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World of Concrete 2020: More than 60,000 expected to attend show Feb. 4-7. Here’s what you need to know.
The 2020 World of Concrete opens February 4 with 1,500 manufacturers displaying equipment at the Las Vegas Convention Center. There will also be more than 170 education sessions – more than 60 of which are new this year – beginning February 3. The show ends February 7. Online registration is $95. Onsite registration is $105. Organizers estimate […]
February 3, 2020
Dealers
Online auctioneer bidadoo sees rising supply of used construction equipment
Bidadoo has increased its sales force and expanded into new markets since an increasing amount of used construction equipment came on the market. More here.
June 13, 2019
Dealers
JLG offers website to prepare customers for future aerial lift standards
JLG is providing resource materials on its website to educate customers about proposed new standards for aerial work platforms. The proposed American National Standards Institute standards, known as ANSI A92, would affect machine design, training and safety and lead to changes for manufacturers, equipment dealers, rental shops and contractors. JLG says it expects the standards […]
December 22, 2017
Roadbuilding
Transportation safety certificate seeks to curb work zone deaths
Alarmed at the statistic that 50,000 deaths and injuries occur each year in or around U.S. road and bridge construction sites, a national organization has developed a safety training certificate with the goal of creating incident-free transportation work zones worldwide. So far, 111 candidates have been listed as earning the Safety Certification for Transportation Project […]
November 24, 2017
Dealers
Volvo CE parent enters U.S. securitization market for first time
According to a story on the website Asset Securitization Report, AB Volvo will enter the the U.S. securitization market for the first time to fund lines of credit for its truck, construction equipment, bus, marine and industrial engine dealerships. Previously, the company’s captive finance Volvo Financial Services funded lines of credit elsewhere, says the website. […]
November 7, 2017
Dealers
Proposed aerial-lift standards would affect rental dealers, contractors
New standards could soon be coming to the U.S. aerial work platform industry that will lead to major changes to the machines, how rental shops deal with their customers and how contractors plan projects. Manufacturers, such as Genie, are already making plans for the ANSI A92 standards with design changes to their aerial lift products, […]
October 31, 2017
Construction Equipment
Cat exiting “most severe downturn in 90-year history,” targets aftermarket services as key growth area
Between 2012 and 2016, Caterpillar experienced its most severe downturn in its 90-year history, with profits dropping by 40 percent. Now under the leadership of Jim Umpleby, who took over as company president this year, Caterpillar is focused on what it calls its “Operating & Execution” model. “Profitable growth will be at the center of […]
September 15, 2017
Business
John Deere sales continue to fall as profit is cut by 40% in 1Q
John Deere saw sales decline and a sharp cut in profit for the first quarter, and in response the company has adjusted downward its outlook for the full fiscal year. Deere reported 1Q sales of $5.5 billion, down 13 percent from the same period last year. Profit fell 40 percent to $254.4 million. The global farming […]
February 25, 2016
Construction Equipment
Kip Moore to headline Case Labor of Love music fest benefitting Wounded Warrior Project
Case Construction Equipment is trading in machines for microphones Labor Day weekend as it plays host to a music festival in Wisconsin to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. Case wants the Labor of Love Music Festival to not only entertain and raise money, but to also promote how important it is for veterans to get hired into […]
August 5, 2015
Dealers
Lincoln Electric endows welding fund, a new H&E facility and more in the latest Dealer and Manufacturing News Roundup
Lincoln Electric endows Ohio State welding engineering program Cleveland-based Lincoln Electric and David Lincoln have co-funded the first endowed professorship in welding engineering at The Ohio State University. In addition to a $1 million donation, the company also donated or consigned approximately $420,000 worth of welding equipment and technology for use by Ohio State students […]
July 10, 2015
Dealers
JCB, Douglas Dynamics earn honors; Kenworth, Fecon add locations in the latest Dealer and Manufacturing News Roundup
Skyjack machines tee up for charity in Miami Skyjack scissor lifts and booms were on hand at the BEA and Action Rentals’ Second Annual Golf Tournament, held on March 16 in Miami. The daylong event, held at Miami International Links in the Melreese Country Club, included golfing and a silent auction. This was Skyjack’s second […]
June 23, 2015
Business
KHL: Construction equipment revenues down as manufacturers trade places in top 10 rankings
Caterpillar and Komatsu remain the no. 1 and no. 2 construction equipment manufacturers in the world, respectively, to no surprise according to the latest edition of KHL’s annual Yellow Table study. However, four manufacturers traded places in the top 10. Volvo and Hitachi swapped, as did Terex and Liebherr though the publication does not note exactly […]
April 2, 2015
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