CASE Construction Equipment has partnered with the Texas Good Roads and Transportation Association and ASCO Equipment to bring its Dire States initiative to Texas in support of Proposition 1 (the Texas Transportation Funding Amendment).
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Volvo CE Inaugurates New Customer Center
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) inaugurated its North American Customer Center on June 23, with a ribbon cutting by Congressman Bill Shuster, Congressman Lou Barletta, Congressman Scott Perry, Volvo CE Americas President Göran Lindgren, Swedish Ambassador to the United States Björn Lyrvall, Pennsylvania State Senator Richard Alloway and other dignitaries.
Read MoreOne-Third of Trucks on Road Use Clean Diesel
More than one-third of all medium and heavy duty commercial trucks registered in the United States – 2.9 million of 8.8 million trucks – are now equipped with newer technology clean diesel engines, according to new data compiled by HIS Automotive for the Diesel Technology Forum (DTF).
Read MoreTerex Horizontal Screen Module
Terex Minerals Processing Systems (MPS) displayed its MHS6203 Horizontal Screen Module, “a mainstay of screening efficiency in its ever expanding modular product range,” at this year’s Hillhead show in Buxton, England.
Read MoreMartin Engineering Helps Orphanage
July 1, 2014 – Martin Engineering co-sponsored the fourth annual fund-raiser to support the children of Casa Hogar de Cabo San Lucas, an orphanage dedicated to providing active care and personal well-being for boys in need in Baja California Sur, Mexico. With the theme of “Healing Hearts, Building Futures,” the benefit was held at Las Ventanas al Paraiso (which translates as…
Read MoreSchwarz New JCI President
KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens has named Jeff Schwarz president of Johnson Crushers International, the company’s Oregon manufacturing facility. In his new leadership position, which he assumes July 1, Schwarz will be responsible for setting and achieving the goals and objectives for the manufacturing facility. Schwarz will report directly to Jeff Elliott, who assumed the role of group vice president…
Read MorePCA Analysis Corrects Corker-Murphy Proposal Projections
Sens. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced a plan calling for an increase in federal gasoline and diesel taxes to shore up the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) and prevent a potential nation-wide road construction work stoppage. According to initial reports, the taxes will generate $164 billion increase in HTF revenues.
Read MoreMSHA Reports on May Impact Inspections
U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced that federal inspectors issued 172 citations, 21 orders and two safeguards during special impact inspections conducted at 10 coal mines and two metal and nonmetal mines in May.
Read MoreTRIP Releases Oklahoma Report
Oklahoma has been able to significantly improve road and bridge conditions and boost highway safety in recent years, largely through increased transportation funding provided from the state legislature since 2005, reversing a decades-long trend of deteriorating roads and bridges and increasing fatalities.
Read MoreBritton Industries Expands
Britton Industries‘ has opened a new location in Philadelphia, expanding its position as a leading producer and supplier of organic mulch, topsoil, leaf compost and crushed concrete products in Central New Jersey and Southeast Pennsylvania. Britton stated it is proud of its 100-percent recovery rate of the recyclable material brought into each of its facilities as there is no leftover…
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