Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas names Seok Myung Yoon president and CEO

Amanda Bayhi - May 08, 2013

Seok Myung Yoon is the new president and CEO of Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas Wednesday morning, Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas announced that it has named Seok Myung (Sam) Yoon as the company's next President and CEO. Yoon will be making the ...

Dynapac introduces new soil compaction machines at World of Asphalt

John Latta - Mar 21, 2013

On Friday, Dynapac introduced a new range of soil compaction machines at World of Asphalt with a transversely-mounted engine—a design move which makes almost all of the engine easily accessible to mechanics when the hood is lifted. Dynapac says the sideways ...

The customer is always right: Roadtec at World of Asphalt 2013

John Latta - Mar 19, 2013

Roadtex SX-4e stabilizer at World of Asphalt 2013 Interesting to see the bite customer feedback is having on the OEMs. It has of course been a factor for some time, but it was interesting to hear Roadtec's press conference here in ...

SX-4e stabilizer, RX-100e milling machine headline Roadtec showing at World of Asphalt (VIDEO)

Amanda Bayhi - Mar 19, 2013

“This is a meat and potatoes type of machine.” That’s Roadtec President Jeff Richmond’s take on the company’s new SX-4e relclaimer-stabilizer. That might be a bit of an understatement though, as stabilizer sales have been Roadtec’s lone type of equipment that ...

World of Asphalt 2013 first impressions

John Latta - Mar 19, 2013

It's always hard to judge a trade show from its first day. But World of Asphalt has the hallmarks of a good one. It's not size. This show is one of the more tailored ones for construction equipment. AEM chief Dennis ...

Off to World of Concrete

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Feb 04, 2013

Photo credit: Jason Patrick Ross / Shutterstock.com At the crack of dawn on Tuesday, I'll be headed out to Las Vegas to cover the World of Concrete 2013 trade show for Better Roads and report back on the latest product ...

Road Science

Better Roads Staff - Dec 01, 2012

Pre-Measure Your Carbon Footprint Calculators help predict the environmental impact of roadbuilding projects By Tom Kuennen, Contributing Editor New tools keep appearing to help the highway, road and bridge community determine the environmental impact of the infrastructure they design and build. Cold-in-place recycling ...

Metso to supply bulk materials handling equipment to Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd. in Australia

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Feb 09, 2012

Metso will supply a tandem rotary railcar dumper to Hamersley Iron Pty. Ltd. in Australia. The equipment will be delivered to Hamersley Iron’s Cape Lambert, Port B iron ore operation in North Western Australia. The value of the order ...

Gentlemen, start your (cleaner, higher MPG) engines

John Latta - Oct 26, 2010

Heavy trucks -- including vocational trucks, mostly in our case dumps -- future fuel mileage and emissions are coming under Washington's control. Proposed federal standards for greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy for heavy-duty trucks announced Oct. 25 would ...

GNSS receivers withstand harsh winter conditions in Cumberland Trail survey project

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jul 01, 2010

In Winter 2010, Leica’s Viva GNSS receivers and integrated surveying system played key roles in a boundary survey that added a lengthy section to Tennessee’s nearly-finished Cumberland Trail. Working in extremely harsh winter conditions —during the 11 weeks of the survey, ...

Cat Auction Services to hold unreserved public auction in Minneapolis/St. Paul on May 5-6

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Apr 30, 2010

Shakopee, Minn.-based Cat Auction Services will hold two unreserved public auctions in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn.) area on May 5 and 6. These mark the company’s third and fourth Twin Cities-based auctions and come on the heels of a mid-April ...

Leica Geosystems showcases mine management system at Bauma 2010

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Apr 28, 2010

Leica Geosystems, has presented its full range of mine management systems, including truck and shovel fleet management and optimisation, and dozer, shovel and blast-hole drill high-precision GPS navigation and production monitoring systems, to the European market at Bauma 2010. Leica Geosystems ...

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