Designed to improve customer service and machine monitoring, John Deere announced the new John Deere Connected Support. Enabled through the JDLink telematics connection, John Deere Connected Support leverages a suite of dealer and factory tools to deliver increased productivity, uptime and lower daily operating costs. “With John Deere Connected Support, dealers take a proactive approach, efficiently improving service and the…
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Epiroc Introduces Next Generation Of The Rig Control System
Epiroc introduced the fifth generation of Rig Control System (RCS 5), the next evolutionary step toward fully autonomous mining, according to the company. RCS 5 provides the next step for the mining industry from the automation program that brought autonomous drilling into a sustainable reality. Features such as Machine-to-Machine Communication, sharing real time drill plan updates between drills, Auto Tower…
Read MoreRepublican Supports Doubling Gas Tax
May 3, 2019 – According to a report on The Hill, a republican legislator is calling for the doubling of the federal gas tax and airline fees in order to pay for the $2 trillion infrastructure package being negotiated by President Trump and Democratic leaders. Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) is urging Congress to double the 18.4-cents-per-gal. gasoline tax, which has not been raised…
Read MoreAggregates Marketing Inc. Scores Big Contract
Athabasca Minerals Inc. reported that its wholly-owned subsidiary Aggregates Marketing Inc. has secured a CDN $1,500,000 order to supply aggregates for a major industrial operator located in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in northern Alberta, Canada.
Read MoreACG Acquisition Drives Arcosa’s First Quarter 2019 Results
Arcosa Inc. announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019. The company is reporting that revenues increased 16% to $410.9 million. Net income increased 25% to $27.7 million; while adjusted net income increased 30% to $28.8 million, excluding non-routine items related to the ACG Materials acquisition.
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