AGC - Mon October 22, 2018
Construction Employment Rises In 45 States, D.C. Between Sept '17, '18
Forty-five states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between September 2017 and September 2018, while 29 states and D.C. added construction jobs between August and September, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data released Oct....
Volvo - Fri October 19, 2018
Volvo's Sales Climb 24 Percent in Third Quarter
Helping parent company The Volvo Group to its best ever third quarter results, Volvo Construction Equipment once again posted a strong set of figures during the period. Good demand for its competitive products in most markets helped drive sales growth of almost a quarter, coupled with strong profitability....
ARTBA - Thu October 18, 2018
Dave Bauer Named New ARTBA President, CEO
Dave Bauer has been named president and chief executive officer of the Washington, D.C.-based American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), effective Jan. 1, 2019. The unanimous decision of the association's board of directors was announced at ARTBA's National Convention, held in New York City....
Komatsu - Wed October 17, 2018
Komatsu Equipment Company Plans to Build $47M Customer Support, Service Center
Komatsu Equipment Company (KEC), flagship dealership for Komatsu America Corp. (KAC), a leading global heavy equipment manufacturer, today announced plans to build a 189,000-sq.-ft. state-of-the-art Service Center on roughly 30 acres in Elko, Nev....
Durante Rentals - Wed October 17, 2018
Durante Rentals Announces New Store Opening in Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.
Durante Rentals announced the opening of its new full-service rental facility in Hasbrouck Heights, N.J. The new store, located at 50-54 NJ-17, is the company's first in the state of New Jersey and now gives it 10 locations throughout the Tri-State area....
ARTBA - Wed October 17, 2018
ARTBA, WTS Alliance Encourages Advancement of Women in Transportation
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and the Women's Transportation Seminar International (WTS) have formed an alliance to support and advance women in the transportation infrastructure sector....
Telsmith Inc. - Tue October 16, 2018
Telsmith Adds Thistle As Regional Sales Manager
Telsmith Inc. , a manufacturer of mineral processing equipment, announced its recent hire of Kraig Thistle, who joins as regional sales manager covering North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia....
Yoder & Frey - Tue October 16, 2018
Yoder & Frey Gains Recognition for Recent Specialist Aggregate, Mining and Quarrying Disposal Auction
Yoder & Frey reported that the specialist one-day, off-site Quarry, Aggregate & Mining Surplus disposal sale that it was appointed to organize in Friedens, Pa., on Sept. 27 was a real success. A number of high specification, good quality and well maintained specialist pieces of equipment along with an assortment of 20-plus ton excavators, dozers, scrapers, rigid dump trucks and a good selection of wheeled loaders all went under the hammer and created considerable international interest with strong prices and a large influx of first time bidders and buyers attending....
Caterpillar - Tue October 16, 2018
Cat Introduces New Trademark Graphic
Cat machines, engines, generator sets and work tools will soon have a new look. Caterpillar is replacing the current “Power Edge” trade dress (Cat trademark on a black background accented with a diagonal red bar) with a fresh new graphic design called “Cat Modern Hex.” The Cat Modern Hex design combines the traditional Cat trademark and product model names with a bold, three-dimensional red hexagon and grille pattern....
Volvo - Thu October 11, 2018
Volvo CE Aims for Industry's Highest Lifecycle Values with Volvo Certified Used Center
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has a new strategy for increasing the lifecycle value of its machines, and is leveraging the expertise of its dealer network to take the “guess work” out of buying used equipment....
