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Construction Equipment
A look under the hood of Caterpillarās new 336E H hydraulic hybrid excavator
Caterpillar has been talking in vague terms aboutĀ itās 336E H hydraulic hybrid excavator for several months now. This week they finally let us peek under the hood and take a long, detailed look at the technology and spend a little stick time with this game-changing machine. Ā The feel of operation Hybrid, in many [ā¦]
April 5, 2013
Construction Equipment
Join us April 11th for a live chat with Caterpillar about the 336E H hybrid excavator
Caterpillar unveiled its 336E Hybrid excavator to the press back in October and very soon after was named to Equipment Worldās list of 2013 Innovations Award winners. Why? The machine uses a hydraulic hybrid system that Cat says provides a 25-percent reduction in fuel consumption compared to the current 336E. And when placed side by [ā¦]
April 5, 2013
Business
Caterpillar CEO calls for more visas for foreign engineers, path to legal status for undocumented immigrants
During a speech at the Illinois Business Immigration Coalition in Chicago, Caterpillar CEO DougĀ Oberhelman said his company has a hard time retaining talent and filling lower-skilled positions due to the hard time its foreign workers have in obtaining a visa to stay in the U.S. āToday, we (employers) have gaps in our workforce. We have [ā¦]
April 5, 2013
Construction Equipment
What it takes to pave a parking lot, Part 2: Rollers
Editorās Note: If you havenāt already, be sure to check out Part 1 of this series on pavers by clicking here. If we do some math, we can calculate that the hypothetical Walmart parking lot we began paving in Part 1 of this pieces, should take two days if everything works right, says Chris Connolly, [ā¦]
April 2, 2013
Construction Equipment
What it takes to pave a parking lot, Part 1: The Pavers
Just imagine that itās a sunny spring morning in suburban America, and that our job is to pave and compact the asphalt for a large Walmart parking lot. We posed just that task to seven equipment manufacturers and asked them what pavers and rollers they would choose, and the reasons for their selections. Today, weāll [ā¦]
April 1, 2013
Business
Caterpillar opens 24th Chinese factory
Again underlining that success in China āis an important partā of the companyās long-term strategy, Caterpillar announced that it has opened its 24th factory in China as the company continues to expand its presence in the country. The new, nearly 23,000-square-meter facility in Wuxi, China produces axles, transmissions and final drives āfor use in a [ā¦]
March 26, 2013
Construction Equipment
Caterpillar 924K wheel loader makes guest appearance during March Madness
In what was one of the goofier moments of this past weekendās plethora of March Madness coverage of the 2013 NCAA Menās Basketball Championship, CBS Ā briefly put a Caterpillar 924K to work. Craig Sager, who has occasionally broken up the action on the court with lighthearted reports and outlandish suits, climbed into the Cat 924K [ā¦]
March 25, 2013
Business
Caterpillar global dealer sales down 13 percent
According to recent SEC filing, Caterpillar reported that its global dealer sales dropped 13 percent in the three month period ending in February when compared to the same period last year. The Asia/Pacific region dealt much of the blow with sales there down 26 percent during that time period. Here in North America, the companyās [ā¦]
March 22, 2013
Business
Forbes: China will drive long term growth at Caterpillar
Despite current challenges the company is meeting in the country, Forbes.comās Great Speculations blog says China will drive Caterpillarās long term growth. The blog points out the high interest rates in the first half of 2012 that impacted Cat. Then there are the recently-announced steps the Chinese government is takingāsuch as a 20 percent capital [ā¦]
March 18, 2013
Business
First employees move into new Caterpillar plant in Georgia
This week, the first 55 employees moved in to Caterpillarās brand new facility in Athens, Georgia, reports to the Athens Banner-Herald. The 850,000-square-foot facility, which received kudosĀ Ā in President Barack Obamaās address, shifts the assembly of its small bulldozers and mini hydraulic excavators from Sagami, Japan to Athens. Ground broke for the new facility just one [ā¦]
March 15, 2013
Gear
Caterpillar launches E Series hammers designed for mid-size, large excavators
Caterpillar E Series hammers for excavators now include the H140Es, H160Es and H180Es, which are suitable for Cat medium and large excavators ranging from the 324E to the 374D L. Energy classes are 6,000, 8,500 and 12,000 foot-pounds, respectively. The E Series features automatic shutoff, which stops the hammer when the tool breaks through the [ā¦]
March 15, 2013
Technology
Behind the B15: The design process of Caterpillarās rugged smartphone
Just a couple of weeks ago, Caterpillar launched a pretty surprising new product. Not a dozer or an excavator, but a phone. A very rugged smartphone. And to much excitement, I might add. The phone received copious amounts of coverage from mainsteam outlets and the consumer technology outlets alike at its debut during the Mobile [ā¦]
March 13, 2013
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