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Vendors Gain Leverage As Gulf Soaks Up Supplies
Inventories for many types of construction materials and off-road machines are dwindling as emergency crews along a battered Gulf Coast continue to suck up items needed to repair downed power lines and other infrastructure. Full Story >>
 

10/10/2005 Japanese Soil-Mixing Machine Makes U.S. Debut on Aquifer Cut-Off
Wall Project

09/26/2005 In Ford Recall of 4.5 Million Trucks and SUVs, Dangers Are Blamed on ‘System Interaction’

09/26/2005 Growing Scaffold Operators Are Hungry for New Business

09/12/2005 Heavy Demand for Construction Machines Will Push Up Prices and Slow Deliveries

09/03/2005 Diesel Fuel 'Holiday' Sparks Confusion

09/02/2005 Katrina May Clean Out Construction Suppliers

08/22-29/2005 Onslaught of Sales Promotions Points Toward An Impending Manufacturing Slowdown

08/22-29/2005 Forget About Alternative Fuel, This Farmer Uses Corn and Soy To Bring Back Dull Paint

08/17/2005 Summer Bangs Out Big Iron Deals

08/15/2005 Big Public Works Projects Force Diesel Engine Retrofits

08/01/2005 Promise of Great Machines, Great Minds, Makes a Deere Run, Explains New Booke

08/01/2005 Automatic Grade Control Systems Replace Old Earthmoving Problems with New Ones

07/20/2005 Finance Pressed for More Data in SEC Probe

07/14//2005 Caterpillar Stock Splits on Manufacturing Surge

06/09/2005 eBay Now Offering Buyer Protection for Equipment

05/30/2005 Segmental Bridge Handbook Provides New Guidance on Construction Methods

05/30/2005 Metal Pipe Supplier Is Taking Super-Fast Production Vehicle for Summer Road Test

05/24/2005 Scaffolding Giants Plan Summer Wedding

05/23/2005 Tire Shortfall Forces 'Bias' Against Off-the-Road Radials

05/16/2005 Manufacturers Are on a Roll But the Gravy May Be Slowing

05/16/2005 Israeli is Trying To Improve Safety, Speed Under the Hook

05/02/2005 Industry Sees New Bridge Launching Devices As a Way To Save Time,
Money, Disruption

04/29/2005 Israeli Looks to Improve Safety Under the Hook

04/04/2005 U.S. Manufacturer Plans To Scoop Up More Profit with Chinese Wheel-Loader Deal

04/04/2005 Space-Age Compaction Machines Will Roll Into North America by Early Next Year

03/21/2005 Astec Grooms Former Kiewit Fleet Manager

03/14/2005 Big Fleet Owners Want Suppliers with Service That Stands Tall

02/16/2005 DaimlerChrysler Violated Sherman Act, Federal Lawsuit Alleges

02/11/2005 Historic Equipment Firm Takes Play-Time To Extremes

02/07/2005 Bosch, DeWalt Unveil New Security Gadgets To Foil Tool and Equipment Thieves

02/07/2005 Newly Acquired Milwaukee Tool Shocks Industry with 28-Volts of Cordless Power

01/24/2005 Designers Are Building More Machines That Cost Less to Move from Site to Site

02/14/2005 Innovation Thrives as Industry Suppliers Roll Out The Next Wave

01/21/2005 Innovation: It's Back

01/19/2005 The Truck Stops Here

12/13/2004 Web Sites Give Comparison Shoppers Easy Access to Industry Equipment Specifications

12/06/2004 Caterpillar Chalks Up 100 Years of Tracks By Introducing Three New
Crawler Dozers

11/11/2004 Nearly 15,000 Off-Road Work Buggies Recalled

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09/27/2004   Navistar’s Souped-Up Pickup Truck Has Hummer Fans Looking Up for a Change

09/27/2004   Euro Forklifts Come With A High Price Tag, But Their High Versatility Has Much To Offer

09/20/2004   Gray Market Rule Malfunction

09/02/2004   Black & Decker to Acquire Pentair’s Tool Division for $775 Million

08/02/2004   OSHA Wants Crane Operator Test Standards, While Employers Fear Loss of Control, Costs

07/12/2004   Canadian Military Is Buying Speedy Backhoe That Can Hit Up To 62 MPH On The Highway

07/05/2004   Japanese Recalls Upstage U.S. Launch Of New Mitsubishi 2005 Work

05/31/2004   Engineers Develop Tiny Hydraulic Cylinders That Give Small Hand Tools A Stronger Grip

05/31/2004   Manufacturing Veteran Follows the Ups And Downs of Hydraulic Cranes in New Book

05/10/2004   World's First Wind Tunnel for Trucks May Blow Better Diesel Efficiency by 2007 EPA Deadline

05/10/2004   U.S. Supreme Courts Says Southern California Fuel Rules Undermined Clean Air Act

04/14/2004   Patent Trial in Germany Stymies Crane Competition

04/5/2004   Tractor Inventor Crawls to the Finish Line To Produce a High-Speed ‘Dream Machine’

04/5/2004   Manufacturers Eye Surcharges To Pass Along Rising Steel Prices

03/15/2004   Ford, Navistar Join Domestic Cab-Forward Market with New Medium-Duty Work Trucks

03/15/2004   Atlas Copco To Acquire Ingersoll-Rand Drilling As Part of Aggressive
International Expansion

03/15/2004   Cat, Disney Resolve 'George of the Jungle' Trademark Suit

03/01/2004   Complicated New Work Trucks Are Testing Many Mechanics' Skill

02/16/2004   Equipment Managers Explore New Methods To Fight Budget Shortfalls with Technology

02/16/2004   New Study Pegs Equipment Theft at $1 Billion Annually and Growing As Crime Rings Expand

