by admin | Oct 4, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., the world’s biggest maker of giant excavators, has offered 689 million Australian dollars ($529 million) to buy Australia’s Bradken Ltd. The purchase would be its biggest ever and is likely to boost profit by about 10 percent,...
by admin | Oct 3, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News
Komatsu America officials, with Starship’s “We Built This City” blaring in the background showed off their Chattanooga-made line of excavators as the company marked 30 years here. “To reach that milestone, 30 years, takes a lot of...
by admin | Sep 30, 2016 | Constuction & Business News
The assembly line was a breakthrough in manufacturing that forever altered the world we live in. Its efficiency cleared the way for the cost effective mass production of goods and in many ways birthed the modern economy. Sequential advances since then have been...
by admin | Sep 30, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News, Mining News
Using driverless trucks in underground mines is the next focus for the Queensland mining industry. As the sector looks for greater productivity and efficiency, a major research project to develop automation technologies for underground mining vehicles will soon get...
by admin | Sep 28, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News
Machinery manufacturer Sany Heavy Industry Co is using smart manufacturing to narrow its losses, the company said at Pujiang Innovation Forum 2016. Despite profits taking a dive last year, Sany remained the most profitable machinery manufacturer in China over the...
by admin | Sep 28, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Equipment & Construction Videos
VIRGINIA, MN— The Highway 53 bridge and relocation project hit a milestone Sept. 23 when it reached the halfway point. The $230 million project that began last November, with the bridge and roadway scheduled to open to traffic in November of next year, is now 50...
