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Business

Terex Fuchs distribution expands in Maryland, Virginia

Terex Fuchs distributor Penn Jersey Machinery, located in Lionville, Pennsylvania, has expanded its territory to the states of Maryland and Virginia. Penn Jersey Machinery already offers Terex Fuchs in the states of Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey. In preparation to support its expanded territory, Penn Jersey Machinery has hired two additional service technicians, specializing […]

August 22, 2012

Safety

Volvo CE offers Road Institute courses

Volvo Construction Equipment is offering courses during the 2012-2013 Road Institute. The course curriculum offers two- to five-day sessions beginning in October and continuing through May 2013, with classes held at two training facilities in North America. These facilities are located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and Phoenix, Arizona. Road Institute focuses on the hot-mix asphalt (HMA) […]

August 16, 2012

Construction Equipment

Volvo CE expands in Pennsylvania

On May 4, Volvo Construction Equipment broke ground on the first phase of the 100 MUSD expansion of its site in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. The first phase includes construction of a new America’s headquarters office. When complete, the development will include a new office building and customer demonstration center and will also localize production of some […]

May 16, 2012

Home

GVW opens new distribution center in Pennsylvania

GVW Parts Distribution has opened a new distribution facility in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. GVW expects the addition to improve service in Eastern United States as well as in Canada by shortening the time it take customers to receive parts. The new facility will add new positions to operate the facility and to expand its team of […]

March 30, 2012

Business

U.S. Congressman Mike Kelly honors Rogers for export achievements

In a ceremony on June 29, 2011, Congressman Mike Kelly (PA-03) presented Rogers Brothers Corporation with the U.S. Commercial Service’s Export Achievement Award.      The Export Achievement Award recognizes U.S. companies that have made their first export sale or entered a new overseas market with the assistance of the Department of Commerce’s U.S. Commercial Service.  With […]

July 12, 2011

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Mack to increase production, hire 300 at Pennsylvania plant

Due to increased demand for Pinnacle model highway trucks, Mack Trucks will boost production at its Macungie, Pennsylvania, truck plant in August and hire approximately 300 people to support the increase. The production increase will include the addition of a second shift. The company plans to have the new hires in place early in August.Those […]

May 31, 2011

Business

Final Take

By Equipment World Staff   Get involved Project EverGreen and The Boss Snow Plow have joined forces to help America’s military through SnowCare for Troops, a nationwide program that provides free snow removal services for the families of members of the military serving overseas. The initiative follows the success of GreenCare for Troops, which has […]

November 9, 2010

Technology

Sandvik helps Habitat build a home for PA family

Representatives from Sandvik Mining and Construction are joining Habitat for Humanity to build a new home for a Pennsylvania family. The company broke ground in late June in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, on a new home for Suzanne Anderson and the Anderson family. Sandvik is helping Habitat and local volunteers to build a wheelchair accessible home […]

July 16, 2010

Construction Equipment

Doosan adds Pennsylvania dealer

Doosan Infracore Construction Equipment added Best Line Equipment of Allentown, Pennsylvania, to its dealer network. Best Line will distribute heavy excavators and wheel loaders from its ten locations in eastern and east-central Pennsylvania.

June 1, 2010

Roadbuilding

What’s Gonna Work? Teamwork!

What’s Gonna Work? Teamwork! Teamwork Triumphs over Adversity: A Public-Private Partnership Delivers Infrastructure and Economic Development in Tough Economic Times by Robert Grubic, P.E., and Matthew Lena, P.E. Day after day, the same story plays out in headlines across the nation: Infrastructure needs go un-met as local governments struggle to meet their financial obligations with […]

February 26, 2010

Roadbuilding

Roll up the pavement: Gravel is making a comeback

Ever since the invention of the automobile, paved roads have meant progress. Now some cash-strapped towns and counties are finding progress too expensive, and they are tearing up battered roads and putting down gravel. The high price of pavement and the sour economy have driven municipalities in states such as Michigan, Pennsylvania, Indiana and Vermont […]

January 6, 2010