PLEASANTON, Calif. – March 03, 2016 – IronPlanet^®, a leading online marketplace for selling and buying used equipment and other durable assets, today announced key dates and details for its initial spring 2016 lineup of onsite unreserved public auctions under its Cat Auction Services brand. In addition to IronPlanet’s weekly online sales, its Cat Auction Services schedule features five major onsite events across the U.S., Canada and for the first time, the U.K.

Join us on Thursday March 3, for our weekly auction featuring nearly 1000 items.  Highlights this week include 26 articulating boom lifts, 40 compactors, 15 backhoe loaders, 76 scissor lifts and much more!   All equipment comes with IronPlanet's IronClad Assurance®  equipment condition certification, which gives buyers the confidence to buy online knowing they have an accurate representation of equipment condition. 

Save the date! April 20, 2016. IronPlanet  will host its first live Unreserved Public Auction in the UK at Rockingham Motor Speedway! Hosted by Finning, this landmark auction will feature high-quality Cat equipment and machinery from other dealers, rental customers and construction companies in the UK and from across the continent. Follow us at#IPRockingham16.  Click here if you'd like to learn more about this exciting announcement!

‘We are delighted to announce our first Cat Auction Services live on-site unreserved auction in Europe and the opportunity to work closely with Finning, the world’s largest Caterpillar dealer,’ said Felipe Fernández-Urrutia Massó, Vice President of European Sales at IronPlanet. ‘We look forward to bringing the best in used Cat equipment to buyers in the UK and globally in our Rockingham sale.

Rockingham in Corby, Northamptonshire, is home to the Rockingham Motor Speedway. It is the fastest banked oval racing circuit in Europe, with the unbeaten record for the 1.5 mile lap set at 24.719 seconds by Tony Kanaan in a Ford/Lola Champ car in 2001 – that’s an average speed of 215.397mph.

You can register here, and make sure you are approved to bid by clicking here.

Look for featured items and event highlights coming in the next few weeks!  Rockingham, here we come!

Did you miss last week's Kruse Energy and Equipment Auction huge two-day sale in Midland, Texas?  The sale included over 1500 pieces of equipment including 15 Well Service Rigs, 2 complete Frac spreads, drilling components, vacuum trucks and more. Click here to view a drone video of the auction site!  Pretty amazing!

Join us Thursday and Friday, February 25 and 26 for our two-day auction. Over 2000 items across both days including 42 articulating boom lifts, 28 backhoe loaders, 33 compact track loaders, 28 crawler tractors, 25 flatbed trucks, five exceptionally well-maintained Wal-Mart trucks and much more! Preview all auction items now and place your priority bid here.

IronPlanet^®, a leading online marketplace for selling and buying used equipment and other durable assets, sold more than 2,350 items for $93.8 million in gross merchandise volume, or GMV, at its Cat Auction Services unreserved public auction in Kissimmee, FL, last week. GMV from IronPlanet’s five-day sale held from February 8 – 12, 2016, increased 95% over GMV of $48 million for its three-day sale in February 2015.

Place your bids NOW for IronPlanet's military surplus sale. Join us Wednesday, February 17th for GovPlanet's auction featuring an array of surplus military equipment. We've got nearly 600 items up for bid - Humvees, trucks, wreckers, forklifts, buses, and more. This week's auction also features a selection of military grade power systems direct from the U.S. Marine Corps.

IronPlanet's February 2016 Cat Auction Services sale received praise from Caterpillar Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Doug Oberhelman. Last week, Oberhelman visited the Cat Auction Services auction site and shared his feedback about IronPlanet's impressive line-up of used Cat equipment with Construction Equipment Guide. Click here to read more about the event.

Going, going, GONE!  Join us today for the FINAL day of our Largest Unreserved Public Auction Ever! Today's featured items include UTV's, Pickup Trucks, Utility Trucks, Service Trucks, Flatbed Trucks, Boom Trucks, Mixer Trucks, Dump Trucks, Truck Tractors, Trailers, Support Equipment and Parts & Attachments. Visit us onsite in Orlando at 5000 Oren Brown Road, Kissimmee or bid online here. #IPOrlandoandBeyond2016.

Join us today for Day FOUR of our largest Unreserved Public Auction Ever! Today's featured items include Scrapers, Wheel Loaders, Water Wagons, Fuel & Lube Trucks, Water Trucks and our final day of Humvee. Today, we will donate a portion of the sale one final Humvee to benefit the Fisher House Foundation, a charity that supports a network of comfort homes where military and veterans' families can stay at no cost while a loved one is receiving treatment.  And, don't forget to join us on Twitter for your chance to win cool IronPlanet Gear! Visit us in Orlando at 5000 Oren Brown Road, Kissimmee or bid online here. #IPOrlandoandBeyond2016.