Tag: engine manufacturers

Construction Equipment

Perkins discusses “Tier 5” planning, impact; announces new engine to be built in US

British engine manufacturer Perkins, is meeting with customers and media although not exhibiting at Intermat this year. At least not in the conventional sense. Perkins has created a “virtual” stand or booth for the show that demonstrates all their products and technology. So even if you don’t make the jump over the pond to Paris […]

April 20, 2015

Business

Cummins sales, profit and expectations rise in 2Q due to stronger demand in North America

Cummins has announced gains in both sales and profit during the second quarter. The company has raised its full-year forecast as a result. During the quarter, sales rose to $4.8 billion, up 7 percent over the same quarter in 2013. Cummins says the increase was due to stronger demand in North American on-highway markets and […]

August 5, 2014

Business

Cummins taps Rich Freeland president and COO, Dave Crompton president of engine business

Cummins today announced that it has named Rich Freeland president and chief operating officer of the company. Freeland will focus on the company’s daily operations and report to company chairman and Chief Executive Officer Tom Linebarger. Freeman is a veteran at Cummins having joined the company in 1979. Prior to his selection as company president, […]

July 9, 2014

Business

Lawsuit alleges Caterpillar hid defects in 2007-2010 engines from buyers

Nearly 10 class-action lawsuits have been filed against Caterpillar claiming that its 2007-2010 year model ACERT C13 and C15 engines were defective—driving up costs for owners and driving down resale value—and that the company concealed the information from buyers and owners. The lawsuits—the most recent of which was filed April 30—stem from Caterpillar’s emissions controls […]

May 8, 2014

Business

Cummins profit jumps 20% in 1Q due to growing demand in North America

This morning, Cummins reported sizable increases in both sales and profits during the first quarter and raised its forecast for the rest of the year. Thanks to increased engine and component demand in North America, the company reported a 20-percent increase in profit during the first quarter to $338 million, or $1.83 a share, on sales of $4.4 […]

April 29, 2014

Technology

Final Word

The HHP 2012 Summit   The start of something big   By Tom Jackson     The last week of September some 700 people got together for a three-day conference in Houston, Texas, that may have marked the beginning of a new era. Billed as the Natural Gas for HIgh Horsepower Applications Summit 2012, the […]

October 29, 2012

Equipment

Tier 4: Will tough regulations make construction equipment resale a quarantine market?

There has been much ado about the Tier 4 final regulations that are coming down coming the pike and what it is going to mean for the used construction equipment market. With Tier 4 interim standards currently in effect, there are already some “unintended consequences of doing the right thing for the environment,” quipped Frank Manfredi, president of Frank Manfredi & Associates, as he moderated the “Tier 4 and the Future of Equipment Markets” panel discussion at the 2012 Associated Equipment Distributors (AED)/Infor Executive Forum at the Rosement Hilton/Chicago O’Hare hotel on Sept. 6.

September 20, 2012

Roadbuilding

Tier 4: Will tough regulations make construction equipment resale a quarantine market?

There has been much ado about the Tier 4 final regulations that are coming down coming the pike and what it is going to mean for the used construction equipment market. With Tier 4 interim standards currently in effect, there are already some “unintended consequences of doing the right thing for the environment,” quipped Frank Manfredi, president of Frank Manfredi & Associates, as he moderated the “Tier 4 and the Future of Equipment Markets” panel discussion at the 2012 Associated Equipment Distributors (AED)/Infor Executive Forum at the Rosement Hilton/Chicago O’Hare hotel on Sept. 6.

September 7, 2012

Equipment

EPA creeps up on E15

Despite the strenuous objections from every auto, motorcycle and small engine manufacturer in the United States, the Environmental Protection agency is pushing forward in its quest to ramp up the ethanol content in gasoline to 15 percent. The agency announced today that it has “approved the first applications for registration of ethanol for use in […]

April 2, 2012