IronPlanet sells record $99 million in equipment during September 

Month sees 23 auctions and nearly 10,000 items sold.

IronPlanet has announced record-breaking results from its month-long September to remember auction events. Combining both online and on-site auctions, the company sold 9,890 items for more than $99 million in GMV (Gross Merchandise Volume), during 23 auctions in September.

IronPlanet Sold $99 Million During September Auctions

IronPlanet, a leading online marketplace for selling and buying used equipment and other durable assets, has announced record-breaking results from its month-long September to remember auction events. Combining both online and on-site auctions, the company sold 9,890 items for more than $99 million in GMV (Gross Merchandise Volume), during 23 auctions in the month.

Clad in a cheerleader's top and fashionably torn jeans, Natalie is brandishing a trowel with the same assurance as if she were waving a pom pom. Facing a waist-high wall, she smears a trowelful of mortar atop a brick, then places another brick on that. She pushes the piece down and taps it into place with the butt of the trowel, assiduously aligning it with its fellow bricks. The cement that smooshed out is scraped up and wiped on the side of the new brick. She stands back, admiring the neat angle and smooth finish. "That was fun," she states.

"You've done this before!" says the woman from Bricklayers Local 3. Natalie beams, washes her hands before straightening her green and gold top, then beelines to the display across the way - blue flames shooting from a pipe connected to a computer readout.

Imagine a regular fair except the attendees operate the machines instead of riding them. That's the vibe at Women Can Build, a hands-on trade fair located in Hayward and co-sponsored by Bay Area Apprenticehip Coordinators Association and Oakland-based Tradeswomen Inc. Natalie is one of the 100-plus young women busily gathering information about apprenticeships from organizations like International Union of Operating Engineers, and Operating Engineers Journeymen, to name a couple. Most attendees are students from surrounding high schools, with a sprinkling of adult women investigating new career paths; all ages are welcome. IronPlanet went along to see what the future of skilled labor looks like. Hint: it's wearing mascara.

Self-driving cars have been making headlines for a while now, but the latest news takes autonomous driving to a whole new level. 

In a stunt that portends the future of truck driving, Uber-owned Otto, a self-driving truck startup, delivered 2,000 cases of Budweiser from Fort Collins, CO 120 miles down I-25 to Colorado Springs. The big rig was equipped with an array of cameras, radar and LIDAR sensing technology, and drove itself at an average speed of 55 mph, and was guided using GPS and hyper-accurate digital maps created on a scouting run.

The truck was followed by troopers, Colorado government having approved the early morning trek. A driver rode in the truck during the freeway leg of the trip and took the wheel at Colorado Springs city limits.

Of course, developments of this magnitude have far-reaching implications for the trucking industry. Vanity Fair has a good quick overview, for a more in-depth look at this story check out "It's a 50,000 pound semi. And its driving itself." and "Self-driving semi-truck makes first trip — a 120-mile beer run", both in USA Today.

In the meantime, IronPlanet has an impressive selection of Kenworths, Peterbilts, and Walmart trucks ready for you to drive for your own human self. Take a look at this 2014 Kenworth T800, this 2010 Freightliner Cascadia from Walmart, and this pretty 2009 Volvo VHD.

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IronPlanet Breaks Records with September Sales Topping $99 Million

Online used-equipment marketplace IronPlanet broke records with its 23 September auction events with more than $99 million in sales on 9,890 items.

“September, 2016 was a record-breaking month, for the number of auctions that we held, the total number of bidders and buyers, as well as the total gross merchandise volume of over $99 million,” said Gregory Owens, IronPlanet chairman and CEO. “This is no doubt that we were able to achieve these stellar results due to our advanced data-drive technology platform, the power of our multiple online marketplaces, robust on-site auction events and the global reach of our more than 1.5 million registered users worldwide.”

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Second anniversary of its launch and third year as an expanded solutions platform that reaches buyers around the world from online auctions in the U.S. and Europe.

“Our growth both geographically and through our product offerings underscores the success of GovPlanet in just two short years,” said Jeff Holmes, senior vice president, Government Solutions and Auction Management, IronPlanet. “Since launching in November 2014 and selling the very first Humvee in a public auction with more than 100,000 attendees online that day, to where we are today selling construction equipment, trucks, pump and power gear, and other surplus items with remaining useful life to our 1.5 million registered users around the world is truly rewarding.

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NATIONAL EDITION

GovPlanet, an IronPlanet marketplace dedicated to selling used government equipment for federal, state and municipal entities, celebrates the second anniversary of its launch and enters its third year as an expanded solutions platform that reaches buyers around the world from online auctions in the U.S. and Europe.

“Our growth both geographically and through our product offerings underscores the success of GovPlanet in just two short years,” said Jeff Holmes, senior vice president, Government Solutions and Auction Management, IronPlanet. “Since launching in November 2014 and selling the very first Humvee in a public auction with more than 100,000 attendees online that day, to where we are today selling construction equipment, trucks, pump and power gear, and other surplus items with remaining useful life to our 1.5 million registered users around the world is truly rewarding."

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