mobile equipment
Trimble acquires Actronic Technologies
Trimble acquired privately held New Zealand-based Actronic Holdings Ltd., which provides weighing technology and payload information systems for the aggregates industry. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Actronic Technologies produces the Loadrite weighing system for wheel loaders, excavators,… Keep Reading
Roland now an exclusive Kleemann distributor
Kleemann named Roland Machinery of Springfield, Ill., a distributor. Roland will serve Illinois, Wisconsin, eastern Missouri, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and northwest Indiana. Roland had sold the Kleemann brand in limited areas of its market. Now, Kleemann is the… Keep Reading
Former employee returns to Powerscreen
Powerscreen has appointed Hugh Brennan as its technical support manager. Brennan previously worked in a variety of roles over 11 years for the company. He spent the last six years in a customer support role with the Blue Machinery Group. Keep Reading
Continuous conversation key to accident prevention
Mark Kennedy fortunately hasn't seen this happen, but he's heard stories from years ago about how quarry workers would wedge steel bars into a clogged crusher, only to have the crusher spit the bar out and shoot it through the… Keep Reading
Atlas Copco, ABB collaborate on underground mobile equipment
Atlas Copco’s Underground Rock Excavation division and ABB have come up with what they say is the world’s first system designed to deliver on the vision of a fully integrated underground hard rock mine. The new technology is based on… Keep Reading
Astec Mobile Screens now part of AggFlow program
BedRock Software LLC has added Astec Mobile Screens’ high-frequency screens to its AggFlow program that simulates aggregate and mining operations. AggFlow users can calculate mass aggregate and mass water balances flowing through a plant simulation using both stationary and mobile… Keep Reading
