Tag: construction market

Dealers

Strong construction market to continue with rising equipment sales, no recession, reports Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo is predicting another strong year for the heavy equipment and construction industries. Get more information on the report here on Equipment World.

March 1, 2019

Construction Equipment

Manitou enters N. American mobile elevated work platform market with 5 models

Manitou, which has been manufacturing mobile elevated work platforms (MEWPs) since 1992 in Europe, is entering the North American market with five articulating boom models. Telescopic booms are expected to arrive later this year. Laurent Bonnaure, Manitou executive vice president, global sales and marketing, calls the move a natural progression of the company’s North American […]

February 22, 2018

Workforce

ABC survey: Fla. contractors have open positions, few takers

The Associated Builders and Contractors’ 3Q survey shows the double whammy of a booming market and Hurricane Irma clean-up has Florida contractors scrambling for available labor. While all other areas in the ABC Florida Construction Confidence Index (CCI) survey—sales expectations, staffing levels and workforce development—have positive 70-plus index numbers, the index number dropped to 25 […]

January 15, 2018

Construction Equipment

Volvo CE 1Q sales up 17%

Volvo Construction Equipment says it experienced a strong first quarter in 2012, seeing sales rise 17% and record levels of income and operating margin for a first quarter. The company notes these positive results come despite a flat total world market for construction equipment, compared to last year, and a Chinese market that was down […]

April 26, 2012

Business

Mack intros powertrain, comments on construction market

At its press conference at the Mid-America Trucking Show, Mack introduced it’s “Pedigree Powertrain”, an integrated powertrain with engine, transmission and axles. Pedigree-spec’d trucks will be adorned with a gold Bulldog hood ornament. “Components designed to work together simply work better,” says John Walsh, vice president of marketing. Mack is extending that integration throughout the […]

March 27, 2012

Roadbuilding

Mack intros powertrain, comments on construction market

At its press conference at the Mid-America Trucking Show, Mack introduced it’s “Pedigree Powertrain”, an integrated powertrain with engine, transmission and axles. Pedigree-spec’d trucks will be adorned with a gold Bulldog hood ornament. “Components designed to work together simply work better,” says John Walsh, vice president of marketing. Mack is extending that integration throughout the […]

March 26, 2012

Business

AGC survey: fewer contractors plan to buy new equipment in 2011

Only 28 percent of contractor respondents to a mid-December survey conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America say they plan to purchase new construction equipment in 2011, down from the 34 percent that reported purchasing equipment in a similar survey conducted last year. There is good news, however:  Firms report plans to spend nearly $900,000 on […]

January 25, 2011