Tag: Waco

Construction Equipment
Manitou to close 148-employee Texas plant, move loader production to S.D.
Manitou Group will close its plant in Waco, Texas, next year and consolidate operations at its South Dakota location. The plant, which employs 148 people and produces articulated wheel loaders and forklifts, is scheduled to close at the end of March. Manitou says it will assist those workers with job searches. The articulated loaders will […]
December 16, 2020
Manitou Wheel Loader 3
Death by Trench
2016-2017 Trench Collapse Fatalities: The victims
June 14, 2018
Construction Equipment
Cat to close Waco Work Tools plant, cut 200 jobs
With the better part of a year and a few consecutive positive earnings reports since the company had closed a facility or eliminated jobs, it seemed like Cat may be through with cuts associated with a massive cost reduction plan announced in 2015. However, the company has decided that it will close its Work Tools […]
February 27, 2018
Caterpillar 320[1585]
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
Manitou ATJ 46_Agressif
Dealers
Camso expands Texas reach with Stanley Industrial Tire purchase
Camso has acquired the Stanley Industrial Tires distributorship, which serves parts of Texas and Shreveport, Louisiana. The manufacturer of rubber tracks, wheels, undercarriage systems and off-road tires says the purchase – its second in Texas in the past few months – will allow it to expand its tire service and distribution in Louisiana and in […]
October 10, 2017
Stanley Industrial Tire Camso
Construction Equipment
Manitou donates to Red Cross for Harvey relief, issues challenge to match contribution
Manitou Americas donated $10,000 to the American Red Cross to support communities and families affected by Hurricane Harvey and challenges their suppliers to match their donation through The Manitou Challenge donation campaign. “Our thoughts are with those impacted by this devastating storm, and we stand ready with support as communities begin the steps to recovery,” […]
September 26, 2017
Mustang 708
Safety
Construction worker killed after fall into river at Baylor football stadium site
A construction worker at the jobsite of Baylor University’s new football stadium was killed Tuesday after he and another worker fell into the near-freezing waters of the Brazos River in Waco, Texas. The man was identified as Jose Dario Suarez, 55, of Manor, Texas, according to a report from Waco TV station KWTX. Suarez and a […]
January 30, 2014
Baylor stadium accident
Roadbuilding
K-Tec constructs facility in Manitoba
K-Tec Earthmovers has begun full-scale production at a new manufacturing plant located in Rosenort, Manitoba, Canada. The 12,280 square foot facility houses the pre-fabrication division and welding team and features a mezzanine to hold several shop offices. The facility is solely dedicated to the production of K-Tec construction equipment scrapers. This building is the first […]
May 3, 2012
K-Tec's new manufacturing plant will be located in Rosenort, Manitoba, Canada.
Roadbuilding
Vermeer Texas-Louisiana expands in Texas
Vermeer Texas-Louisiana has relocated to a larger facility in both Waco, Texas, and Cypress, Texas. The Waco store sits on 4.1 acres of land within the city limits of Ross, Texas, just north of Waco and along Interstate 35. The Cypress store, which is a relocation of the Houston stores, replaces the two stores previously […]
May 3, 2012
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Vermeer Texas-Louisiana expands in Texas
Vermeer Texas-Louisiana has relocated to a larger facility in both Waco, Texas, and Cypress, Texas. The Waco store sits on 4.1 acres of land within the city limits of Ross, Texas, just north of Waco and along Interstate 35. The Cypress store, which is a relocation of the Houston stores, replaces the two stores previously […]
April 26, 2012
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