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Come Together, Right Now, Over Bill

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers is taking what I think will become a pretty popular position on the House’s HR7 reauthorization bill, the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act (AEIJA), just passed by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. It’s now with the Ways and Means Committee where sudden enlightenment on how to pay for […]

February 3, 2012

New Used Rental

Decisions, decisions As most contractors enter their fourth year of uncertain work, equipment choices become more critical. Some key factors to consider as you determine your 2012 equipment strategies: Why Buy New? Aging, slowing fleets best remedied by buying new, efficient equipment The 30-metric-ton excavator you place your top operator into this season will be […]

January 9, 2012

AEM outlook indicates expected growth

In the Association of Equipment Manufacturers’ annual Construction Equipment Outlook survey, members were asked to rank several factors affecting future business. The replies recognized the state of the general economy, including consumer confidence and credit availability, plus steel prices and the protracted slump in single-family housing starts, are significant negative factors influencing future sales. A […]

January 3, 2012

RoadWorks

AEM’s new revenue-neutral solution for America’s interstates, Fed grants boost state DOT budgets the EPA backs of its “numeric turbidity linmits” and new infrastructure rankings are among the featured news items.

September 7, 2011

New AEM/OSHA alliance crane decal now available

A new decal for cranes – “Designated/Certified Operators ONLY” – has been developed by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and approved by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The decal signifies that the machine should be operated only by personnel who have received employer certification of training and evaluation according to relevant […]

May 31, 2011

Designated Certified Operators Only Decal

Construction Equipment

U.S. exports are up 15 percent from last year

Exports of U.S.-made construction equipment increased in the second quarter of 2010, according to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. Total construction machinery exports at midyear were $7.4 billion, gaining 15 percent overall compared to last year’s numbers. “These numbers are encouraging, especially after the double-digit declines of last year,” says Al Cervero, AEM senior vice […]

August 23, 2010

Navistar withdraws lawsuit against CARB

Navistar International Corp. withdrew on April 22 a lawsuit it previously filed against the California Air Resources Board (CARB) following an agreement with CARB that addresses the issues that prompted the court action. Navistar had sought a ruling in a San Francisco Superior Court declaring that CARB was improperly certifying 2010 diesel engines equipped […]

April 23, 2010

AEM export-import bank pilot program paying dividends, manufacturer participant says

A pilot program developed by the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) and launched with the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) a few months ago is already paying huge dividends for at least one manufacturer. The program is designed to boost exports from AEM’s small- and medium-sized member companies. As an example for […]

April 23, 2010

AEM export-import bank pilot program paying dividends, manufacturer participant says

A pilot program developed by the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) and launched with the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) a few months ago is already paying huge dividends for at least one manufacturer. The program is designed to boost exports from AEM’s small- and medium-sized member companies. As an example for […]

April 23, 2010

The construction industry says, ‘We’re not gonna take it!’

At Chicago’s Soldier Field Today (Home of the Chicago Bears football team) local business leaders, laborers and construction workers rallied in a caravan of construction equipment to urge the federal government to stop job loss and to move quickly on the reauthorization of SAFETEA-LU. A caravan of idle construction equipment including a motor grader, rough terrain […]

January 11, 2010

Association of Equipment Manufacturers announces 2010 officers, new directors

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) announces the election of 2010 officers and new directors. The new officers and directors are the following: · Chairman Chuck Martz, president & CEO of Link-Belt Construction Equipment, Lexington, Kentucky · First Vice Chairman James McCullough, president & CEO CNH Construction Equipment of CNH, Racine, Wisconsin · Second Vice […]

November 17, 2009

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