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Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology USA Appoints Victor Tapia as New Vice President

Victor Tapia has been appointed vice president of Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology, sales area United States. He will start in this role on Jan. 1, 2020 and will be based in Atlanta, Ga. Tapia will be joining Sandvik after working for Metso, where he served as business area president and was a member of the Metso Group executive management team....


Harter Equipment Joins Highway Equipment Family

Highway Equipment Company is expanding its reach into New Jersey by acquiring a new location in Millstone, N.J. Harter Equipment, which was founded by Seth Harter in 1967 and led by Sue Harter since 1999, has joined the Highway Equipment family....


Charlie Walsh Named Executive Vice President of Stephenson Equipment

Stephenson Equipment Inc. (SEI) has named Charlie Walsh as its executive vice president to head the sales teams at the company. With the retirement of Dennis Heller, who has stayed on with SEI as chairman of the board, Walsh moves into the sales management role Heller has lead for many years....


Deere & Company Elects New CEO, Board Member

The Deere & Company board of directors elected John C. May as a member of the board, effective immediately, and to the position of Chief Executive Officer, effective Nov. 4, 2019. May has served as Deere's president and COO since April 2019....


Industry Veteran Bruce Knapp Dies

Bruce Stuart Knapp, husband and father of three, passed away on Aug. 20, 2019, at age 70. Mr. Knapp was born on March 10, 1949, in Corning, N.Y., to Floyd and Mary Helen (Stuart) Knapp. As a young boy, he helped out on the family farm, Stuart & Sons Dairy....


Construction Employment Increases in 255 Out of 358 Metro Areas in Past Year

Construction employment grew in 255, or 71 percent, out of 358 metro areas between July 2018 and July 2019, declined in 56 and was unchanged in 47, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released Aug....


Cummins Expands X15 Portfolio With New Efficiency, Productivity Series for 2020

Cummins Inc. is expanding its 2020 X15 portfolio with a new X15 Efficiency Series engine and the X15 Productivity Series offering operational efficiency without compromising the performance and drivability that drivers demand....


Eighty Percent of Contractors Report Difficulty Finding Qualified Craft Workers

Eighty percent of construction firms report they are having a hard time filling hourly craft positions that represent the bulk of the construction workforce, according to the results of an industry-wide survey released Aug....


Officials to Release New Data Showing the Severity of Construction Worker Shortages Nationwide and By Region and State

On Tuesday, Aug. 27 at 1 p.m. EDT, the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and Autodesk will release new data showing the severity of construction worker shortages nationwide and by region and state* during a media conference call at 1-800-875-3456 (use passcode: "Brian Turmail")....


James River Equipment Takes On Sennebogen Material Handlers To Become 'One Stop Source' In Virginia

A recent agreement with Sennebogen LLC has concluded James River Equipment's two-year search to expand its range of OEM lines with the right complementary machines for its customers in the Virginia region....






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