New Cat Alliance Targets Driver Fatigue

May 27, 2013 – Are you tired of fatigue? Caterpillar Global Mining has entered into an alliance agreement with Seeing Machines Limited to deliver and support operator fatigue-monitoring technology through its Cat dealer network. Seeing Machines, headquartered in Canberra, Australia, has developed fatigue-monitoring systems using patented eye and head tracking technology to detect operator fatigue and distraction and to alert the mine controller…

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Major Wire Names Kirby-Smith Machinery New Dealer

Montreal-based Major Wire Industries Limited named Kirby-Smith Machinery Inc. as its new authorized dealer for aggregate, asphalt and recycle operations in Eastern Kansas, Oklahoma and Northern Texas. The dealership offers all of Major Wire’s screen media solutions, including the advanced technology Flex-Mat 3 Self-Cleaning Screen Media in tensioned and modular versions and OptimumWire Woven Wire.

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April Construction Slips One Percent

New construction starts in April settled back 1 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $473.0 billion, according to McGraw Hill Construction, a division of McGraw Hill Financial. The public works sector retreated from its elevated pace in March, and housing experienced a slight loss of momentum. Highway and bridge construction in April retreated 25 percent.

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Rental Revenue to Top $38 Billion in 2013

The equipment rental industry in the United States is expected to generate $33.6 billion in revenue in 2013, according to the American Rental Association’s (ARA) latest forecast from the ARA Rental Market Monitor updated in May. This figure represents a 7.3 percent increase over 2012 with revenue growth reaching 7.9 percent in the fourth quarter according to the latest quarterly…

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