Tag: equipment manufacturing

Business

Dodge economist: Trump tariffs won’t halt construction growth

Though there are some concerning signs on the horizon, including President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, they won’t stop the continued expansion of the overall construction industry through 2018 and into 2019, according to Bob Murray, chief economist for Dodge Data & Analytics. Murray said the industry was able to absorb the […]

April 6, 2018

Construction Equipment

Equipment makers: Trump should back away from tariffs; create manufacturing jobs – not risk them

The equipment manufacturing industry “is profoundly disappointed at President Trump’s actions” on Thursday to advance import tariffs on steel and aluminum, says Dennis Slater, president of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. Trump initially exempted Canada and Mexico from the import tariffs, which are take effect in two weeks. He cited “national security” in two […]

March 9, 2018

Construction Equipment

Cab of the first 3D-printed excavator a success at Oak Ridge National Lab

A project that might inform the transformation of heavy equipment manufacturing has borne its first fruits with the first successful 3D printing of an excavator cab. With the appearance of an alien spacecraft, the cab was designed by a student engineering team from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The design is based on the Voronoi […]

October 4, 2016

Business

Caterpillar to cut 230 workers in East Peoria; may move Joliet parts production to Mexico

The first workforce cuts of Caterpillar’s recently announced, extensive cost-cutting plan will come at the company’s East Peoria, Illinois plant. According to a report from the Peoria Journal Star, Cat will lay off 230 employees in East Peoria. The announcement came days after the company announced that it would cut as many as 10,000 jobs from its global workforce […]

October 7, 2015

Business

Caterpillar details work to reduce waste at Georgia plant

Last week, Caterpillar invited 50 local business leaders to its new small bulldozers and mini hydraulic excavator plant in Athens, Georgia to take in a presentation on how the company is working to reduce waste and its carbon footprint. “Caterpillar has a vision for 2020 to be zero waste to landfill, so we just wanted to present […]

August 19, 2013

Business

‘Recession has ended…but not for us,’ AEM 1st vice chair testifies at T&I hearing

James McCullough, Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) First Vice Chair and CEO and President of CNH Construction, testified on Sept. 29 before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure about lagging jobs in the manufacturing industry and the need for new national policies to spur U.S. competitiveness globally. Earlier in the day, McCullough participated in […]

September 29, 2010