Tag: Conexpo 2014 Featured

Business

Mike Rowe opens up about opera, skilled trades and Dirty Jobs (EXCLUSIVE)

All of the new machines are obviously the star of a show like ConExpo. But one of the highlights for the Equipment World team last week at the show was getting to sit down with TV host and newly-minted author Mike Rowe for a conversation on the importance of skilled trades and vocational education. Just […]

March 11, 2014

Construction Equipment

Wacker Neuson intros, demos new SW 28 skid steer, ST 35 compact track loader designed for U.S. contractors

In Europe compact wheel loaders do much of the heavy lifting, but in the United States contractors prefer the more versatile skid steer loader or compact track loader. With that in mind, Wacker Neuson beefed up the skid steers they’ve been selling in Europe for many years and introduced four new models for the American […]

March 6, 2014

Construction Equipment

Komatsu rolls out 6 new hydraulic excavators, 2 dozers and an articulated dump truck at ConExpo

Komatsu introduced six new hydraulic excavators, two crawler dozers and a Tier 4 Final articulated dump truck at a March 4 press conference at ConExpo 2014 in Las Vegas. The company’s theme for the trade show this year is “Innovative, Intelligent, Integrated,” which Komatsu says defines its equipment as it forges ahead with intelligent machine […]

March 5, 2014

Construction Equipment

Volvo CE unveils GaiaX concept: an electric, tablet-controlled excavator (VIDEO, GALLERY)

[imagebrowser id=33] We’ve got to hand it to Volvo Construction Equipment’s design team. After all, the team took inspiration from Swedish furniture and Greek mythology to create a concept compact excavator unveiled today at ConExpo in Las Vegas. The idea is a bit…broad, but admirable nonetheless. Called GaiaX, the concept machine is named after the […]

March 4, 2014

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar stresses technology, unveils 336F H hybrid excavator and compact wheel loader

If there’s one word that Caterpillar wants you to take away from this year’s ConExpo it’s “technology.” And the equipment manufacturer had plenty of it to show off in a pre-ConExpo press event that included the unveiling of an update to its hydraulic hybrid excavator. F Series excavators The 336F H contains the same three-part […]

March 3, 2014

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Ante, upped: JLG unveils 1850 SJ, world’s tallest telescopic boom topping out at 185+ feet

Telescopic boom lifts are reaching heights not imagined 10 years ago, when 135 feet of maximum height was pushing the envelope. Last month, Genie unveiled its 180-foot SX-180 to U.S. audiences, a machine it announced at the Bauma trade show in Germany last April. And now JLG has upped the ante by more than 5 […]

February 26, 2014