NAEDA and AED Announce Merger to Create a Stronger, Unified Voice for Equipment Dealers Across North America

KANSAS CITY, Mo. and SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — The North American Equipment Dealers Association (NAEDA) and Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) today announced plans to merge, effective January 2027, creating a stronger, uniﬁed organization that will operate as Associated Equipment Dealers (AED) and serve equipment dealers and distributors across the United States and Canada. The merger brings...

AED Calls on Governors to Address U.S.-Canada Trade Impasse

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) President and CEO Brian P. McGuire has sent letters to U.S. governors from states with significant exposure to Canadian trade urging action to resolve the ongoing U.S.-Canada trade impasse and restore a consistent, tariff-free trade relationship. “Our supply chains do not stop at state lines or national borders. Heavy...

AED Foundation Indianapolis Pathways Event Connects 300 Students to the Equipment Industry

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The AED Foundation (AEDF) hosted its Indianapolis Pathways Event September 10, 2026, at the Marion County Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, Ind. The event brought together equipment industry leaders to give more than 300 high school students from half-a-dozen schools a firsthand look at career opportunities. Throughout the event, students participated in hands-on activities...

AEDF and CEDF Release 2026 Technician Shortage Research Report

Schaumburg, Ill. – The Associated Equipment Distributors Foundation (AEDF) partnered with the Canada Equipment Dealers Foundation (CEDF) to release the 2026 Technician Shortage Report, providing a comprehensive look at the workforce challenges facing Canada's agriculture and construction equipment industry. The report estimates that Canada will need to fill 26,500 equipment technician positions over the next...

AED Foundation Releases 2026 Technician Shortage Research Report

Schaumburg, Ill. – The AED Foundation has released its 2026 Technician Shortage Research Report, providing the equipment industry with its most comprehensive assessment to date of the equipment technician workforce crisis. Building on the Foundation's landmark 2016 study, the new report incorporates perspectives from equipment dealers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), technical schools and equipment technicians,...

AED’s McGuire Takes Trade Message to Washington, Urges Swift Resolution to Impasse

Washington, D.C. – Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) President & CEO Brian P. McGuire traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with senior Canadian officials at the Embassy of Canada and lawmakers on Capitol Hill to urge a swift resolution to the current U.S.-Canada trade impasse. During his visit to the Canadian Embassy and meetings on Capitol...