Caterpillar’s North Little Rock, Ark., facility is celebrating two production milestones – more than 4,000 medium wheel loaders and more than 15,000 machines overall. In 2010, the facility opened in Arkansas focusing solely on manufacturing Cat motor graders. Seven years later, medium wheel loaders were integrated into the product-line. Since 2017, more than 15,000 machines have been shipped from the…
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Acting Labor Secretary to Highlight Aggregates, Construction Trade Workers in Wisconsin
As part of the Department of Labor’s Good Jobs Summer tour, Acting Secretary Julie Su will travel to Franklin and Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 14, to meet with union mine workers, leaders in the building trades, mine operators, contractors and workforce training experts and discuss the Biden-Harris administration’s continued efforts to bringing good jobs to the state. In Franklin, Acting Secretary…
Read MoreABB, Komatsu to Collaborate on Electrification Platform
ABB and Komatsu have signed a Strategic Collaboration Agreement to collaborate on the development of integrated solutions that will help bring net-zero emissions for heavy industrial machinery a step closer to reality. The collaboration brings two global leaders together to share industry expertise and products in a bid to create world-class solutions, ranging from renewable energy generation to fully electrified…
Read MoreGranite Completes D&B Transaction
Aug. 13, 2024 – Granite Construction continues to grow its business further from its West Coast base. The company completed the acquisition of Dickerson & Bowen Inc. (D&B), a regional aggregates, asphalt and highway construction company serving central and southern Mississippi. The acquisition is a highly complementary bolt-on to the company’s 2023 acquisition of Lehman-Roberts Company/Memphis Stone & Gravel, and…
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