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Tag: Brazil
Construction Equipment
Stanley Black & Decker acquires Paladin, Pengo attachments
Paladin and Pengo attachments are now part of Stanley Infrastructure. Stanley Black & Decker purchased the two brands from KPS Capital Partners. Paladin makes a variety of attachment and coupler products for construction equipment under 11 brands: Brado, CP, CustomWorks, CWS, FFC, Harley, Jewell, JRB, Kodiak, McMillen and Sweepster. It has manufacturing plants in Michigan, […]
March 21, 2019
Dealers
Terex Utilities building new plant on 55 acres in South Dakota
Terex Utilities plans to consolidate its Watertown, South Dakota, manufacturing operations into one new facility on 55 acres where it will house assembly, fiberglass, paint and installation operations for its aerial devices, digger derricks and auger drills. Currently, these operations are spread among 10 locations in the area, having been added over the years. The […]
May 1, 2018
Roadbuilding
Holcim and Lafarge detail Brazilian disposal plans
Holcim and Lafarge have announced the activities they plan to offload in Brazil in order to gain antitrust approval for their merger to create the largest cement maker in the world. The Swiss and French companies plan to sell several assets, including three integrated cement plants and two grinding stations as well as one ready-mix plant in […]
August 12, 2014
Roadbuilding
11-year-old boy dodges cars to save dog
Dodging oncoming vehicles, 11-year Jean Fernandes of Brazil ran into the street to pick up a dog that had been hit by a car, according to a report from Globo Rural, a Brazilian news agency. The dog remained in the roadway after a driver allegedly hit the animal and then drove off, so the boy […]
December 16, 2013
Safety
Two construction workers killed after World Cup stadium collapse in Brazil
As Brazil rushes in preparation of hosting the 2014 World Cup, part of one of the host stadiums near the city of Sao Paulo under construction collapsed Wednesday, killing two workers. The partial collapse of the Arena Corinthians stadium when a crane crashed into a 500-ton metal structure, according to a report from the Associated […]
November 28, 2013
Roadbuilding
Is the car the cigarette of the future?
How would you feel if you were shunned in the not-too-distant future for doing something we do every day now and don’t think twice about? What if playing golf, going to a restaurant or mowing your lawn meant you would be treated as a pariah? One man says it could happen if you drive a […]
June 19, 2013
Construction Equipment
JCB opens $100 million factory in Brazil
British Prime Minister David Cameron officially opened JCB’s new $100 million factory in Brazil on October 2. JCB chairman Sir Anthony Bamford and JCB Brazil managing director Carlos Hernandez showed Cameron around the plant. Cameron spent an hour touring the 350,000-square-foot plant in Sorocaba City in São Paulo State, where he met many of the […]
October 4, 2012
Business
Terex Utilities appoints VP, general manager
Terex Utilities has appointed Don Anderson as the company’s vice president and general manager. Anderson will have overall responsibility for Terex Utilities including equipment and parts, sales, product development, manufacturing and aftermarket support, as well as supporting functions. He will also share responsibility with Jacob Thomas, president of Terex Latin America, for the Terex Ritz […]
August 10, 2012
Safety
IPAF hosts IAPAs and Summit conference in Florida
The International Awards for Powered Access (IAPAs) and the IPAF Summit conference will be held on March 26, 2013, at the Hilton Miami Downtown Hotel, Florida. The IAPAs and IPAF Summit, which will take place in the United States for the first time this year, will include several events March 25-27. On March 25, IPAF […]
August 1, 2012
Roadbuilding
Lattatudes
The show left no doubt that the global market for construction equipment is a huge factor in what happens right here at home.
May 7, 2012
ConExpo-Con/Agg
Manitowoc builds crane facility in Brazil
Manitowoc has broken ground on a crane production facility in Passo Fundo, Brazil. It will be complete by the end of 2011 and will start production in the second or third quarter of 2012. The facility will be close to 270,000 square feet and will support Brazil and Latin America. The company says the facility is part […]
March 23, 2011
Construction Equipment
Cat boosts outlook based on quarterly results
Prompting a more optimistic forecast for 2010 as a whole, increased production helped fuel a 91-percent year-over-year hike in second-quarter profit for construction equipment manufacturing giant Caterpillar. “We’ve been highly focused on three things this year – significantly increasing production in response to higher demand from our customers particularly in developing economies, aggressively managing costs […]
July 28, 2010
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