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IronPlanet Holds March "Equipment Madness" Auctions Across All Marketplaces, Selling More than 6,500 Items

Line-Up Features Nine Auctions - Online and Onsite - Offering Construction, Trucking, Oil & Gas and Government Surplus Equipment across the U.S, Canada and Europe

IronPlanet Holds March "Equipment Madness" Auctions Across All Marketplaces, Selling More than 6,500 Items
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By DC Velocity StaffMar 20, 2016
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IronPlanet Holds March "Equipment Madness" Auctions Across All Marketplaces, Selling More than 6,500 Items

Line-Up Features Nine Auctions - Online and Onsite - Offering Construction, Trucking, Oil & Gas and Government Surplus Equipment across the U.S, Canada and Europe

PLEASANTON, Calif. - March 21, 2016 - IronPlanet®, a leading online marketplace for selling and buying used equipment and other durable assets, today announced its end-of-quarter "Equipment Madness" brackets for the weeks of March 21 and 28 across its multiple marketplaces. Events kickoff on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, with IronPlanet's first-ever Parts, Tools and Attachments sale where buyers can find items that extend the life and capabilities of their machines. The "Equipment Madness" lineup includes six online sales and three onsite auctions across the U.S., Canada and Europe, featuring more than 6,500 items, with more being added daily.

"IronPlanet is ending the quarter with two weeks of auctions and a great selection of equipment offered across all of our marketplaces - online and onsite," said IronPlanet President Jeff Jeter. "We are kicking off our spring Cat Auction Services schedule in the U.S. and Canada, as well as having four days of online auctions the week of March 21 followed by three days in the last week of March. Equipment backed by our IronClad Assurance equipment condition certification means buyers can bid with confidence and our sellers benefit from targeted marketing to our online global buyer base."

IronPlanet's "Equipment Madness" March 22 - March 30 Auctions Feature:

Week One Line-Up: Parts, Tools & Attachments, Oil & Gas, and late-model, low-hour equipment at first regional Cat Auction services sale in St. Cloud, MN, for 2016.

Tuesday, March 22 at IronPlanet: Tools, Parts and Attachments

Wednesday, March 23 at GovPlanet: military surplus; and onsite in St. Cloud, Minnesota, Cat Auction Services: construction equipment and more

Thursday, March 24 at IronPlanet and TruckPlanet: quarry, aggregate and mining (QAM) along with general construction equipment and trucks; and onsite in Midland, Texas, through Kruse Energy: oilfield service equipment

Friday, March 25 at IronPlanet: more QAM and construction equipment

Week-Two Line-Up: Second Cat Auction Services event in Edmonton, Alberta, and construction equipment, trucks and government surplus in the U.S. and Europe.

Wednesday, March 30 at GovPlanet: military surplus; and onsite in Edmonton, Alberta, Cat Auction Services: late-model, low-hour construction equipment and more; plus, IronPlanet in Europe: construction equipment, trucks and government surplus

Thursday, March 31 at IronPlanet and TruckPlanet: construction equipment and trucks

Friday, April 1 at IronPlanet: more construction equipment and trucks

Visit www.ironplanet.com for equipment details and start times.

Look for IronPlanet's IronClad Assurance® equipment condition certification on equipment listed on IronPlanet, TruckPlanet®, GovPlanet®, and catauctions.com, which gives buyers the confidence to buy online knowing that they have an accurate representation of equipment condition. At this month's Cat Auction Services sales, Equipment Protection Plans from Cat Financial may be available on qualified Cat® equipment, which will be noted in the auction catalog onsite at registration.

More information for all of these events can be found at www.ironplanet.com.

About IronPlanet
IronPlanet is a leading online marketplace for selling and buying used equipment and other durable assets and an innovative participant in the multi-billion dollar used equipment market. Founded in 1999 to transform the global used equipment market, IronPlanet has built a database of more than 1.4 million registered users worldwide. IronPlanet connects buyers and sellers of used equipment with its exclusive IronClad Assurance® equipment condition certification and family of brands, including IronPlanet®, GovPlanet®, TruckPlanet®, Cat Auction Services, Kruse Energy & Equipment AuctioneersSM, allEquip® and Asset Appraisal ServicesSM. IronPlanet is backed by Accel Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Caterpillar and Volvo. For more information, visit www.ironplanet.com.
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