02/09/2004   Congested Site at Chicago’s Millennium Park Calls for Delicate Movement of Machinery

01/26/2004   U.S. Producer To Build Two Huge Tower Cranes After Winning $10-Million Contract in China

01/26/2004  Caterpillar, Terex Scrap Mining Partnership Over What One Calls 'a Difference in Value'

01/19/2004 Distributors Still Question Market Stability, But Factory Orders Are Sizzling in 2004

12/15/2003  International Organization Advocates Universal Training for Manlift Operators

12/08/2003 Force Monitors and Emission Controls Put Diesel Pile Hammers Back in the Game

10/27/2003  Collecting Vehicle Operations Data Is Not Just for Maintenance
Anymore

10/27/2003 Price Hikes During the First Half Are Holding

09/08/2003   Safety Product Engineers To Offer Contractors New Lineup of Finger-Saving Table Saws

09/08/2003   During Road Rehab Projects, Chicago DOT Manages Urban Highway Traffic With A Zip Touch

08/11/2003   Off-Road Truck Helps Specialty Firm Win Contracts That Competitors
Can't Touch

07/21/2003   Hydraulics Engineer Elevated Workers And Materials to Ever Higher Places

07/21/2003  Japanese Robotics Research Team Develops 'Humanoid' Equipment Operator  

06/23/2003  Off-Road Diesels To Be Cleaned Again  

05/19/2003  Even In Downturn, Creative Equipment Merchandising Brings In Big Profits  

05/19/2003  Subterranean Light-Rail Station Calls For Delicate Tilt-Up Maneuvers  

05/15/2003  International Exhibition's Attendance Reflects Saturated Equipment Markets  

05/19/2003  Engineer Helped To Pioneer the Ever-Present Loader Backhoe  

04/21/2003  Technicians Hope To Cut Shop Expenses With Reusable Oil Filters  

04/14/2003  Vermeer Breaks New Ground With Excavators  

04/14/2003  Manitowoc Weathering Drop In Crane Demand  

04/14/2003  Home Depot Has $4-Billion Plan To Fix Operations And Lure Contractors  

03/24/2003  IRS Pushes Controversial Tax Rule  

03/24/2003  OSHA To Update Crane And Derrick Standard  

03/24/2003  Researchers Test Concrete Admixtures For Low-Temperature Pours  

03/20/2003  Caterpillar Unveils ACERT Engines, Predicts Bright Future for Diesel  

03/17/2003  Work Truck Spending To Rise 10% After Several Years Of Decline  

03/17/2003  52-Year-Old Euro Truck With Ultra-High Ground Clearance Takes On North America  

03/10/2003  Equipment Producers Start The Year With Price Increases For Several Products  

03/10/2003  Manufacturer Gives Old Excavators New Life As Hydraulic Craness  

02/24/2003  Bobcat's New Multi-Purpose Vehicle and Tool Platform Builds On Skid-Steer Popularity  

02/24/2003  Excavator Bucket Attachment Eliminates Rigging For Pipe-Handling  

02/13/2003  Decorative Concrete Gains Interest From Industry Professional  

02/13/2003  General Contractor Develops Time-Saving Pipe-Handling Attachment  

02/13/2003  Three-Year Research Effort Results In New Bobcat Utility Vehicle  

02/10/2003  Deere Boosts Ergonomics, Moves Away From Wireless Monitors  

02/03/2003  More Than 200,000 Power Tools Are Recalled, With Manufacturers To Pick Up Repair Costs  

02/03/2003  Bosch Bets On Management Tools To Round Out Product Line  

01/21/2003  Private Investors Acquire Equipment Product Lines  

01/20/2003  Contractors Brace for Rising Equipment Costs this Year  

01/13/2003  Manufacturer Designs 125-Ton Excavator for Heavy Workloads and Improved Operation  

01/13/2003  Cincinnati's New Ballpark is in Great Shape After Old One Comes Down  

12/23/2002  Japan's Manufacturers Feel Order Crunch  

12/23/2002  Officials Investigate $350,000 Loader Theft  

12/23/2002  Idaho Logger's Invention Removes Brush for Remote Projects  

11/04/2002  Producers Regain Price Increases that were Rolled Back Earlier In the Year  

11/04/2002  Fleet Tracking Internet Systems Finding Traction in Construction  

08/12/2002  Explosion in Crane and Excavator Prices Shatters Stability  

08/12/2002  Giant Road-Legal Aerial Platform Enters The U.S. Market   

07/29/2002  Caterpillar Inc. Cites Foot-Dragging Customers For Disappointing Earnings  

07/29/2002  Crane's Long Reach Saves Emissions Equipment Retrofit Dollars  

07/08/2002  U.S. Customs Arrests Equipment Counterfeiters in $500,000 Raid  

07/08/2002  EPA Is Probing Whether Manufacturers Undercut Clean Engine Sales  

05/27/2002  Equipment Prices Recover From 2001's Year-End Collapse  

05/27/2002  In One Door And Out The Other  

05/27/2002  Army Drafts Loaders For Hazardous Duty  

04/01/2002  Long-Reaching Boom Truck Sets Up Completely In Seven Minutes  

04/01/2002  Reduced Weight Composite Drum For Concrete Mixers Is Called A 'Revolution'  

03/18/2002  Custom-Made Canadian Machines Tame Central Artery Tunnels  

02/18/2002  Equipment Distribuitors 'Still Standing' Despite Industry Slowdown  

02/18/2002  Case Reflects Market Optimism With 'Unprecedented' Rollout of 27 New Equipment Models  

01/21/2002  Powerplant Retrofits Require Muscular Cranes With Long Arms  

 


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