Dawn Weinberger - Thu March 09, 2006
Interchange Build Opens Path to ’Treasure Valley’
The Idaho Transportation Department has known about the inadequacies of the highway between Boise and Nampa for nearly 20 years. In 1987, the agency held its first public meeting on the issue, but funding problems caused delays in getting started....
Tom Stoebenau - Tue June 14, 2005
Laser-Grader Provides More Precision, Maneuverability For Indoor Projects
When the job is indoors, a grading project can be a daunting, if not impossible task. Most graders are too large to fit into plans for indoor jobs. Without the mini-grader, most of these jobs had to be done by hand, which could be problematic, especially in large-scale jobs....
Jeff Cronin - Thu February 17, 2005
Champion Motor Graders’ Ownership Comes Full Circle
The man who created a line of compact motorgraders didn’t get to see the company return to his family’s ownership. Bud Lee, who first built the smaller machines (and the company that would become Champion Motor Graders) to suit his own needs as a contractor, passed away five years ago, while the company was still owned by Volvo Construction Equipment....
Tue October 05, 2004
Volvo CE North America Wins Multimillion Dollar Contracts for Iron in Iraq
Volvo Construction Equipment North America has been awarded contracts totaling approximately $30 million by the United States government to build and deliver more than 200 units of construction equipment to the Iraqi government to be used in the reconstruction of that country....
Kerry Lynn Kirby - Thu August 19, 2004
Wright Brothers Clears Strip for Henderson, TN, Airport
A simple matter of dollars and common sense drove the decision to build a new $15-million regional airport in Henderson County, TN, to take the place of a smaller local airport in Henderson and another in adjacent Decatur County, TN....
Wed July 07, 2004
Volvo CE Sells Compact Motorgrader Line to Current Management
Volvo Construction Equipment (CE) has sold its compact motorgrader business to Champion LLC, Charlotte, NC, a company organized by Gary Abernathy, manager of the Volvo compact motor grader product line since 1997....
Cynthia W. Wright - Tue April 13, 2004
Bennett Preps Home for Chimps in St. Lucie County
A group of chimps will soon be living what many humans consider the American dream –– retirement in Florida. After decades of solitary confinement in small, steel-mesh cages with cement floors, several hundred chimps will be housed in a sunny sanctuary being constructed in rural St....
Wed September 24, 2003
MD’s Folcomer Equipment Caters to Both Large and Small Contractors
At first glance, Folcomer Equipment of Aberdeen, MD, may not look like a catering business, but it is. It caters to the needs of its customers by supplying construction equipment that they need to get the job done....
Mon January 26, 2004
Cat Sells Harvester and Forwarder Forestry Equipment Lines
Caterpillar and Log Max of Grangarde, Sweden, announced that Log Max will acquire Caterpillar’s line of cut-to-length harvesters and forwarders used in the forestry industry.
Caterpillar currently assembles three models of forwarders and four models of harvesters in Söderhamn, Sweden....
Sat December 20, 2003
Cantwell Named as Volvo Motorgrader Dealer in Ohio
Volvo Construction Equipment North America has named Cantwell Machinery Company the Volvo motorgrader dealer for the state of Ohio.
With the acquisition of Volvo motorgraders, Cantwell Machinery Company is now able to offer customers the entire Volvo Construction Equipment product line....
