Tag: Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM): Page 2

Roadbuilding

Mica’s Move is Made: Now let’s keep moving

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica and Members of the committee unveiled the American Energy an Infrastructure Jobs Act yesterday. I would like to think contractors, subs, agencies,equipment dealerships and OEMs are excited and getting ready to move quickly if this bill can become a reality. After some years of flatlining it has […]

February 1, 2012

Equipment Experts

Machine Matters

Where Small is Big Looking for a compact excavator? There’s no shortage of choices and options on the market By Mike Anderson For equipment considered foreign to North American contractors not much more than a generation ago, the compact excavator has become a mainstream part of their fleets. Within the 3.0- to 6.0-metric-ton range alone, […]

January 27, 2012

Safety

Machine Matters

Where Small is Big Looking for a compact excavator? There’s no shortage of choices and options on the market By Mike Anderson For equipment considered foreign to North American contractors not much more than a generation ago, the compact excavator has become a mainstream part of their fleets. Within the 3.0- to 6.0-metric-ton range alone, […]

January 27, 2012

Business

AEM offers guidance through regulations

AEM presented its webinar, “REACH, RoHS, WEEE, Conflict Minerals:  The Important Regulations Impacting Engineers and Manufacturers,” on January 19. The seminar, which took place in partnership with the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, was designed to help companies better understand and comply with European and United States environmental rules. All companies selling into the […]

January 23, 2012

Roadbuilding

Highway Contractor

Within a handful of bright, or at least not gloomy, spots there may be opportunities for transportation agencies and highway and bridge contractors to be pro-active in their fight against the agonizingly slow recession climb-out.

January 12, 2012

Roadbuilding

AEM supports Senate’s action on machinery lighting/marking legislation

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) is applauding a U.S. Senate committee approval of legislation to improve safety on rural roads by providing consistency regarding lighting and marking requirements for agricultural machinery. The legislation was included in a highway safety bill approved by a voice vote of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. The association expects to now see the measure combined with the "highway bill" due for consideration early in 2012.,The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) is applauding a U.S. Senate committee approval of legislation to improve safety on rural roads by providing consistency regarding lighting and marking requirements for agricultural machinery. The legislation was included in a highway safety bill approved by a voice vote of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. The association expects to now see the measure combined with the "highway bill" due for consideration early in 2012.,The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) is applauding a U.S. Senate committee approval of legislation to improve safety on rural roads by providing consistency regarding lighting and marking requirements for agricultural machinery. The legislation was included in a highway safety bill approved by a voice vote of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. The association expects to now see the measure combined with the "highway bill" due for consideration early in 2012.,The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) is applauding a U.S. Senate committee approval of legislation to improve safety on rural roads by providing consistency regarding lighting and marking requirements for agricultural machinery. The legislation was included in a highway safety bill approved by a voice vote of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. The association expects to now see the measure combined with the "highway bill" due for consideration early in 2012.,The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) is applauding a U.S. Senate committee approval of legislation to improve safety on rural roads by providing consistency regarding lighting and marking requirements for agricultural machinery. The legislation was included in a highway safety bill approved by a voice vote of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. The association expects to now see the measure combined with the "highway bill" due for consideration early in 2012.,The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) is applauding a U.S. Senate committee approval of legislation to improve safety on rural roads by providing consistency regarding lighting and marking requirements for agricultural machinery. The legislation was included in a highway safety bill approved by a voice vote of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. The association expects to now see the measure combined with the "highway bill" due for consideration early in 2012.,The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) is applauding a U.S. Senate committee approval of legislation to improve safety on rural roads by providing consistency regarding lighting and marking requirements for agricultural machinery. The legislation was included in a highway safety bill approved by a voice vote of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. The association expects to now see the measure combined with the "highway bill" due for consideration early in 2012.

December 16, 2011

Construction Equipment

Elton Long enters Construction Equipment Hall of Fame

Elton Long was inducted into the Association of Equipment Manufacturers’ Construction Equipment Hall of Fame. Long designed and manufactured the first tractor loader/backhoe integrated from the factory and warranted by a single OEM. Long lived from 1921 until 2003. A judging board comprised of representatives and experts from major industry associations elected Long to the […]

November 28, 2011

Construction Equipment

AEM recognizes ‘Milestone Members’

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has recognized eight member companies as having achieved “Milestone Member” status with the organization. This status is for member companies who have supported the industry through 25 or more years of continuous participation in AEM and its activities. The newest 100-year member company is DeLaval Inc. of Kansas City, […]

November 16, 2011

Construction Equipment

AEM names inaugural Pillar of the Industry award winners

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and its I Make America (IMA) campaign have honored four companies with AEM’s first annual Pillar of the Industry award. Angus-Palm, Caterpillar Inc., International Construction Equipment and Stone Construction Equipment were recognized “for their outstanding contributions to the people and communities of the equipment manufacturing industry through their extensive […]

November 14, 2011

Construction Equipment

AEM on Boxer’s transportation funding testimony

The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, led by Sen. Barbara Boxer and Sen. Jim Inhofe, took a significant step toward passing a bipartisan highway funding bill that will help manufacturers and farmers move their products to overseas markets and create thousands of American jobs, according to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). […]

November 10, 2011

Construction Equipment

AEM to Congress: Approving free trade agreements level the playing field

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and its member companies applaud Congress for taking bipartisan action on the Free Trade Agreements for Colombia, Panama and Korea. The House of Representatives and the Senate both voted on Oct. 12 to approve the measures which will now go to the president for his signature. “Not only will […]

October 13, 2011

Roadbuilding

‘I Make America’ campaign turns 1; celebrates with virtual march on D.C. for infrastructure investment

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and the I Make America campaign celebrated the campaign’s first anniversary, and to mark the occasion, industry supporters held a virtual march on Washington, D.C. AEM called on its supporters to send letters, sign a petition, and call their elected officials in Congress to demand they take a stand […]

October 6, 2011