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Revere adds North Carolina office for support
Revere Control Systems opened an office in Charlotte, N.C. According to Revere, this is the third remote office it has opened in the past two years. The others are in Chattanooga, Tenn., and Lakeland, Fla. According to President Bob Adams, "Our customer base continues to grow in the Carolinas, and it's important for us to strengthen our base of operations to provide engineering, project management and field service support to that base," says Bob Adams, president. Revere's new office is located at 2331-L Crown Point Executive Dr., Charlotte, NC 28277. Keep Reading
Annual meeting one of SME’s biggest yet
More than 37 countries were represented during the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration's (SME) Annual Meeting and Exhibit at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City Feb. 23-26. The event featured nearly 700 professional papers presented in 117 technical sessions and eight professional short courses. According to SME, only the 2013 annual meeting, held in SME’s headquarters city of Denver, rivaled the 2014 meeting's attendance figures. The Salt Lake City meeting saw the second highest numbers on record, including 6,722 attendees; 804,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space; 613 international attendees; and 656 student attendees. Keep Reading
GPS winter maintenance reporting system earns award
The Work Truck Show 2014 Innovation Award was presented to Cirus Controls for its GPS DataSmart winter maintenance reporting system. GPS DataSmart beat out more than 115 other new products to win the award at The Work Truck Show 2014, which was held March 5-7 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. All products entered in the Work Truck Show's New Product Spotlight and New Product Media Guide were eligible for the Innovation Award. A panel of fleet managers and trade media editors judged the entries based on their innovativeness. GPS DataSmart was selected in part because it combined several features to offer winter maintenance fleet operators solutions. According to a press release, GPS DataSmart analyzes information collected by sensors on snow-fighting vehicles. It tracks vehicle position, ground speed, plow position, air and road surface temperatures and all spreader operations, including materials dispensed. Using this information, GPS DataSmart generates route maps and compiles reports to help managers reduce material and labor costs, optimize road-clearing performance, improve operator safety and monitor… Keep Reading
Aggregate production up last quarter, for all of 2013
An estimated 292 million metric tons (Mt) of crushed stone were produced and shipped for consumption in the United States in the fourth quarter of 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reports. That's an increase of 3 percent compared with the same period of 2012. According to USGS, the estimated annual output of crushed stone produced for consumption in 2013 was 1.19 billion metric tons (Gt) – a slight increase compared with 2012. The estimated U.S. output of construction sand and gravel produced and shipped for consumption in the fourth quarter of 2013 was 212 Mt – an increase of 6 percent compared with the same period of 2012. The estimated annual output of construction sand and gravel produced for consumption in 2013 was 848 Mt – an increase of 4 percent compared with 2012. An estimated 504 Mt of total construction aggregates were produced and shipped for consumption in the United States in the fourth quarter of 2013 – an increase of 4 percent compared with the same period… Keep Reading
Major Wire, W.S. Tyler onto next stage of partnership
Major Wire Industries and W.S. Tyler announced new plans related to their existing partnership. According to a press release, each company will maintain its North American key customers with a few guidelines. For example, W.S. Tyler will continue to serve its key accounts, original equipment manufacturers and all customers requiring fine mesh and synthetic screen media. W.S. Tyler will supply woven wire to Major Wire dealers in central and western Canada. W.S. Tyler's stores will sell synthetic screening media, fine mesh, equipment and related services. Major Wire, meanwhile, will continue to sell through its dealer network. "Working together will allow each manufacturer to maintain its identity and serve its core customer base," says Walter Haver, managing partner of Haver & Boecker, shareholding company of both Major Wire and W.S. Tyler. Keep Reading
NTEA names new president
Mark Woody, president of Palfinger North America, was named president of the National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA), taking over for Shawn Jacobs, president and CEO of STS Trailer & Truck Equipment. The announcement was made during The Work Truck Show 2014 in Indianapolis. According to a press release, Woody has served the work truck industry for 20 years. He began his industry career at Palfinger North America, where he served as director of sales and marketing from 1993 to 2001. He was then promoted to his current position as president. Also serving on NTEA's 2014-2015 board are executive committee members: First Vice President Jeffrey Messer, president of Messer Truck Equipment; Second Vice President Matt Wilson, president of Switch-N-Go; AmeriDeck & Bucks Divisions of Deist Industries Inc.; Third Vice President and Treasurer Adam Keane, general manager of Allied Body Works Inc.; and Secretary Steve Carey, executive director of NTEA. Keep Reading
Luck’s remote control technology recognized with safety award
The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) bestowed Luck Stone, a Richmond, Va.-based company, with its inaugural award for mine safety and health technology innovations in the stone, sand and gravel sector. According to a press release, the award was presented at NSSGA's Annual Convention General Session on March 6 in Las Vegas. Luck won the award for its work to further improve safety through technological innovation. The company successfully modified a Cat 988G loader so the operator could run the machine either remotely or traditionally from the cab. Luck says this innovation was needed because pit loader operators can be exposed to increased hazards during some mining activities, such as loading from a muck pile that has a boulder on top, mining a slot or certain scaling operations. Keep Reading
NTEA opens government relations office in Canada
The National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) opened a Canadian government relations office in Ottawa, Canada. The office is the association's first location in Canada. “Around the world, governments have begun to recognize the economic benefits associated with global truck platforms, harmonized safety regulations and emissions standards for commercial vehicles," says Steve Carey, NTEA executive director, in a press release. “Having a second government relations office further strengthens the NTEA’s ability to influence and respond to regulations and legislation impacting the North American market.” The Ottawa office works under the direction of Mike Kastner, NTEA managing director, who leads the NTEA’s government relations efforts in Washington, D.C. Keep Reading
Main discusses MSHA progress at NSSGA Convention
Joe Main, assistant secretary of labor for MSHA, updated NSSGA's board of directors on recent actions the agency has taken to improve miner safety and health during a March 5 meeting at the NSSGA Annual Convention in Las Vegas. According to a press release, Main told NSSGA that mine safety has been on a steady path of improvement since MSHA began implementing reforms in 2010, including the Rules to Live By initiative that focuses on the most common causes of mining deaths; impact inspections of problem mines; and the Pattern of Violations program targeting chronic violators. Main also noted that MSHA has completed nearly 100 actions based on recommendations identified by the internal review of the 2010 Upper Big Branch mine disaster; helped create the Homes Mine Rescue Association; reformed coal, metal and nonmetal mine rescue training contests; improved enforcement of workplace safety discrimination cases; and reduced the backlog of cases pending before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission. Keep Reading
