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Business

Doosan names Scott Park as next CEO of DICE

Doosan today announced that Scott Park will be replacing Tony Helsham as the president and CEO of Doosan Infracore Construction Equipment (DICE). Helsham is retiring in February. Since early last year, Park has held the position of Global Vice President of Strategy, Manufacturing Strategy and Total Quality Management (TQM) for DICE. The company says Park […]

November 5, 2013

Business

Ritchie Bros. boosts revenues, doubles profit in 3Q

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers announced today a sizable gain in revenues in the third quarter and a huge profit increase. The company brought in auction revenues of $105.8 million. That’s a 15-percent increase from the same period last year. Meanwhile, profit grew 101 percent to $16.4 million. When excluding the after-tax effects of excess property sales and […]

November 5, 2013

Business

Hanley Wood, Intermat partner to create World of Concrete Europe

World of Concrete is coming to Europe. Today, Hanley Wood, the organizer of World of Concrete, and S.E. Intermat, the owner and organizer of the Intermat trade shows, announced a partnership to bring the World of Concrete trade show to Europe. The European show will be the third World of Concrete event, joining World of Concrete […]

November 4, 2013

Maintenance

How to switch to extended life coolants in your equipment and trucks

When it comes to extended life coolants (ELCs), the news is all good. They’re more expensive than conventional coolants, but last for 500,000 miles or better in trucks and 6,000 hours or more in off-road equipment. And ELCs don’t plate out a mineral coating on the inside of your cooling system, so the heat exchange process […]

November 1, 2013

Construction Equipment

Sany to begin selling motor graders in North America in 2014

Sany will launch three motor graders in North America next year, according to a report from our sister site Better Roads. Citing an interview Sany Road Machinery chairman Xie Zhixia chairman gave to KHL’s International Rental News, Better Roads says the SMG 160, SMG 200 and SMG 230 motor graders will be assembled in Sany’s plant near Atlanta, […]

October 31, 2013

Business

Komatsu sees slight decline in sales in first half of year, cuts profit forecast by 26%

Citing a decrease in demand for mining equipment, Komatsu announced decreases in both sales and operating income for the first six months of its fiscal year. In the last six months, the company reports that net sales were down 0.6 percent to 925.1 billion yen ($9.46 billion) compared to the same period last year. Operating […]

October 29, 2013

Construction Equipment

Ohio man accused of running equipment theft ring and selling the machines online pleads guilty to the latter

A man accused of running an equipment theft operation that sold its stolen goods on the Internet, pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Columbus only for transporting stolen equipment and scheming to sell it online. According to The Columbus Dispatch, Todd Allen Lamb was accused of running an operation where he had people steal backhoes, Mack trucks […]

October 25, 2013

Construction Equipment

Tackle steep grades with BOMAG’s new BW138AC-5 combination roller

Handle a range of compaction jobs including commercial parking lots, highway shoulders and secondary roadway maintenance with BOMAG’s BW138AC-5 roller, which features a traditional vibratory steel drum in the front and four smooth pneumatic tires at the rear for enhanced tractive effort. The 4.5-ton, 54-inch-wide roller has a Tier 4 interim four-cylinder Kubota diesel engine. […]

October 24, 2013

Equipment

Study: Hybrid construction equipment emits more harmful pollutants than diesel-only machines

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have concluded that while hybrid construction equipment certainly reduces fuel consumption, they are still worse for the environment due to increased harmful emissions. The scientists deployed 10 hybrid Caterpillar D7E bulldozers and six hybrid Komatsu HB215LC-1 excavators at six different jobsites in California. Both machines were tested for […]

October 23, 2013

Business

Caterpillar 3Q profits down 44%, cuts outlook for 2013 once more

Caterpillar is reporting another down quarter due to decreased mining demand with third quarter sales and revenues down 22.5 percent and profits down 44 percent from last year. The company announced today third quarter sales and revenues of $13.423 billion, down from $16.556 billion in the third quarter last year. Third quarter profits fell from […]

October 23, 2013

Construction Equipment

Terex launches the TSV-90, its largest skid steer yet

This morning Terex introduced its latest and largest skid-steer loader yet, the TSV-90. Designed for heavy pick-and-carry and large production loading applications, Terex’s new TSV-90 features a vertical lift path and is powered by an 85-horsepower Tier 4 interim-compliant Cummins turbocharged engine. The skid steer boasts 3,375 pounds of rated operating capacity and a 131-inch […]

October 22, 2013

Construction Equipment

First look inside and out of Case’s brand new M Series crawler dozers

Last week, we got a chance to spend some quality time with Case’s brand new M Series lineup of crawler dozers. As our in-depth report on the machines detailed, the lineup features between a 5- and 14-percent increase in horsepower over the L Series along with substantial durability, cab and fuel economy improvements—all of which […]

October 21, 2013