harnischfeger, Founder, Harnischfeger (PPM Cranes)
- John Nicholas Heltzel, Founder, Heltzel Steel Form & Iron Company (Helco Company)
- Benjamin Holt, Founder, Holt Mfg. Co. (Caterpillar, Inc.)
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- Frank G. Hough, Founder, Frank G. Hough Co. (Komatsu Dresser Co.)
- Simon Ingersoll, Founder, Ingersoll-Rand Co.
- Charles S. Johnson, Founder, C.S. Johnson Co.
- Louis & Cyril Keller, Co-inventors, Skid-steer Loader (Melroe Bobcat)
- Clarence E. Killebrew, Clark Equipment Co. (VME Americas)
- R.G. LeTourneau, Founder, LeTourneau Company
- Edwin Malzahn, President (former), Charles Machine Works
- Richard Dwight Messinger, Chairman, Power Curbers
- William G. Mulligan, Executive VP (former), Ingersoll-Rand Co.
- William Smith Otis, Inventor, Steam Shovel
- Thomas L. Smith, Founder, Telsmith Company
- Robert Studebaker, Inventor, Laserplane (Spectra Precision)
- Charles F. Swigert, Founder, Electric Steel Foundry (ESCO)
- G.W. "Bill" Swisher, Jr., Founder, CMI Corp.
- Gary J. Vermeer, Founder, Vermeer Mfg.
- Reinhard Wirtgen, Founder, Wirtgen GmbH & Wirtgen America - Germany
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