Hello Forum Friends. This is an update from Champion Motor Graders...not a sales pitch. The past few years have been very difficult for this small family owned manufacturing business. At times we weren't sure what our next move was. Earlier in 2012 we were presented with an unlikely opportunity. We were approached by our #1 competitor, LeeBoy. They had an interest in our C80C and C86C grader models. LeeBoy has now acquired these 2 models from Champion and they are now being marketed through their new business line LB Performance Paving Products. I'm not going to try and explain their business strategy or why they have a separate business line called LBP. What I can tell you is that LeeBoy has made us the vendor to keep producing these graders for them. So when I say its the same great product manufactured by the same great people I really mean it. So far the new arrangement is working well. LeeBoy has been very helpful in gearing our operation back up. Champion Motor Graders is still in the business of engineering and manufacturing our other remaining models which do not compete with LBP. We also still market and sell C80C and C86C Champion graders outside of North America. So essentially nothing changes for my International Dealers. So when you see a new LBP G700 Motor Grader you will know it was a Champion, which was a Volvo, which was a Champion, which started out as a Lee, and even had some LeeBoy branding in the early 80's. Crazy right? Talk about a 32 year long circle to go around. We are excited to be working so closely with what used to be our strongest competition. It's a new world out there friends, a world where fierce throat biting competition is giving way to strategic partnerships aimed at reducing cost, improving quality, and ultimately serving the customers better. Photos below are of the first LBP G-700 formally known as a C80C.
Any questions:Banghead
Any questions:Banghead