by admin | Jun 24, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Manufacturer News
The new Panama Canal opens for business Sunday June 26th. We are looking at what this means for the canal and the impact Caterpillar has had on the canal’s construction then and now. Three-quarters of the steam shovels used to dig the original Panama Canal were...
by admin | Jun 23, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News
One of China’s top construction equipment makers looks to India for new business, as profits plummet in its own oversupplied home market. One of China’s biggest building equipment makers will invest up to $250 million on a production base in India, in a...
by admin | Jun 23, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Manufacturer News
Jim Smith Contracting, a heavy highway contractor based in Grand Rivers, Kentucky recently purchased three new Link-Belt 80-ton (72.5 mt) 138 HSL lattice crawler cranes to keep up with the additional bridge work and road construction underway for the new Interstate 69...
by admin | Jun 23, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
Franz Bracht Kranvermietung GmbH has taken delivery of three new Liebherr LTM 1160-5.2 mobile cranes within 6 months. Owner Dirk Bracht highlights the high lifting capacities of the 5-axle crane and its variable supporting base as major purchase criteria. The three...
by admin | Jun 23, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Manufacturer News
Fenton Rigging & Contracting of Cincinnati handled the job with two cranes from Maxim Crane, the biggest of which was brought into the cramped space tucked behind Rubbertown chemical plants on several semi trucks. The boom reached 200 feet, extending from one side...
by admin | Jun 22, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News
Caterpillar Inc said that its global retail sales declined 12 percent for the three months ended May as a long global slowdown in the construction and mining sectors continued to weigh on the heavy equipment maker’s core markets. The report marks 42 consecutive...
