Caterpillar - Mon October 05, 2020
Caterpillar Signs Agreement to Acquire Weir Oil & Gas
Caterpillar Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire the oil and gas division ("Weir Oil & Gas") of the Weir Group PLC, a Scotland-based global engineering business. Headquartered near Fort Worth, Texas, Weir Oil & Gas produces a full line of pumps, flow iron, consumable parts, wellhead and pressure control products that are serviced via an extensive global network of service centers located near customer operations....
Thunder Creek - Mon October 05, 2020
Thunder Creek Equipment Adds Former Mahindra USA Executive Larry Lea as Vice President of Sales
Thunder Creek Equipment and its parent company, LDJ Manufacturing, have hired Larry Lea, the former director of sales of Mahindra USA, as the organization's new vice president of sales. Lea, who has spent his entire career in the agriculture and heavy equipment sales market, will manage the organization's decentralized national sales team, while also working with the company's product, production and engineering teams to help lead strategic product development and growth....
JCB - Mon October 05, 2020
JCB Celebrates Retirement of Neil Smith
Since 1976, Neil Smith has represented JCB in a number of roles, most recently as the head of the company's North American demonstration team. But you also can find him in the Guinness Book of World Records as the holder of the record for the longest trip made in an excavator, or as the driver of the world famous 100 mph drag-racing backhoe, the JCB GT....
Open S - Thu October 01, 2020
SteelWrist, Rototilt Work Together to Launch Open S Automatic Quick Couplers
Open-S – a standard for fully automatic quick couplers for excavators – was launched Oct. 1. Machine operators can combine machine couplers, tiltrotators and tools from different manufacturers who are in compliance with the standard and be confident that they will be compatible with each other, according to the manufacturer....
CEG - Thu October 01, 2020
LeeBoy Expands Ascendum Machinery's Territory in North and South Carolina
LeeBoy announced that it has expanded Ascendum Machinery's territory to include all of North and South Carolina, effective Oct. 1. 2020. Ascendum Machinery already serves as the LeeBoy dealer in Western N.C., and the company will handle all sales, rental, warranty and parts needs from seven locations....
South Coast Improvement Company - Wed September 30, 2020
Susan Hackett Joins South Coast Improvement Company
South Coast Improvement Company (SCI), a design-build general contractor serving New England, the Mid-Atlantic states and down the coast to Florida, recently hired Susan Hackett as an assistant project manager....
Mack Trucks - Wed September 30, 2020
Mack Trucks' Lehigh Valley, Pa., Operations Completes Major Renovation
Mack Trucks has achieved a major milestone at its Lehigh Valley Operations (LVO) in Macungie, Pa., with the completion of an $84 million renovation project dubbed "Reborn."The comprehensive project revitalized the facility's infrastructure, equipment, systems and processes to create a modernized Lean Manufacturing environment delivering even greater production quality, safety and efficiency....
MAPA, CEG - Tue September 29, 2020
MAPA, MAAPT Issue 'Save the Date' for 2021 Conference
The Minnesota Asphalt Pavement Association (MAPA) announced new dates for its MAPA Asphalt Conference. Due to the pandemic, the conference will be held Feb. 3 to 4, 2021. According to a MAPA newsletter, the organization hopes "that after the New Year, we will be able to reconvene and offer similar elements to the conference that we have in the past....
Doosan Bobcat - Tue September 29, 2020
Doosan Bobcat Named 2020 Impact Award Winner for Bobcat Features On Demand Technology
Doosan Bobcat North America is the winner of the Innovation Leader 2020 Impact Award in the Best New Initiative category for Features On Demand, a digital solution that enables customers to customize features on Bobcat R-Series compact track loaders and skid-steer loaders....
ECA - Tue September 29, 2020
ECA Jacksonville Celebrates Five Years of Growth in the Southeast
ECA, a distributor of specialty foundation equipment, has seen continuous expansion at its Green Cove Springs, Fla., branch since opening the location five years ago. This location serves Florida, Georgia, Alabama and the Caribbean....
