Pleasanton, Calif. – May 15, 2013 – IronPlanet®, a leading online marketplace for used heavy equipment, will host an auction on May 16 featuring mining equipment in Ontario and Nova Scotia.

Items include a 1972 Manitowoc 4600 Vicon Dragline, an Atlas Copco DML-XL 1200 Rock Drill and a Letourneau L-950 Wheel Loader, as well as Komatsu track excavators, Caterpillar and Komatsu off-road end dump trucks, Trail King tri-axle live bottom trailers and more.

Pleasanton, Calif. – May 13, 2013 – IronPlanet®, a leading online marketplace for used heavy equipment, will host an auction on May 15 featuring trucks and trailers from R.N. Industries, a full-service fluid transportation company with specialization in the oil and gas industry.

The auction includes heavy haul Kenworth and Peterbilt cabs, Dragon 130BBL and 170BBL vacuum trailers, vacuum trucks, Mack day cabs, water trucks, flatbeds and much more. The trucks are located in Colorado, North Dakota, Utah and Pennsylvania.

PLEASANTON, Calif. (May 1, 2013) – TruckPlanet^SM, an online marketplace for buying and selling used commercial trucks, will offer more than 300 Ryder road-ready trucks for sale on Tuesday, May 7.

“We are very excited to offer Ryder trucks as our first auction on TruckPlanet,” said Randy Berry, president of TruckPlanet. “With a wide variety of road-ready trucks from Ryder located across the northeastern U.S., and our exclusive IronClad Assurance®, this TruckPlanet exclusive event will draw online bidders from around the world.”

IronPlanet®, a leading online marketplace for used heavy equipment, will host an auction on May 2 featuring late-model, well-maintained trucks, trailers and equipment located throughout Texas.

Items include a 2005 Mack CHN613 T/A Conventional Day Cab, three 2009 Troxell 130-Barrel T/A Vacuum Trailers, four 2006-2004 Mack CH613 T/A Truck Tractors as well as pickup trucks, dump trucks, flatbed trucks, skid-steer loaders, hydraulic excavators and more.

PLEASANTON, Calif. (April 25, 2013) – IronPlanet®, a leading online marketplace for used heavy equipment, today launched TruckPlanet^SM, an online marketplace dedicated exclusively to buying and selling used commercial trucks.

“We are very excited to bring the same marketplace that changed the used equipment business to the truck industry,” said Greg Owens, CEO of IronPlanet. “Truck buyers and sellers can now enjoy the convenience and confidence at TruckPlanet that our used equipment customers have come to know and trust at IronPlanet.”

Every three years, professionals from the construction industry come together in Munich at bauma, the international trade fair for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines, construction vehicles and construction equipment. This year marks the 30th gathering of the world’s largest trade fair, taking place April 15-21, 2013. More than 420,000 visitors from 200 countries are expected to walk the 570,000 square meters of exhibition space. More than 3,300 exhibitors from 54 countries will showcase their innovations and services.

DUBLIN, Ireland – IronPlanet, a leading online marketplace for used heavy equipment, today announced the appointment of Scott McCall as Major Accounts Manager for Cranes.

Scott McCall joins IronPlanet from HSG Systems, where he developed a distribution business. Prior to this, he was Owner and Director at UES (Utility Equipment Sales). While Scott has been primarily based in the UK, he spent four years in Russia and other CIS countries, and will be on hand to offer valuable insights into these markets.

On November 8, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers Political Action Committee (AEMPAC) hosted its annual Academy Awards Night Gala at the Terranea Resort near Los Angeles, Calif. IronPlanet's Ron McClain volunteered his services to help the committee raise over $71,000 in ticket and auction sales. The live auction featured items donated by Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) members.

IronPlanet will host its weekly Featured Auction on Thursday, November 1, and this week's sale has more than 850 items available to bidders. Those in need of drill, bore and trench equipment may want to check out the listings, as there are many options for these items in this sale, including road plates, trench shields and multiple lots of drill rods. The Featured Auction includes many other items, from construction equipment such as excavators and skid steer loaders to vehicles such as dump trucks and tractor trailers. With less than 24 hours until the auction begins, it can be a good idea for interested buyers to check out the offerings, so they are prepared to bid when the goods they want reach the auction block.

IronPlanet's weekly Featured Auction is a great place for construction companies, farmers and other labor professionals to find used construction equipment and agriculture equipment for affordable prices. The October 18 sale has more than 800 items, ranging from large machinery such as excavators and compactors to smaller items including tools, parts and generators. Interested buyers can visit the IronPlanet website to browse the selection ahead of the auction and find the goods they need. They can place a Priority Bid on a particular listing or make note of its auction time to be prepared to compete for their goods when the sale begins.