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Hebe retires from Navistar
James L. Hebe, Navistar's senior vice president, North America Sales Operations, will retire from Navistar. (Photo: eTrucker)
James L. Hebe, Navistar's senior vice president, North America Sales Operations, will retire from Navistar, the company announced today. Hebe, 63, has led the ... Read More...
Otter Tail sells portion of DMI Industries
Otter Tail has entered into an agreement with Trinity Industries to sell the property, plant and equipment of DMI Industries in Ft. Erie, Ontario; West Fargo, North Dakota; and Tulsa, Oklahoma, for $20 million. The Ft.Erie transaction closed on September 6, and the ... Read More...
Sany opens facility in China
Sany has opened a new excavator factory near Shanghai, China, which can produce an excavator every five minutes.
The $818.5 million facility, which uses a computerized production-management system, is located at the 10.7 million-square-foot Lingang Industrial Park with 5.9 million square ... Read More...
Volvo CE offers Road Institute courses
Volvo Construction Equipment is offering courses during the 2012-2013 Road Institute. The course curriculum offers two- to five-day sessions beginning in October and continuing through May 2013, with classes held at two training facilities in North America. These facilities are ... Read More...
Vista offers articulated haul truck training online
Vista Training has launched an articulated haul truck training module as part of its Silver Series of web-based operator training programs.
The program, Articulated Haul Truck - Basic Operation & Safety, is a one-hour, web-based, self-directed course which focuses on machine ... Read More...
Construction material prices decline
Construction materials prices declined 0.7 percent in July, according to the Producer Price Index (PPI) report the United States Department of Labor released on Aug. 14. Construction materials prices are down 0.6 percent for the year; this is the first ... Read More...
Construction employment declines in 162 metropolitan areas, AGC reports
Construction employment declined in 162 out of 337 metropolitan areas between June 2011 and June 2012, increased in 127 and stayed stagnant in 48, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors ... Read More...
World of Concrete hosts Crews That Rock contest
World of Concrete is hosting Crews That Rock, a contest to allow construction crews to show off the work they have done in 2012. BASF is sponsoring the competition, which is open for applications until November 30.
Contestants can enter their ... Read More...
AGC: Construction employment stagnates
Construction employment stalled in June as more former construction workers left the industry, according to an analysis of new federal data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. The lack of current job openings, along with the departure ... Read More...
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