Posted on May 8, 2012
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JCBs North American dealer network continues to expand with the addition of JCB of South Texas in San Antonio. The location offers JCBs full line of equipment, including new, pre-owned and rental models, and a full-range of attachments.
We are honored to partner with JCB to...
Posted on May 1, 2012
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The global production of key metals increased more than 14 percent in 2010 marking a robust recovery from the sharp decline spurred by the 2009 global recession. Production totaled 1.48 billion tons in 2010, the last year for which data are available, according to research conducted...
Posted on May 1, 2012
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A $1.1-billion response to the death and destruction of Hurricane Katrina has been named the year’s most outstanding engineering achievement in the 46th Annual Engineering Excellence Awards—a juried national competition sponsored by the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC).
More than 600 attended the black-tie...
Posted on Apr 16, 2012
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Sales of construction equipment by the world’s 50 largest manufacturers grew 25 percent last year to US$ 182 billion, according to the annual Yellow Table survey by KHL Group. This was a record for the industry, surpassing the previous high of US$ 168 billion, set in 2008,...
Posted on Apr 12, 2012
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A new report published by the Competitive Enterprise Institute on April 12, highlights one critical tool in the battle to control the growing cost of government: competition. In Fixing America’s Crumbling Underground Water Infrastructure: Competitive Bidding Offers a Way Out, author Bonner Cohen, Ph,D., Senior Fellow at...
Posted on Apr 3, 2012
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation releases the first quarterly update to its 2012 Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlook today. The report is focused on the $628 billion industry and forecasts equipment investment and capital spending in the United States, and evaluates the effects...
Posted on Mar 29, 2012
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In response to today's action by the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a 90-day extension of the federal surface transportation programs, Association of Equipment Manufacturers President Dennis Slater issued the following statement on behalf of U.S. equipment manufacturers and the I Make America national grassroots...
Posted on Mar 16, 2012
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With Russia joining the World Trade Organization (WTO) in the coming months, Congress must act by granting Russia Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) in order for U.S. workers and businesses to benefit from Russia's agreement to lower overall tariff rates, enhance intellectual property enforcement and diminish technical...
Posted on Mar 16, 2012
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The just-concluded 2012 World of Asphalt and AGG1 expositions were an unqualified success, posting record numbers for attendee registrants as well as amount of exhibit space, number of exhibitors and number of education session tickets sold.
"Attendees and their companies understand the importance of learning and...
Posted on Mar 14, 2012
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On behalf of U.S. equipment manufacturers and the more than 20,000 supporters of the I Make America campaign, AEM President Dennis Slater issued the following statement congratulating the U.S. Senate on its passage today of S. 1813 - "Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century," or...
