JCB recently hosted 163 dealer sales personnel as part of a week-long construction equipment training event. The event was part of the company’s ongoing JCB Field Days initiative, which includes a series of opportunities to get dealers and customers into the seat of JCB machines. This year’s theme was “The Gloves Are Off,” a nod to JCB’s aggressive approach to…
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Obama Proposes $10-Per-Barrel Oil Tax for Transportation
Included in President Obama’s 2017 budget is a proposal for a $10-per-barrel oil tax, phased in over five years, to pay for a variety of transportation initiatives, including new rail corridors, highway projects, pilot projects for self-driving cars and other technologies it said fall under the goal of a “clean transportation” system.
Read MoreCDE Global Increases Production Capacity
Materials washing specialist CDE Global has announced that it has increased its product assembly space by 32 percent to allow for the production of 60 additional machines every year. CDE Global designs and manufactures materials washing and classification equipment with applications in a variety of sectors; sand and aggregates, construction waste recycling, mining, specialist industrial sands and environmental. The regional office network…
Read MoreMartin Marietta Has Record Fourth Quarter; Full-Year
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. reported its results for the fourth-quarter and year ending Dec. 31, 2015. The company is reporting consolidated net sales of $780.8 million in the fourth quarter, compared to $779.5 million in the previous year’s fourth quarter; and $3.3 billion for the full year, compared to $2.7 billion in 2014. Heritage aggregates business net sales were up…
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