Lima News and New Products

Edgar A. Browning – Special to CEG - Mon February 12, 2018

Looking Back: Excavators

The crane excavator manufacturing industry in the 1950's began to launch hybrid mechanical cable and hydraulic machines like the Lima Type 25 front-end loader. Those efforts coincided with the increased manufacture of rubber tired front-end loaders, like the Hough Pay Loader line....

- Fri January 23, 2015

California Breaks Ground on Bullet Train as Climate Solution

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) California broke ground Jan. 6 on its $68 billion high-speed rail system, promising to combat global warming while whisking travelers between Los Angeles and San Francisco in less than three hours....

- Mon June 09, 2014

Industry to Unite in Construction Climate Challenge

Launched on the eve of UN World Environment Day, Volvo Construction Equipment is hosting a new initiative working with partners to drive sustainability across the construction industry. This is not restricted to the manufacture and operation of construction equipment, but rather stretches the length of the construction industry’s value chain, from extraction and production of building materials, to road and general construction, to demolition and recycling....

- Thu December 26, 2013

G&Z Brings EGON IntelliMatics to ConExpo 2014

Guntert & Zimmerman (G&Z) is taking part in ConExpo/ConAGG 2014 (South Hall, Booth #61115) with its EGON IntelliMatics, updated TC1500: texture cure machine, S600: multi-purpose concrete slipform paver and TeleEnd: telescopic end section....

- Thu April 04, 2013

John Deere Tier IV Equipment Shines When Put to Extreme Climate Tests

John Deere construction equipment has quite a few stops on its itinerary before it makes it to your job site. In four climates, three extreme and one temperate, known as “corner conditions”, the machines go through rigorous testing as they are pushed to their limits to make sure they will provide the same power and efficiency, no matter what job or location they end up in....

Matthew Daly - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue January 22, 2013

Obama to Confront Oil Pipeline, Climate Change

WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama’s second-term energy agenda is taking shape and, despite the departure of key Cabinet officials, it looks a lot like the first: more reliance on renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, and expanded production of oil and natural gas....

- Fri October 19, 2012

Grant to Help UNH Study How Climate Affects Roads, Bridges

DURHAM, N.H. (AP) A $750,000 National Science Foundation grant will help University of New Hampshire researchers examine how climate affects road and bridge construction. Road and bridge engineers look to climate data when designing and constructing projects, but researchers say data representing the changing nature of climate has largely eluded them, in part because of its complexity....

- Fri June 08, 2012

Volvo Construction Equipment Commits to WWF Climate Savers

During the only United States stopover for the Volvo Ocean Race, Volvo Construction Equipment celebrated its recently announced partnership with the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Climate Saver program....

- Sun July 27, 2008

Taylor, Goyings Win ODOT’s Equipment Roadeo in Lima

It was the Wyandot County and Paulding County garages which produced the winners of this year’s Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District One Truck and Loader Roadeo held May 20 and 21 in Lima....

- Tue March 25, 2008

U.S. DOT Examines Impact of Climate Change on Gulf Coast

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has released a study on the potential impacts of climate changes and land subsidence, the natural sinking of an area’s land mass, on transportation infrastructure in the U.S....

- Fri February 22, 2008

Vulcan Materials Division Named Climate Action Leader

Vulcan Materials Company, Western Division, was designated as a Climate Action Leader by the California Climate Action Registry (The Registry) following verification of the company’s 2006 inventory report....