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Heavy Equipment Desperately Needed in Indonesia
AT LEAST 80 people have been killed after days of torrential rain triggered landslides in the central Java region of Indonesia.
Thousands more have been forced to seek shelter after their homes were buried or washed away in mudslides, which some blame on deforestation.
Hundreds of soldiers, police and volunteers were trying to get heavy-lifting equipment to affected villages on the main island of Java, but blocked roads were hampering their efforts...
...A lack of heavy equipment was slowing rescue efforts, officials said.
80 killed as heavy rain in Java causes mudslides
NAHETS Training in the Middle East
Hussain Al-Zaiban (managing partner and president of Four Hands Construction Company) and Mike Martens (Director of Operations - NAHETS) announced that we had agreed on a working arrangement to bring NAHETS training to Saudi Arabia with Four Hands Company to take the lead as the training organization utilizing NAHETS curriculum and training methods. Four Hands would provide NAHETS standard of training to Saudi Arabia and to the entire Middle East.
Wanna Feel the Power of a Caterpillar 312C Excavator? - Im a Big Kid Now!
Are you an overgrown kid who still yearns to play in the sandbox? Now there's a perfectly respectable way to do just that.
For a few hundred dollars, a new Steamboat Springs enterprise called Dig This will put you at the controls of a powerful Caterpillar 312C Excavator or a big-bellied D5G bulldozer.
What happens next is up to you. Create your own version of Mount Werner. Move boulders around like golf balls with a skid-loader. Crush stuff. Scoop out a pond. Pretend this is Egypt and build a pyramid.
Recent Heavy Equipment Industry News
Training Is Important Throughout The Construction Industry
In an industry like construction, where techniques, materials, equipment, and regulations are constantly changing, continuous training is vital to maximizing work force productivity, work quality and leader development...
...The most traditional training providers have been the state's 16 technical colleges. They continue to be a primary source of training for construction and industrial workers, offering education in skilled trades ranging from construction labor, bricklaying, masonry, carpentry, electrician, welding, HVAC technician, and plumbing, to equipment technician, surveying, drafting, and architectural design...
...Another source of training is contractors themselves, many of whom hold their own training programs about safety, productivity, quality, specific skills, and other topics important to their employees and company.
Training is also available from manufacturers and dealers, who offer courses about using and maintaining the products they sell...
Ingersoll-Rand Agrees to Buy Trane for $9.95 Billion
Dec. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Ingersoll-Rand Co., the world's largest maker of truck-refrigeration units, agreed to buy Trane Inc. for about $9.95 billion in cash and stock to add air- conditioning systems, more than tripling climate-control sales.
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Heavy Equipment Training and Education News
Caterpillar donation powers CDU apprentices
World-renowned heavy earth-moving manufacturer Caterpillar has boosted the outlook of heavy vehicle apprentices studying at Charles Darwin University with a substantial donation of equipment.
Hastings Deering Australia, distributor of Caterpillar heavy equipment, have donated two, state-of-the-art Caterpillar C18 engines valued at $75,000 each for the use of CDU’s heavy vehicle mechanics. The handover took place on Tuesday, 11 December.
PRCC heavy-equipment program gets 4 pieces of new equipment
Donations of $100,000 from Huey Stockstill Inc. in Picayune, $50,000 from Puckett Machinery and $50,000 from the Caterpillar Foundation, along with four pieces of Caterpillar equipment got the training started.
World-renowned heavy earth-moving manufacturer Caterpillar has boosted the outlook of heavy vehicle apprentices studying at Charles Darwin University with a substantial donation of equipment.
Hastings Deering Australia, distributor of Caterpillar heavy equipment, have donated two, state-of-the-art Caterpillar C18 engines valued at $75,000 each for the use of CDU’s heavy vehicle mechanics. The handover took place on Tuesday, 11 December.
PRCC heavy-equipment program gets 4 pieces of new equipment
Donations of $100,000 from Huey Stockstill Inc. in Picayune, $50,000 from Puckett Machinery and $50,000 from the Caterpillar Foundation, along with four pieces of Caterpillar equipment got the training started.
CMLabs Utilizes Technology to Enhance Training
Canada-based CMLabs Simulations has been engaged in delivering superior simulation products designed for training needs, with attention paid to both the software and the hardware. The company has devoted significant resources to developing a highly evolved technology platform, called Vortex, which permits realistic, real-time, interactive 3D representation of vehicles in contact with terrain and other objects.
State-of-the-art heavy equipment simulators for Crane Operator Training Tools.
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Heavy Equipment Industry News from Around the World
South Korean Heavy Equipment Company Lands a Deal
South Korea's Doosan Heavy Industries said on Tuesday it had secured a 293.6 billion won ($317.9 million) power equipment order from a Philippine unit of Korea Electric Power Corp. The equipment would be delivered by May 31, 2011, Doosan said in a filing with the Korea Exchange.
Doosan Heavy wins $318 mln order from Philippines
Indonesia's United Tractors Reports Increase in Sales
Indonesia's leading heavy equipment distributor and mining contractor, PT United Tractors, said Friday its sales of Komatsu heavy equipment rose 55 percent in the first 11 months of the year from a year before.
Sales to the mining sector remained the biggest contributor to the total, but sales to the agriculture sector posted the largest increase.
Indonesia's United Tractors Jan-Nov heavy equipment sales up 55 percent
Back home in the US, heavy equipment companies are also showing a positive outlook:
Heavy-Equipment Companies Get a Boost From Strong Overall Market, Variety of Financial News
Shares of a a wide variety of heavy equipment companies rose Wednesday, pulled up by a strong overall market, along with individual financial news that pleased investors.
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