CELEBRATING 95 Years

Our story started in December 1926, with a commitment to support the growth of North Carolina by investing our time and energy into the construction, roadbuilding, utility, and mining industries. Ninety-five years later, we’ve grown to be a leading equipment provider in the Southeast, having added material handling, warehousing solutions, truck engines expertise and power generation systems to our product and support offerings.

To commemorate this occasion, we’re giving special thanks to our employees, customers, equipment suppliers and community partners for helping us make this 95 years a reality.

Carolina Cat

Fast Track Program

We have been innovating since the 1930s and today, we continue to create dynamic new programs like Fast Track to address the labor shortage plaguing our industry since the pandemic. Learn how we are recruiting and training new technicians in an innovative way – in the classroom, in the shop, and in the field with a dedicated instructor and mentor for their entire introduction to Carolina Cat.

Trusted Partnerships:

Georgia Port Authority

The Georgia Port Authority has been a long-standing customer partner for LiftOne. As we reflect on our 95 years in business, and look forward to the future, we are grateful for customers like Georgia Port Authority. We look forward to continuing to serve as a trusted partner in their success.

Family Legacies Live On

Weisiger Group (formerly CTE) is more than just a name. It represents core values and generations of people who are working together to build and strengthen our region every day. In some cases, these employees are living out their own family’s legacy.

Watch this video from 2021 of Joshua Hartsell, a third-generation employee, describe what the company means to him.

CTE Celebrates 95 Years

As the company celebrates 95 years, president, CEO and third-generation leader Ed Weisiger Jr. shares his thoughts and gratitude.

It is a tremendous honor to be involved with an organization responsible for helping build the strength and growth of our communities through our customers’ success.

We have grown from a small family business to one of N.C.’s largest private companies. With the help of our manufacturing partners, we’ve supported some of the region’s most renowned projects, including the construction of the Blue Ridge Parkway, the interstate highway system, water and sewer projects that contribute to community health, and of course, schools and hospitals. We’ve supported the backbone of the Southeast’s economy – manufacturers, ports, and distributors – by helping critical supplies and staples get to businesses and homes.

Our company vision is to be a trailblazing organization that is built to last. On this 95th anniversary, I’m reflecting on that statement and feeling grateful for the fundamental drivers that have gotten us to this point and are critical to our future success.

When my grandfather Leslie M. “Les” Weisiger started the company in 1926, he understood the need to be a trusted partner. That philosophy has been a part of our DNA ever since and it remains the basis of how we interact with customers, manufacturing partners, communities and employees today.

Our company weathers changing market dynamics by innovating and changing with the times. My grandfather kept our company afloat during the Depression by pivoting the business to sell milk bottle caps and washing powder when equipment was hard to sell. We’ve changed and adapted through a world war, a cold war, a great recession and now a pandemic. We refuse to be complacent.

Finally, I am most grateful for our employees, our customers and our key equipment suppliers – Caterpillar and The Hyster-Yale Group – because they make all the difference.

Our past provides us inspiration and our future is assured and realized by our great people who help our customers succeed and thrive. Because of them, I am more confident than ever when I say our company is built to last.

Ed Weisiger Jr.

PRIVACY

A TRUSTED PARTNER IN YOUR SUCCESS.