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ConExpo-Con/Agg

Power Curbers & Power Pavers introduce 2 concrete slipform machines at ConExpo

Power Curbers & Power Pavers introduced two new concrete slipform machines during the ConExpo 2017 in Las Vegas. The Power Paver 2400 Series slipform pavers, including the SF-2404 four-track machine and SF-2402 two-track machine, are designed for conventional paving, offset paving and custom applications. They are designed for residential and intermediate paving projects up to […]

March 9, 2017

ConExpo-Con/Agg

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

Dealers

Subsite presents Top Salesman Awards to Ditch Witch of Georgia, Ditch Witch of the Rockies reps

Subsite Electronics presented its 2017 Top Salesman Awards to Brent Goodman of Ditch Witch of Georgia (Top HDD Guidance System Salesman) and Troy Kynaston of Ditch Witch of the Rockies (Top Utility Locator Sales) during the recent annual Ditch Witch Sales Conference. “These awards recognize the outstanding efforts of Brent and Troy,” says John Lamerton, […]

March 9, 2017

ConExpo-Con/Agg

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

Dealers

Federal Signal’s Environmental Solutions Group reorganizes operations

Federal Signal’s Environmental Solutions Group (ESG) is reorganizing its operations, including whole-goods, parts and service offerings and equipment rentals across government and industrial markets. ESG provides street sweepers, industrial vacuum trucks, high-performance waterblasting equipment, sewer cleaners and vacuum excavators for commercial, municipal and industrial customers. “With the successful completion of the Joe Johnson Equipment (JJE) […]

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

Equipment Experts

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