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Kohler intros KD Series industrial generators, mobile paralleling box
The big news from Kohler Engines at ConExpo this year is actually back in Wisconsin. The company announced that its new, 23-acre Customer Experience Center is open for business. The new facility will serve as a proving ground where OEMs can test out Kohler engines in their machines in a variety of real world scenarios. […]
March 9, 2017
Construction Equipment
bauma trade show network to expand into South America
During a press conference at the ConExpo-Con/Agg trade show in Las Vegas this week, Messee München, owner and operator of bauma—the world’s largest trade show—announced that it is expanding into South America. In addition to the main bauma show, hosted every three years in Munich, the German trade show operator hosts or co-hosts several […]
March 9, 2017
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Case unveils half dozer, half CTL concept DL450 as “Compact Dozer Loader”
Teased prior to ConExpo as “Project Minotaur,” Case Construction Equipment’s DL450 is billed as a “Compact Dozer Loader” that combines a compact track loader (CTL) with a dozer. Case is using ConExpo to get contractor feedback on the concept machine. “We didn’t want to just create a reaction,” says Scott Harris, vice president, North America, […]
March 8, 2017
Construction Equipment
Cat CEO: “We were surprised” by federal raid
Caterpillar’s Jim Umpleby has had what is likely the busiest week of his short tenure as chief executive officer. Days after three of his company’s facilities were raided by federal officials as part of a criminal investigation into the company’s tax strategies, Umpleby was in Las Vegas for the company’s corporate press conference at ConExpo-Con/Agg–North America’s largest […]
March 8, 2017
Roadbuilding
Hyundai intros HR26T-9 tandem-drum roller, brings 4 single-drum models to T4F compliance
Hyundai on Tuesday unveiled a new tandem-drum compaction roller and introduced four single-drum models updated with new engines at ConExpo 2017 in Las Vegas. The new model is the HR26T-9. This roller weighs in at 6,400 pounds, has a drum width of 47 inches (working width is 49 inches) and is powered by a 31-horsepower, Tier […]
March 8, 2017
ConExpo-Con/Agg
Mack Body Builder Portal consolidates resources to one online location
Mack Trucks has consolidated all of its body builder resources to one online location with its Mack Body Builder Portal launched at the ConExpo show in Las Vegas. The new site is a supplement to the company’s Body Builder Support Team, established in 2015, that includes a body builder order manager. “This is a one-stop […]
March 8, 2017
ConExpo-Con/Agg
Firestone intros VersaBuilt tire for loaders, graders in wide range of conditions
Firestone has introduced a new tire at ConExpo, the VersaBuilt radial, for optimum traction in loaders, graders and earthmovers in everything from muddy to rocky conditions. The tires have a steal casing and what the company calls SideArmor sidewalls to protect against cuts and punctures by deflecting stones and debris. The non-directional, self-cleaning tread provides […]
March 8, 2017
Construction Equipment
World’s first 3D-printed excavator gets to work in ConExpo unveiling
Though hundreds of machines are making their debut here in Las Vegas this week at the ConExpo/Con-Agg and IFPE shows, one piece of equipment in particular has created quite a buzz. Project AME (pronounced “Amy’) is a 3D-printed excavator produced through a consortium of research teams that are part of the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid […]
March 7, 2017
ConExpo-Con/Agg
Operating a D8T 1,700 miles away with Cat’s Remote Operator system at ConExpo
ConExpo attendees will be able to sit in a simulator-type set up in Caterpillar’s Gold Lot booth and remotely operate a D8T located at the company’s Edwards Demonstration & Learning Center in Peoria, some 1,700 miles away. In what is called a Command Trailer, operators behind the D8T controls can take the machine around a […]
March 7, 2017
Construction Equipment
AEMP names 2017’s top equipment technicians
The Association of Equipment Management Professionals named its top technicians for the year in a ceremony in Las Vegas on Sunday. The ceremony was part of AEMP’s 35th Management Conference and Annual Meeting held March4-6. Lee Manzanares of RMCI General Contractors in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was named the 2017 AEMP Private Fleet Technician of the […]
March 7, 2017
Dealers
Worldwide equipment sales forecast up 7% for 2017; North America to grow by 6%
Off-Highway Research is forecasting construction equipment sales worldwide will grow 7 percent in 2017. The firm expects total machine unit sales will reach 695,142 this year, compared to 650,133 in 2016. “Sales of construction equipment last year were affected by weak economic growth worldwide and low global prices for many commodities,” says David Phillips, managing […]
March 7, 2017
ConExpo-Con/Agg
Our ConExpo 2017 coverage has begun! Check out all the headlines at the show hub
Equipment World editors are on the ground in Las Vegas and are already busy filing stories from the massive ConExpo-Con/Agg 2017 show. Click here to head on over to the ConExpo show hub for all the headlines.
March 6, 2017
ConExpo-Con/Agg
Cat: Connected assets, ‘voice of the machine’ will drive growth, big productivity advances
Caterpillar says it’s putting its future bets on the huge opportunities it sees beyond the iron, in comments made this weekend on the eve of ConExpo-Con/Agg 2017. “Instead of Cat being a brand on the jobsite, we’re pushing to make Cat the jobsite brand,” says Paolo Fellin, Cat vice president, global construction and infrastructure. Cat […]
March 6, 2017
Technology
Caterpillar invests in busybusy with plans to integrate app’s digital time sheet service
Caterpillar Ventures has announced an investment in busybusy, the startup development firm behind the digital timesheet app of the same name. The deal includes plans to integrate the software into the Cat Connect suite of connected machine offerings. busybusy was founded by Isaac Barlow, an excavation contractor from St. George, Utah. After pinpointing labor costs as […]
March 6, 2017
Construction Equipment
Hyundai intros R30Z-9AK mini excavator with improved cab structure, new engine
With a zero tail swing radius and fine control hydraulics, Hyundai has introduced the R30Z-9AK, a mini excavator designed for work in confined areas. The new machine weighs in at 6,349 pounds and is powered by a new Kubota D1305 diesel engine rated at 25 horsepower. Hyundai says the R30Z-9AK features an advanced hydraulic system […]
March 6, 2017
Construction Equipment
Chicago Pneumatic launches MV224 plate compactor
Chicago Pneumatic introduced the latest addition to its forward and reversible plate compactors, the MV224, during The Rental Show held recently in Orlando. The machine is designed for granular soil compaction. The plate on the MV224 is 19.7 inches wide and made of Hardox 400 steel with a hardness of 400 HBW (Brinell Hardness), which […]
March 6, 2017
Construction Equipment
Power Dozer’s tracked blade can build earth walls, clear minefields, backfill like nobody’s business
Look at this thing and tell me you don’t immediately want to hop into the cab and see what it can do. While you might not see a Viking Power Dozer on most jobsites, there probably aren’t many earthmoving jobs that wouldn’t benefit from having it around. This dozer configuration makes quick work of backfilling […]
March 3, 2017
Construction Equipment
Case teases #ProjectMinotaur, a new equipment category to be unveiled at ConExpo
In a cryptic video featuring the enraged growl of a bull, Case Construction Equipment has teased the unveiling of what it is calling a new category of heavy equipment. The company posted the 30-second video to YouTube on Wednesday under the title “Unleashing #ProjectMinotaur.” In the video the company says, “In 1957 we invented a […]
March 3, 2017
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