Takeuchi Honors Top North American Dealers and Salespeople for 2025

Takeuchi celebrated its top dealers and salespeople at its Dealer 360° Awards reception during CONEXPO/CON-AGG in Las Vegas. This included honoring the company’s North American Dealer of the Year, Dealer Salesperson of the Year and those who achieved 2025 Dealer and Salesperson 360° status.

The company explained its Dealer 360° Awards recognize Takeuchi dealers across the U.S. and Canada for excellence in sales performance, facilities, training, accounts receivables, marketing/parts and service. Takeuchi’s Salesperson 360° Awards recognize individual sales professionals who take a well-rounded, professional approach to representing the company. According to the press release, these programs celebrate the people and organizations who are committed to delivering a consistent, high-quality customer experience.

“Our success starts with strong dealers and salespeople, which is why we created this awards program,” said Jeff Stewart, president of Takeuchi-US. “It sets clear operational standards that help deliver a consistent customer experience and support long-term growth.”

“The team at CCS has been in this business for nearly 30 years,” said John Vranches, Eastern Division sales manager for Takeuchi-US. “They know what it takes to build strong relationships with their customers, and their business continues to thrive because of the outstanding effort they put forth every day. We’re happy they’re part of the Takeuchi family, and we congratulate them on this achievement.”

Takeuchi also honored the following dealers who met or exceeded Dealer 360° criteria by December 31, 2025:

• ACT Construction Equipment (North Carolina and South Carolina)
• ALTA Equipment (Florida and Michigan)
• Appling Motors of Baxely (Georgia)
• Atlantic Coastal Equipment (Georgia)
• Bennett Equipment & Supply (Georgia and South Carolina)
• Cobb County Tractor (Georgia)
• Cowin Equipment (Alabama, Georgia, Florida)
• Dittamore Implement (Illinois)
• Grand Equipment (Michigan)
• Hawkins Graves (Virginia)
• Jasper Tractor (Georgia)
• Luby Equipment (Illinois and Missouri)
• MasCo Equipment (Texas)
• McClung-Logan Equipment Company (Delaware, Maryland and Virginia)
• Parman Tractor & Equipment (Tennessee)
• Powerhouse Outdoor Equipment (Georgia)
• Star Equipment (Iowa)
• Tri-West Tractor (California)
• Williams Equipment (Mississippi and Arkansas)

“Our dealers’ dedication and commitment to excellence have helped Takeuchi continue to increase its market share in North America,” said Stewart. “We thank them for their efforts this past year, and we will do everything within our power to help them achieve even greater success in 2026.”

Salesperson of the Year

Takeuchi also honored 44 individual dealer sales professionals who achieved Salesperson 360º status by demonstrated exceptional performance and commitment to their customers. The company said that Bill Smith of Cobb County Tractor ranked No. 1 in Takeuchi sales throughout North American — making him the Salesperson of the Year for the seventh time. That’s more times than any other Takeuchi dealer sales representative in the U.S. has ever achieved. Congrats, Bill!

“Bill continues to set a high standard,” said Vranches. “He understands his customers’ needs and consistently delivers the right equipment solutions for their projects. That kind of experience and consistency is not easy to find. We congratulate Bill on yet another very successful year, and we look forward to seeing what he accomplishes in 2026 and beyond.”