Customers and distributors from more than 21 countries attended the 2013 Powerscreen Open Day held Oct. 3-4 at Arden Brickworks near Birmingham, UK. The event saw Powerscreen unveil three new machines – the Premiertrak 300 jaw crusher, the Trakpactor 320SR impact crusher and the Warrior 2100 screen as well as showcase some well-established products.
Pat Olney, president of Volvo Construction Equipment, has decided to leave his position to take up a new challenge in a non-competing engineering company based in the USA, according to the company. Olney will remain in his present position until year end.
The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for passing the Water Resources Reform & Development Act of 2013 on an overwhelmingly favorable vote of 417 to 3. House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), ranking committee member Nick Joe Rahall (D-W.Va.) with Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Chairman Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio) and ranking subcommittee member Tim Bishop (D-N.Y.) are to be congratulated for shepherding this bill through the Committee and the House on a bipartisan basis.
CASE Construction Equipment launched its new M Series line of dozers at a special media presentation held at its proving grounds in Tomahawk, Wis. Rock Products was on-hand for the event. One of the new machines – the 2050M – is a 214-hp dozer/ripper machine targeted to the aggregates market for stripping overburden, working on haul roads, building berms and cleaning up muck piles.
New construction starts in September advanced 13 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $556.0 billion, according to McGraw Hill Construction, a division of McGraw Hill Financial.
