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Construction Equipment

PHOTOS: Vintage Cat dozer joins cranes, loaders, excavators in ConExpo 2017’s Gold Lot

ConExpo-Con/Agg 2017 was a huge show. The Equipment World editors returned home from Las Vegas over the weekend and though we’ve already published a bunch of big news from the show, we’re still going through our notebooks, press materials and memory cards with plans on publishing much, much more from the big show over the […]

March 13, 2017

Dealers

Manitowoc marks first orders for National Crane NTC55 at ConExpo

Manitowoc Cranes marked the release and first five retail orders for the National Crane NTC55 truck crane during ConExpo 2017 in Las Vegas. In attendance for the announcement was dealer Stephenson Equipment, based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which helped Manitowoc in designing the crane. The company gave the dealer a commemorative plaque during the ceremony. RELATED […]

March 13, 2017

ConExpo-Con/Agg

Astec launches Silobot, a robotic asphalt silo inspection and mapping service

Astec has introduced a new asphalt silo inspection tool designed to minimize danger to personnel inspecting the silo, provide precise thickness mapping, and cut back silo downtime to a fraction of what is traditionally needed. Called Silobot, the machine was on display at ConExpo 2017 in Las Vegas. The old way to inspect a silo was […]

March 13, 2017

ConExpo-Con/Agg

Gomaco introduces GP4 slipform paver that can pave up to 40 feet wide

Gomaco launched the GP4, a slipform paver capable of paving up to 40 feet wide, at ConExpo 2017 in Las Vegas. The GP4 follows the launch of the 30-foot-wide capacity GP3 at the 2016 World of Concrete. The new paver features a dual-telescoping roller frame with Smart Cylinders and Smart Telescoping for accurate frame widening […]

March 10, 2017

ConExpo-Con/Agg

Sany enters compaction market with introduction of SSR120C-8 roller

Sany launched its SSR120C-8 roller compactor for the North American market at the 2017 ConExpo show in Las Vegas. “This is Sany America’s first model in the compaction market and further proves Sany’s commitment to providing the best value proposition in the industry,” says Eric Teague, general manager Sany America. The SSR120C-8 features a Cummins […]

March 10, 2017

ConExpo-Con/Agg

International Truck names Mid-Atlantic Truck Centre’s Feldman as Walk-Around champ

International Truck has named Robert Feldman from Mid-Atlantic Truck Centre, Linden, New Jersey, as the 2017 HX Series Walk-Around Competition champion. The announcement was made during ConExpo in Las Vegas. Feldman, who was the finalist for the Northeast region, was one of six regional finalists who received an all-expense paid trip to the trade show. […]

March 10, 2017

ConExpo-Con/Agg

Hyperlane high-speed autonomous vehicle project wins AEM’s Infrastructure Vision 2050 Challenge

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) named the Hyperlane project by Anthony Barrs and Baiyu Chen as the winner of the Infrastructure Vision 2050 Challenge at the Tech Experience during ConExpo-Con/Agg in Las Vegas. AEM created the Infrastructure Vision 2050 Challenge as a means to create “innovative ideas to overhaul the crumbling infrastructure that Americans […]

March 10, 2017

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

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

Cat: Connected assets, ‘voice of the machine’ will drive growth, big productivity advances

Caterpillar says it’s putting its future bets on the huge opportunities it sees beyond the iron, in comments made this weekend on the eve of ConExpo-Con/Agg 2017. “Instead of Cat being a brand on the jobsite, we’re pushing to make Cat the jobsite brand,” says Paolo Fellin, Cat vice president, global construction and infrastructure. Cat […]

March 6, 2017