Ben Schmidtlein has been named Vice President of Aggregate for Road Machinery & Supplies Co. Schmidtlein joined the company in early 2020 and has been instrumental in guiding nearly four years of steady, substantial growth in aggregate sales and support for Road Machinery & Supplies Co.   Under Ben’s direction, RMS has built a dedicated Aggregate Division with a focused sales and support team. In 2022, RMS purchased Pit & Quarry Supplies Co., which provides competitive aftermarket parts options for customers and added a dedicated warehouse in Savage for aggregate products. In Ben’s expanded role, he will assume additional responsibility for this group.   “Ben’s leadership of the Aggregate Division has been a key factor in our growth.   He has built a team of capable sales and support personnel, and accelerated machine sales through more strategic planning and forecasting of market requirements.   I’m excited to alig...

    CDE and Road Machinery & Supplies Co. (RMS) are pleased to announce a new strategic partnership.   RMS will be a Preferred Partner of CDE’s in the Upper Midwest, introducing materials producers to CDE’s industry-leading washing solutions in a bid to boost efficiency in sand and aggregate processing.   A family business in operation for almost a century, RMS will work alongside CDE to offer some of the most pioneering washing equipment available on the market to new and existing customers throughout Nebraska, North Dakota, northern Illinois, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin.   With proven commitment to maximizing customer productivity through outstanding parts availability, RMS will stock a selection of CDE washing and screening products as well as plant parts to service the Upper Midwest where demand for our washing solutions is growing rapidly.   CDE will continue to deliver world class solutions, assur...

  Road Machinery & Supplies Co. held an open house for its new Rochester branch location in Byron, Minn., on Wednesday, Oct. 4. More than 250 customers, employees, manufacturer representatives, and community members attended the event.        PHOTO GALLERY : https://photos.app.goo.gl/ERumSyAoymV6LQHZ9 VIDEO : https://youtu.be/WgFd8Wyle8s     “Rochester is an area that we have been really excited to be a part of, and we found the perfect spot with our Byron location. Prior to opening this branch, we had been serving the area from our Savage location, so this was a great chance for a lot of our employees and customers to put faces to names and create a community effort,” said RMS Vice President of Sales Joe Schmidtlein.   The event featured tours of the facility, door prizes, and local food trucks from Bleu Duck Kitchen and The Compadres catered the lunch. The day also featured on-site equipment demos and static equipment displays an...

  Road Machinery & Supplies Co. opened the doors to its ninth branch location in August as it held an official ribbon cutting for the new Rochester facility in Byron, Minn. Approximately 50 RMS employees, Byron business owners, and local politicians — including Minnesota State Senator Carla Nelson (24, R) — were in attendance.  WATCH VIDEO HERE “We had a really good turnout for this ceremony,” said RMS CEO Mike Sill II. “The city of Byron has been fabulous throughout this whole process, and it was great to see so many Chamber of Commerce members out for this. We also had representatives from our builder, AB Systems, DeCook Excavating, and some local politicians as well. It was a great start for this location.” The Rochester branch is the 14th overall location for RMS and the third new facility it has completed recently as the Des Moines and Cedar Rapids locations both relocated to new buildings in 2020. The Rochester location, however, is unique as it is a new brand-...

  Road Machinery & Supplies Co. (RMS) has hired Lance Arnett to the newly created role of Vice President, Product Support. Arnett comes to RMS from Power Solutions International where he was CEO. In this role he will focus on customer support services for RMS, including parts, service, technical support, and training functions.   “RMS is an organization that carries with it a strong, ethical reputation and phenomenal brand representation in the products they sell, service, and lease. RMS has been a long-standing, growth-oriented organization, and I’m looking forward to contributing to that continued success,” said Arnett.   Arnett’s experience includes over ten years in the Cummins Distribution System in various roles including as a Six Sigma Black Belt, Executive Director of Operational Effectiveness, Vice President – OEM Engine Business, and President of the Central Region. Before Cummins, he served as Director of Franchise Sales and ...

Road Machinery & Supplies Co. hosted a technology training for customers at Extreme Sandbox in Hastings, Minn., in March. Nearly 20 attendees got training on Topcon base and rovers and Komatsu's intelligent Machine Control - the industry's first integrated GPS system with semi-machine automation.  "This was a great event because we were able to really get hands-on and demonstrate what this technology can do," said Marketing Manager Josh Sandin. "With the release of Komatsu's iMC 2.0 recently and the Smart Construction suite it debuted at CONEXPO this year, there are a lot of new features that will improve efficiency for users. Trainings like this are obviously great for customers that are new to the technology, but they are even beneficial for those users who have experience with it. The more you understand how to use it, the more you can implement it into your operation and work efficiently." If you're interested in setting up a training for you...

  WATCH VIDEO Road Machinery & Supplies Co. Vice President of Marketing & Technology Abby Sill knows that she is in a unique place as a a female in the heavy equipment industry, and she hopes that changes. As a fourth generation family member at Road Machinery & Supplies Co., Abby is encouraged to see the growth of women coming to the industry, and she is working to help make that even more common.