Cecil I. Walker Machinery Co.
Walker Machinery Co., a third-generation, family-owned company founded in 1950, prides itself in providing quality Caterpillar equipment and excellent service to its customers. Walker's more than 750 highly trained and dedicated employees help to make Walker Machinery Co. virtually synonymous with Caterpillar in Southern West Virginia. In 2003, Walker celebrated its 50th anniversary as a Caterpillar dealer.
***** PRESS RELEASE DEC. 14, 2009 *****
After 59 years as a heavy equipment distributor and 56 years as a dealer for Caterpillar, Inc. for western West Virginia and southeastern Ohio, the Walker Family is exiting the business. We have signed a letter of intent to sell Cecil I. Walker Machinery Co. and Walker Realty Co. to the Boyd Company, LLC owner of Whayne Supply Co., the Caterpillar Dealer for Kentucky and southern Indiana. The company has been in business since 1913 and is headquartered in Louisville, KY. The parties are attempting to consummate the sale by the end of 2009 or early 2010.
The Boyd Company is owned by Monty L. Boyd, a former Caterpillar employee and associated with Whayne Supply since 1984. The Boyd Company, LLC is purchasing the stock of Cecil I. Walker Machinery Co. and Walker Realty Co. and in essence literally "steps into the shoes" of the present companies.
It is the intention of the Boyd Company, LLC to continue to operate Walker Machinery "as is" and continue the name of Cecil I. Walker Machinery Co. By a stock sale, the assets, liabilities and obligations are transferred to the new ownership. Contracts, including our labor agreements with The Operating Engineers, Local 132 remain intact.
The Walker Family deeply appreciates the commitment and work excellence of our employees, past and present. We thank the customers we have served for six decades and who honored us with their business and trust. Of course, we must recognize the wonderful suppliers we have enjoyed who have been an integral part of Cecil I. Walker Machinery Co.'s success.
Walker reaches out to government jobs
May 12, 2011
HUNTINGTON – Fannin Land Co. started in the 1970s in the Barboursville area.
They develop and build apartments, houses and keep up maintenance on rentals.
“Money got me into it,” company owner Harold Fannin said. “We made lots of money and we’re still making money and that’s why we’re in it. Of all the headaches you have to put up with, there has to be some kind of reward.”
Fannin’s typical day begins at 5:00 a.m. and ends around 9:00 p.m. They do anything and everything to ensure a good job, he said. That involves managing the staff and whatever it takes for jobs to run smoothly.
Fannin attended an open house, May 12, at the C.I. Walker Machinery Co., in Huntington. The event, hosted by Huntington sales representative Jeff McDowell gave various area government agencies, around Huntington and in southern Ohio, an idea, in terms of Caterpillar parts, sales, service and rentals, of what Walker offers.
“We are making a concerted effort to have a bigger impact on the governmental agencies,” McDowell said. “I think it was successful. A lot of people attended who haven’t done business with Walker. We were able to set up new accounts, meet several new contacts and solidify relationships we have with current customers.” 
One of those customers is Fannin, who is not planning on retiring any time soon.
“We buy Walker equipment all the time,” Fannin said. “We’re constantly buying or renting their equipment. They are one of the top corporations, in West Virginia. The business is just honest – they are just honest people. They don’t want to sell you anything that is torn up. You really can’t beat someone who wants to keep their reputation up, and that’s the reason we do business with them.”
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