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First look at the Aggresand
Terex Washing Systems (TWS) hosted a special dealer and customer event Nov. 21 at Carolina Sunrock's Kittrell (N.C.) Quarry, where the Aggresand system made its North American debut. Also, Powerscreen introduced its Trakpactor 320SR impact crusher, and it showed a… Keep Reading
Summit Proppants to produce frac sand in Missouri
Summit Proppants was granted a mining permit from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources that will allow it to begin mining sand near Farmington, Mo. According to a press release, the oil and gas industry will use the sand as… Keep Reading
Weissburg new Volvo president
The Wall Street Journal reports that Martin Weissburg has been appointed new president of Volvo Construction Equipment. He is currently president of the Volvo Group’s customer finance company, Volvo Financial Services. Pat Olney, departing president, will remain in his current… Keep Reading
Titan America sites certified by Wildlife Habitat Council
The Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) has certified six of Titan America LLC's sites in the United States, including the company's Center Sand site in Clermont, Fla. The sites were honored during the 25th Wildlife Habitat Council Annual Symposium held in… Keep Reading
Cat shows off new products
Caterpillar Inc. held a press briefing at its Edwards (Ill.) Training & Demonstration Center to introduce a number of new products. In addition to equipment overviews from the company's product application specialists, the event included equipment demonstrations, product walk-arounds and… Keep Reading
Proposal would eliminate federal transportation funding
Two U.S. Congressmen filed a bill dubbed the Transportation Empowerment Act (TEA) that would gradually eliminate federal funding for transportation projects. According to The Hill, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Rep. Tom Graves (R-Ga.) filed TEA, which would lower the… Keep Reading
W.S. Tyler names Thompson president
W.S. Tyler appointed Karen Thompson as its new president. She replaces Florian Festge, who assumed the managing director position of the Machinery Division for W.S. Tyler’s parent company, Haver & Tyler. Thompson spent the last 16 years working in various… Keep Reading
Cat shares Tier 4 used equipment plans for less regulated countries
Caterpillar unveiled its strategy to meet the needs of customers in less regulated countries selling and purchasing used Tier 4 Interim products for operation. Caterpillar determined that Cat Tier 4 Interim engine systems between 7 and 32 liters will not… Keep Reading
Boart Longyear names North America sales director
Boart Longyear appointed Vince Trotta as its director of North American product sales. Trotta was most recently the director of global product management and marketing communications for Boart Longyear. He has seven years of sales experience in global mining heavy… Keep Reading
