by admin | Apr 5, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News, Energy News, Manufacturer News
A team of five Grove rough-terrain cranes helped to build the 525 MW-capacity Cerro del Aguila hydroelectric power plant in the province of Tayacaja, Peru. Two Grove RT530E-2s, two RT765E-2s and a RT9130E-2 were all working long shifts on the four-year project that...
by admin | Apr 3, 2017 | Manufacturer News
The new Cat® M315F and M317F compact radius wheeled excavators are additions to the recently launched Cat F Series wheeled excavator range, reflecting the same customer focused design concept of their conventional radius counterparts, but providing customers the added...
by admin | Apr 3, 2017 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News, Workforce News
EAST PEORIA — Local 974 United Auto Workers “overwhelmingly ratified” the supplemental local agreement of a proposed six-year contract with Caterpillar Inc. in a Saturday vote, according to a message on uawcaterpillar.org. According to the PJ Star, most UAW members...
by admin | Apr 3, 2017 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News, Mining News
Komatsu Ltd. through its wholly owned subsidiary in Australia, has acquired MineWare Pty Ltd, a solutions provider for mining equipment, in Queensland, Australia. MineWare is a global leader in the development of advanced dragline and shovel monitoring technologies...
by admin | Apr 3, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
When it was time for De Gerlien van Tiem Shipyard (De Gerlien) to replace a 26-year old Potain crane that had seen the end of its lifecycle, the Netherlands-based company got advice from crane servicing company Lamberts BV for an often-overlooked solution—not a new...
by admin | Apr 1, 2017 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News
Caterpillar Inc said on Friday it will shut its Aurora, Illinois, plant, costing about 800 employees their jobs as the world’s largest construction and mining equipment maker shifts production to other U.S. facilities. Caterpillar was among companies that met...
