Since 1968, ACS Industries has been in the business of providing attachments for large-scale earthmoving and construction equipment. In the aftermath of the recessionary economy of 2008 and 2009, the company was ready to dig deeper and build a more enduring presence in new markets. A robotic system designed in collaboration with Lincoln Electric helped to make it happen. Located in a…
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JCB Receives $35 Million Delivery
In early 2015, JCB received what was then the company’s largest single vessel shipment of 341 construction and agricultural machines to the Georgia Ports Authority from its manufacturing facility in the United Kingdom (UK). That record was broken when recently JCB’s UK facility shipped more than 400 machines worth more than $35 million to the Georgia Ports Authority. JCB will inspect and configure the…
Read MoreDSC Dredge Receives “E-Star” Award for Exports
DSC Dredge, LLC, based in Reserve, La., received the 2016 President’s “E-Star” Award for exports. In a ceremony held on May 16, 2016, at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Department of Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker said, “These companies demonstrate the opportunity inherent in selling Made-in-America products to the broad customer base that exists outside our borders.…
Read MoreSuperior Doubles Size of Nebraska Plant
Superior Industries Inc. completed a major expansion at its manufacturing plant in Columbus, Neb. The expansion creates space and adds capabilities for building newly launched Guardian Horizontal Screens and portable processing plants for crushing, screening, washing and feeding, in addition to the wet processing equipment already manufactured at the plant. “Although we incorporated the existing facility into our expansion, it’s like…
Read MoreLannon Stone Chooses Telsmith
Lannon Stone Products Inc. has selected Telsmith screens to be installed in a retrofit application as part of their facility wide processing equipment upgrade. A 6- x 20-ft. Vibro-King TL was installed to replace an aging Hewitt-Robins screen, while two 8- x 20-ft. Vibro-King TL screens were selected in place of the existing models. Lannon Stone elected to use Telsmith screening solutions for…
Read MoreW. R. Meadows Celebrates 90th Anniversary
In 1926, a young entrepreneur in Elgin, Ill., understood how important transportation would be to future development in the United States. W.R. ‘Bob” Meadows realized that seasonal conditions played havoc to the expansion and contraction of concrete and saw an opportunity how to control these forces by developing asphalt and wood fiber expansion joints. It turned out to be the…
Read MoreFLSmidth Enters Into Strategic Agreement with Kleemann
Global cement and minerals-processing company FLSmidth, and Kleemann, part of Wirtgen Group, have signed a long-term cooperation agreement on the supply of cone crushers for mobile applications in the construction industry. The agreement between FLSmidth and Kleemann brings together FLSmidth’s technology leadership within cone crushers with Kleemann’s leading position in the mobile crushing in the construction and aggregate industry. “This alliance is…
Read MoreTerex Products Launched at Bauma
Terex used the bauma show in Germany to spotlight new products and talk up some of its programs and innovations. Terex launched the new Terex Finlay I-140 direct drive 50- x 48-in. horizontal impact crusher with variable speed. The machine gives operators unprecedented levels of production in both recycling, mining and quarrying applications, the copany said. The robust and proven Terex…
Read MoreTelsmith to Go ALL IN at MINExpo
Telsmith will be at MINExpo 2016 in a 3,500 sq. ft. (325 m2) display within the North Hall at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The theme for Telsmith’s MINExpo 2016 presence is MINING – ALL IN, and the company is encouraging attendees to participate by demonstrating their commitment to the mining industry. The centerpiece of the Telsmith display will be…
Read MoreSandvik Forms Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology
Sandvik announced it will merge Sandvik Mining and Sandvik Construction into one business area – Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology. Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology operations will be organized in a de-centralized business model with separate product areas based on the product offering. Each product area will have full responsibility and accountability for its respective business. “Products developed for the customer segments mining and construction…
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