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Groff Tractor acquires Trico Equipment Services
Mechanicsburg, Penn.-based Groff Tractor & Equipment acquired Trico Equipment Services, expanding its reach into Vineland, Totowa and Freehold, N.J. The company now has 11 locations throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey and Ohio. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The… Keep Reading
HeidelbergCement purchases Italcementi
German cement maker HeidelbergCement agreed to buy control of Italcementi for 6.7 billion euros, or $7.4 billion, reports Reuters. Italcementi serves customers in more than 20 countries and is a market leader in Egypt. Last month, HeidelbergCement said it would… Keep Reading
Mobile cone crusher features metal detection, purge system
Terex Finlay added the C-1545 to its lineup of tracked mobile cone crushers. The C-1545 mobile cone crusher incorporates the Terex TC1150 cone crusher with direct variable speed clutch drive, automatic tramp relief and hydraulic adjustable closed-side setting capabilities. The mid-range C-1545… Keep Reading
Obama criticizes Congress for lack of long-term highway bill
President Obama extended highway funding until late October after signing a three-month patch Congress provided him. But Obama, who proposed his own six-year highway bill earlier this year, expressed his displeasure to reporters in the Oval Office upon signing the… Keep Reading
Congress passes 3-month highway-funding extension
Congress has passed another short-term highway-funding patch and set the table for a long-term bill to be negotiated this fall – after nearly six years without one. Today, the Senate approved an $8 billion extension of federal transportation funding, passed… Keep Reading
MSHA releases June impact inspection results
The Mine Safety & Health Administration’s (MSHA) June impact inspection results show that federal inspectors issued 139 citations, three orders and one safeguard during inspections at 10 coal mines and five metal and nonmetal mines. The administration conducted impact inspections… Keep Reading
Cat to begin independently manufacturing vocational truck line
Caterpillar will begin independently designing and manufacturing its vocational truck line at its plant in Victoria, Texas. The plant currently produces hydraulic excavators, and it will continue to produce them in addition to the trucks. “The on-highway vocational truck product… Keep Reading
Cuomo, Biden announce new LaGuardia Airport
In a joint press conference today with Vice President Joe Biden, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo introduced a plan to redesign and rebuild LaGuardia airport. In a report from the Associated Press, Cuomo says the first part of the plan… Keep Reading
House won’t take up Senate’s long-term highway bill
U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said today that the House will not vote on a Senate bill that funds highway construction for six years and revives the now-expired Export-Import Bank, according to The Hill. “We’re not… Keep Reading
