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Palfinger to show largest loader crane, PK 200002 L SH, at ConExpo 2020
Truck equipment manufacturer Palfinger will display several models of knuckle boom cranes at its ConExpo 2020 Festival Grounds Booth F-7256, including its largest loader crane, the PK 200002 L SH. (You can see more of what OEMs have in store for ConExpo 2020 in our show preview page by clicking here.) Also at the booth […]
January 9, 2020
Construction Equipment
Ingersoll Rand intros spark-resistant wrenches, drills
Ingersoll Rand's new lineup of heavy-duty pneumatic tools won't emit sparks, increasing safety in hazardous work conditions. Details on Equipment World.
June 4, 2019
Construction Equipment
Cat sales jump 20% in 2018: Record profit per share, but stock dives
Despite the good news, Caterpillar also saw a 9% plummet in its stock on Monday, January 28, 2019. Get the latest news from Caterpillar on Equipment World.
February 3, 2019
Dealers
Cat North American dealers report 23% increase in Dec. sales
Total retail sales by Caterpillar North American dealers rose a whopping 23 percent in December compared to the prior year, nearly doubling a strong 12 percent increase in November. December is now the eighth straight month of total 2017 North American retail sales gains for Caterpillar dealers, starting with modest 1 to 4 percent gains […]
January 29, 2018
Construction Equipment
Genie directs new GTH-1254 telehandler at heavy construction, oil and gas industry lifts (PHOTOS)
[imagebrowser id=198] Introduced at the recent World of Concrete, the Genie GTH-1256 telehandler takes aim at the heavier, higher lifts required on today’s jobsites. The 12,000-pound-maximum-lift-capacity GTH-1256 has a maximum lift height of 56 feet and a maximum forward reach of 42 feet. “It gives heavy construction, steal erection and the oil and gas market […]
February 23, 2015
Business
With Prop 1, Texas may break the logjam, spur innovation in highway funding
In November, Texans will go to the polls and vote on Proposition 1, which, in a nutshell, proposes to take half the money from the state’s gas and oil revenues and direct it toward highway construction and maintenance. Everything in this bill is sure to please the construction industry. And everything I’ve read over the […]
October 14, 2014
Business
42,000 construction jobs lost for a lie: Billionaire green activist flashes cash, democrats put off Keystone decision until 2016
Funny how good people with good intentions wind up doing bad things when they enlist politicians to their cause. In February, the New York Times featured a profile of billionaire Tom Steyer’s bid to raise $100 million to defeat the Keystone pipeline project and promote the democratic party’s green agenda. After endless backpedaling, the State […]
May 23, 2014
Business
Another worker shortage compounded by the energy boom could delay construction of $1.3 billion Dallas hospital
Construction officials with a Dallas area hospital say their project is losing workers and bidders to stiff competition from the oil and gas industry as well as higher paying construction jobs elsewhere in the state. “Houston and West Texas are taking labor away from many of our projects,” Lou Saksen, senior vice president over the $1.3 […]
April 24, 2014
Construction Equipment
Massive oil/gas deposits found of coast of Israel
Israel, oil and gas
July 20, 2012
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