The revolutionary Volvo Co-Pilot on-board services display is one of three finalists in the category ‘most innovative HMI feature’ in the Car HMI Awards 2016. The recently-launched Volvo Co-Pilot system has been nominated in the prestigious Car HMI Awards 2016 (which, despite the name, aren’t just for cars!). Volvo Construction …
Read More »Volvo CE commemorates 50 years of hauler innovation in style
A week-long series of festivities are helping celebrate Volvo Construction Equipment’s half century of innovation and market leadership in articulated haulers. The 50th anniversary of Volvo Construction Equipment’s leadership in articulated haulers is being marked by a special week-long celebration held in Braås, Sweden. Volvo CE’s Braås facility is the …
Read More »CEA Appoints Rory Keogh, MD GOMACO as New President
CEA (Construction Equipment Association) has announced the appointment of Rory Keogh as the incoming President of the UK trade association, which represents Construction Equipment manufacturers and suppliers. Mr Keogh succeeds outgoing President, Nigel Baseley, former sales director of EAME Industrial Power Systems Division of Perkins Engines, who held the role …
Read More »Hill Engineering show the new Hill TEFRA Tilt Hitch at Hillhead 2016
Hill Engineering, a leading attachment manufacturer based in Newry Northern Ireland, is exhibiting once again at the sell-out Hillhead exhibition (Hillhead Quarry, Buxton, Derbyshire, 28 –30 June) and will be showing its new TEFRA Tilt Hitch, the award winning TEFRA Coupler and its Hill Titan Buckets. The new TEFRA Tilt …
Read More »AEM Offers Free Equipment Safety Poster
Downloadable Infographic Supports June National Safety Month MILWAUKEE (June 7, 2016) – A colorful and informative Equipment Safety Infographic is available for free download from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) in recognition and support of June National Safety Month. The eye-catching poster is illustrated with easy-to-understand industry pictorials and …
Read More »Hill Engineering secures exclusive Hitch and Bucket deal with MV Kelly.
Newry based Hill Engineering has recently secured a significant deal with Birmingham based civil engineering company MV Kelly to act as sole supplier of Hill TEFRA couplers and bespoke buckets for the company’s fleet of Hitachi excavators. MV Kelly celebrated 20-years in business in 2015 and made the top 100 …
Read More »Hewden Appoints Patrick Jelly as Group Sales and Marketing Director
National specialist equipment and crane hire firm Hewden, has appointed former Pitney Bowes boss, Patrick Jelly to the newly created role of Group Sales and Marketing Director. Effective immediately, Patrick will be responsible for overseeing Hewden’s overall sales and commercial strategy and ensuring Hewden delivers on its promise to be …
Read More »AEM Wins 8 ‘Fastest 50’ Trade Show Awards
ICUEE Among ‘Highest of the Highest Achievers’ MILWAUKEE (June 2, 2016) – The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) took home eight “Fastest 50” awards recently for the tremendous growth in three AEM-run trade shows based in North America: ICUEE-The Demo Expo, World of Asphalt Show & Conference and AGG1 Academy …
Read More »Terex Trucks appoints Ukrainian dealer
ETS will distribute and support articulated and rigid dump trucks throughout Ukraine. Kiev-based construction equipment supplier ETS has been appointed by Terex Truck as its official distributor and service provider of articulated and rigid haulers in Ukraine. Founded in 1994, primarily as a service company, ETS operates across the mining …
Read More »U.S. Construction Equipment Exports Still in a Slump
AEM Provides Market Update and Analysis MILWAUKEE (June 2, 2016) – Exports of U.S.-made construction equipment declined 25 percent overall for first quarter 2016 compared to first quarter 2015 with a total $2.7 billion shipped to global markets. Africa and South America experienced the sharpest declines, each down nearly 50 …
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