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Dealers

Construction equipment auction companies switch to online-only during coronavirus, anticipate selling surge

Auction companies are preparing for a surge in heavy equipment sales by going to online-only operations during COVID-19. Details here on Equipment World.

April 15, 2020

Business

Dodge economist: Recession rebound will begin this summer after painful 2nd quarter impact from coronavirus

Richard Branch, chief economist for Dodge Data & Analytics, predicts the U.S. economy and the construction industry will start to bounce back in early summer.

April 15, 2020

Vocational

Kenworth intros T880 Twin Steer vocational truck

Kenworth introduced a new, factory-installed twin steer configuration for its Kenworth T880 at ConExpo-Con/Agg 2020 in Las Vegas. Available as a day cab, the new Kenworth T880 Twin Steer with set-back front axles is ideal for crane, mixer and other vocational applications that require 86-inch axle spacing to meet local bridge laws and enhance overall […]

April 14, 2020

Business

JCB manufacturing housings of Dyson ventilators for coronavirus patients

JCB has reopened a factory closed due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in order to aid in the production of ventilators. After suspending production at its nine UK production plants until at least the end of April, the company says it was asked by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to help fill the […]

April 14, 2020

Business

Topcon launches free online webinars to help construction workers learn more about GPS

Topcon to offer online education on GPS and other geo-positioning topics for the construction and agriculture industry. Click for more information on Equipment World.

April 14, 2020

Construction Equipment

Sany debuts SY155U, SY225C excavators at ConExpo 2020

Sany debuted two new excavators at ConExpo 2020. Learn more about what the SY225C and SY155U excavators have to offer here on Equipment World.

April 13, 2020

Business

John Deere manufacturing face shields for health care workers in coronavirus fight

John Deere has begun manufacturing face shields for health care workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 coronavirus response. Deere says it began an initial run of 25,000 face shields on April 8 at its Seeding Group facility in Moline, Illinois. Deere is collaborating with United Auto Workers, the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and the […]

April 13, 2020

Dealers

How to avoid construction equipment dealer merger headaches

What do most dealer owners think of first when they’re considering a merger? Answer: valuations. But M&A deal-facilitators Clinton Baker and Marc Johnson, co-principals at K-COE Isom, say that’s not really the best place to start. Valuations of assets and property are naturally an important part of the process, they agree. “The key is to […]

April 13, 2020

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Komatsu unveils D71i dozer with improved machine control; Hitachi intros ZW 370-6 loader; New Thunder Creek multi-tank trailers, truck body; Bulk Master Top for belly dump trailers; Takeuchi previews TB220e electric excavator

Takeuchi’s TB220e electric excavator will come with fast-charge pack Takeuchi made a splash at ConExpo 2017 with its e240 electric excavator, then one of the few electric machines seen by show attendees. The company brought back an electric excavator to the 2020 show, but this time with a different concept. This year’s show machine, the […]

April 13, 2020

Machine control

Komatsu unveils D71PXi-24 dozer with new Intelligent Machine Control 2.0 tech

This is the first – and largest – dozer to get Komatsu's newest Intelligent Machine Control.

April 10, 2020

Business

Survey: Contractors make their way through new coronavirus reality, with 21% saying project backlogs have decreased significantly

Editor’s Note: Make your voice heard in our next survey. How is coronavirus impacting your business? Click here to participate in the survey. As contractors make their way through the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, opinions on how it is affecting project backlogs both now and in the future seem to holding steady, according to the second weekly […]

April 10, 2020

Battery electric

Takeuchi’s TB220e electric excavator will come with fast-charge pack

Takeuchi made a splash at ConExpo 2017 with its e240 electric excavator, then one of the few electric machines seen by show attendees. The company brought back an electric excavator to the 2020 show, but this time with a different concept. This year’s show machine, the 4,277-pound TB220e, is completely designed and built by Takeuchi, […]

April 9, 2020