Category: Heavy Equipment

Poor results for Europe’s construction sector in first quarter.

Results for the European construction industry fell again for the fifth month in a row in March 2013 with a decline rate of 1.7% since February and 7.9% since March 2013.  Results came from the European Unions’s statistic agency and included 17 countries in the Euro area.  Results varied across the different member states as some…

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Cummins Builds Two-Millionth Pickup Engine for Ram HD Trucks

We found a great movie to watch of Engine No 2,000,000 rolling along the Cummins production line.  This historic engine was one of the last MY2012 engines produced at CMEP before changing over to the new 2013 6.7L engine. To commemorate this milestone, the 2,000,000th engine was built with a special edition red breather cover…

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Court Ruling on suit between Metso and Powerscreen

In 2010 and 2011 the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York decided that Metso was in the right over a dispute with Powerscreen.  Powerscreen International Distribution Ltd (today known as Terex GB Ltd), Terex Corporation, Emerald Equipment Systems, Inc. et al., took Metso to court due to patent infringement over…

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