Articles Tagged with ''Heavy Equipment''

The rise of battery-powered construction equipment has been a slow-but-steady trend over the last few years as manufacturers look to hit carbon-reduction and net-zero targets in the coming decades.

Demand for equipment and parts continues to skyrocket as countries around the world begin a new push to update infrastructure.

The risks posed to heavy equipment operators in certain situations can often limit the type of work they can perform.

With negotiations at impasse over raises and pension benefits in a new contract, employees at the construction equipment manufacturer's U.S. facilities went on strike at midnight on Oct. 14.

With industry backlogs still strong and overextended fleets always aging, the industry’s triennial equipment trade show blows into town just as some construction professionals are looking to buy some heavy iron.

Tailored technology is bringing equipment information within the reach of all firms

With surcharges on foreign steel, aluminum and components raising production costs, U.S.- based equipment makers consider their options

With a climb seen in U.S. construction activity and a sense that equipment makers may finally have absorbed price hikes from decades of emissions-compliance upgrades, activity was brisk at the World of Concrete show, held in Las Vegas on Jan. 23-26.

Introduced at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017, the JLG 1532R electric scissor lift is 32 in. wide, allowing it to work in confined spaces and navigate indoor areas.