Tag: construction equipment data

Dealers

Ritchie Bros. buys equipment data provider Rouse Services

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers will acquire Rouse Services for approximately $275 million. “Rouse offers a highly complementary suite of data and service products that will continue and accelerate our evolution from an auction company to a global, trusted marketplace and provider of services,” says Ann Fandozzi, Ritchie CEO. “Rouse brings a strong reputation within the industrial equipment […]

October 30, 2020

Business

Caterpillar to crunch even more data through acquisition of marine analytics firm ESRG

Just in case you didn’t think Caterpillar was really serious about this whole Big Data thing, the company today announced it has completed the acquisition of a marine industry analytics company. Caterpillar Marine has acquired ESRG Technologies Group, a Virginia Beach-based company specializing in marine telematics and analytics. The acquisition will bring ESRG’s telematics software, which […]

April 15, 2015

Business

Caterpillar doubles down on dedication to equipment data with new Analytics & Innovation division

Following through on its March promise to work to begin rolling out predictive diagnostic improvements to its Produc Link telematics service “in the coming months,” Caterpillar has announced the creation of a new division within the company that will focus solely on data and creating new ways for its customers to put the information to work. […]

April 13, 2015

Construction Equipment

New and used Backhoe sales trends for January 2014

January 1, 2014

Telematics

Don’t ignore telematics: How gradually adopting the technology greatly benefits your largest expense

“We think machine communication and connection is a huge change event for the industry, a complete game changer,” Kevin Karlix, John Deere’s director of sales, North America, told editors at a recent company press event. “In fact, we understand that construction equipment lenders in China are now requiring a remote disable on machines they finance.” […]

July 1, 2013