Featuring packages from CMG Construction, Rud Construction, Sunbelt Rentals, and a final dispersal sale of Chevron Questa Mine

PLEASANTON, Calif. – April 27, 2015

Who: IronPlanet®, the leading online marketplace for buying and selling used heavy equipment and trucks, will be holding auctions across its marketplaces over three days starting Wednesday, April 29, 2015. This will be one of IronPlanet’s largest spring sales to-date, featuring approximately 2,500 items. The April auction events will offer a wide range of quality equipment from government surplus rolling stock to construction equipment and trucks to oilfield services equipment.

Featuring packages from CMG Construction, Rud Construction, Sunbelt Rentals, and a final dispersal sale of Chevron Questa Mine

PLEASANTON, Calif. – April 27, 2015

Who: IronPlanet®, the leading online marketplace for buying and selling used heavy equipment and trucks, will be holding auctions across its marketplaces over three days starting Wednesday, April 29, 2015. This will be one of IronPlanet’s largest spring sales to-date, featuring approximately 2,500 items. The April auction events will offer a wide range of quality equipment from government surplus rolling stock to construction equipment and trucks to oilfield services equipment.

More than 275 lots onsite with large selection of late model, low hour Cat® equipment

PLEASANTON, Calif. – April 16, 2015

What: IronPlanet’s Cat Auction Services’ unreserved public auction onsite in Denver and online at www.ironplanet.com and at www.catauctions.com. Items are available for preview at Wagner Equipment 

PLEASANTON, Calif. and Eagan, Minn. – April 2, 2015 – IronPlanet®, the leading online marketplace for buying and selling used heavy equipment and trucks, and Associated Auction Services LLC, an alliance of Caterpillar and several of its independent Cat® dealers, that operates under the name Cat Auction Services (hereinafter referred to as “Cat Auction Services”), announced today the completion of the merger of the two companies.

PLEASANTON, Calif. and EAGAN, Minn. – March 31, 2015 – IronPlanet, the leading online marketplace for buying and selling used heavy equipment and trucks, sold $46.7 million in equipment at auctions held across its marketplaces March 25th – 27th. In addition to auctions held on IronPlanet’s online marketplaces, onsite events included a joint live unreserved public auction with Cat Auction Services in Des Moines, Iowa, and a two-day auction by Kruse Energy & Equipment Auctioneers held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

More than 24,000 people attended the auctions online and onsite and a total of 3,530 items were sold for $46.7 million in gross merchandise value (GMV).

PLEASANTON, Calif. and EAGAN, Minn. – March 23, 2015 – IronPlanet, the leading online marketplace for buying and selling used heavy equipment and trucks, will hold auctions on IronPlanet and across all of its marketplaces this Wednesday through Friday, as well as hold a joint live unreserved public auction with Cat Auction Services in Des Moines, Iowa, on Wednesday, March 25, 2015.

“This week marks our end-of-the-quarter auctions at IronPlanet across all of our marketplaces,” said Jeff Jeter, IronPlanet President. “In addition to our online auctions this week, we are excited to build on the success of our Florida onsite auction where we had the best selection of low hour, late model Caterpillar equipment. This week we will be holding our second joint event with Cat Auction Services, hosted by Ziegler Cat in Des Moines, to benefit our customers in the upper midwest. Likewise, it is an exciting week with Kruse hosting a big two-day oilfield equipment auction in Oklahoma City.”

With the Defense Logistics Agency, IronPlanet's GovPlanet generated more than $3.2 million in its first two months of online public auctions helping the government dispose of its used and excess wheeled vehicles. "The CV4-R contract returns about triple the revenue to the government than did the previous contract," said DLA Disposition Services Director Mike Cannon. Read More about it here

PARIS, France - March 19, 2015: IronPlanet, the leading online marketplace for buying and selling used heavy equipment and trucks, today announced it will be attending the DLR Congress on stand 22, at the CNIT Paris La Défense, in France, from March 26^th -27^th, 2015.

Every year, this event brings together professionals from the distribution, rental and repairs sectors. Whether from France or abroad, the visitors will have the opportunity to learn more about the latest market trends and innovations, and will have the opportunity to network with potential new suppliers and commercial partners.

PLEASANTON, Calif. and EAGAN, Minn. – Feb. 27, 2015 – IronPlanet, the leading online marketplace for buying and selling used heavy equipment and trucks, and Cat Auction Services, an alliance of Caterpillar and several of its independent Cat^® dealers, sold 1,430 items for $48.1 million in gross merchandise value at its live unreserved public auction in Kissimmee, Fla., which took place Feb. 11-13.

“I am extremely pleased with the first IronPlanet and Cat Auction Services joint auction. The support that we received from the Caterpillar dealers as well as our other OEM, rental company, contractor, and industrial customers provided the best line up of equipment in Florida this February,” said Gregory J. Owens, IronPlanet Chairman and CEO. “The live auction format incombination with our 1.3 million registered online buyers generated strong demand. This event is a great example of using technology to transform the business of buying and selling used heavy equipment.”

IronPlanet Chairman and CEO, Gregory J. Owens, recently spoke with Construction Equipment Guide following the announcement that IronPlanet and Cat Auction Services signed an agreement to merge. Owens reflects on IronPlanet’s recent growth and the benefits that larger auction marketplaces provide to buyers and sellers. Read it here.