Volvo - Thu October 10, 2019
Construction Connectivity: The Best is Yet to Come
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) may have helped Volvo Group reach a major milestone with 1 million connected assets, but it is already asking "what's next?" Catrin Nilsson, Manager, Connected Solutions Platform at Volvo CE, explains why this is a pivotal time in the company's connectivity journey....
Mack Trucks - Mon October 07, 2019
Geotab Drive for Mack Trucks Utilizes Reliable Cloud-Based Data Reporting for ELD Compliance
Mack Trucks announced Geotab Drive for Mack Trucks, which leverages cloud computing via Geotab, a global leader in IoT and connected transportation, to deliver reliable Electronic Logging Data (ELD) and Compliance services....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Mon October 07, 2019
Keeping Work Zones Safe in the Tech Age
Drivers need to see the work zone not as just another delay in their workday or as a slowdown on their trip to a favorite vacation spot, but as an alarm bell alerting them to be cautious. Almost always work zone activities have been carefully organized, but drivers are often not as cautious....
Volvo - Mon October 07, 2019
Volvo CE Helps Hit Pioneering Connectivity Milestone
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) celebrates, as part of Volvo Group, reaching 1 million connected customer assets — in turn helping customers boost uptime, safety and productivity with smart site solutions....
Volvo - Mon October 07, 2019
Volvo Group Passes Milestone of One Million Connected Customer Assets
The Volvo Group has delivered more than one million connected customer assets, in terms of delivered trucks, buses and construction equipment. The large amount of data collected is used to improve productivity by increasing vehicle and machine uptime, reducing emissions and noise, as well as improving traffic and site safety....
Craig Mongeau - CEG Editor in Chief - Mon September 30, 2019
New Company Focuses on Machine Control Like a Laser
Binder Equipment Technology is a relatively new firm that represents the Leica Geosystems product. The company was incorporated in December 2018, but fully went into business effective mid-January. Leica is a more than 150-year-old company that specializes in Swiss-based manufacturing of different types of metrology equipment over various disciplines in the medical field, mining and construction....
Perkins - Wed September 25, 2019
Engine Service, Maintenance, Workshop Manuals Now Accessible via Free PerkinsMy Engine App
The free Perkins My Engine App, which has already had more than 140,000 downloads, is now providing end users with access to engine service, maintenance and workshop manuals for UN ECE R96 Stage IIIA or below engines....
Bobcat - Wed September 25, 2019
Next is Now: Bobcat Company Reinvents Compact Equipment Industry
Bobcat Company invented the compact equipment industry more than 60 years ago with the world's first compact loader. Now the company is reinventing the industry. Bobcat is widening its product offering, enhancing its industry-leading equipment and providing innovative new designs and intelligent technologies to meet its customers changing needs....
Caterpillar - Tue September 17, 2019
Cat COMMAND for Compaction Helps Contractors Achieve Compaction Quality
Caterpillar announced the release of Cat COMMAND for Compaction, an operator-assisted technology that automates the soil compaction process and helps contractors achieve compaction quality. The COMMAND for Compaction system is available for use on select Cat vibratory soil compactors as a dealer installed kit on both new and existing B-Series machines....
Caterpillar - Mon September 16, 2019
Caterpillar and Trimble to Release eRoutes 3.0 Asphalt Delivery Solution
Caterpillar Inc. and Trimble Inc. announced the release of eRoutes 3.0, a subscription-based plug-and-play digital telemetry solution designed specifically to serve the asphalt paving industry. The addition of eRoutes technology gives customers a proven, scalable process control solution that helps coordinate and synchronize the timely delivery of asphalt to the job site, a key to paving efficiency and quality, according to the manufacturer....
