Pit & Quarry, February 2013

THE LATEST ON EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY Global construction equipment market to expand T he global construction equipment market is expected to grow at an annual rate of 6 percent each year through 2017 according to data the Association of Leaders in Equipment Distribution AED recently shared The market currently sits at 1436 billion but is expected to reach 1923 billion in four years AED sourced a report titled Construction Equipment Market Global and China Forecast Market Share Size Growth and Industry Analysis 2011 2017 The earth moving equipment segment contributed about 43 percent to the total construction equipment markets revenue in 2012 China accounted for the majority of construction equipment consumption with Europe at a distant second According to AED Asia is considered the most promising market for construction equipment worldwide due to relatively good performance of construction and mining in countries like India and China Earth moving equipment represented more than 40 percent of all construction equipment revenue around the world in 2012 Off road equipment lubrication to be discussed at Toronto event The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers STLE is hosting a two day educational course on best practices in lubrication in the mining and resource sector Feb 26 27 The course will be held at the Sheraton Manufacturer briefs Bradley takes over as Terex senior vice president CFO Terex Corp has made several changes among its senior leadership including transitioning Terex Cranes President Kevin Bradley to the role of senior vice president and CFO Phil Widman is retiring as senior vice president and CFO on March 31 Former employee returns to Powerscreen Powerscreen has appointed Hugh Brennan as its technical support manager Brennan previously worked in a variety of roles over 11 years for the company He spent the last six years in a customer Hotel Convention Centre in Toronto Ontario The course is broken into two segments off road equipment and industrial lubricants for plants and mills in the resource industries Representatives support role with the Blue Machinery Group Major Wire names new dealer in South Major Wire Industries Ltd has named Paschal Associate Sales its newest aggregate and mining screen media dealer in Georgia North Carolina South Carolina Virginia and eastern Tennessee The dealership is offering all of Major Wires screen media products Major Wires new wire weaving facility in Salisbury N C is centrally located within Paschals territory Azfab expands coverage in Mid Atlantic Northeast Azfab has named Pennsylvania based Mellott Co its newest distributor The Mellott Co will from Enrol Inc Glide Oil Tech and Lubrizol are among those scheduled to appear Feb 26 to discuss topics such as mobile hydraulic oils mobile equipment lubricating grease and heavy duty diesel engine oil cover seven states for Azfab including North Carolina Virginia Maryland Delaware New Jersey and New York As part of the partnership the Mellott Co will now offer Azfabs line of hydro cyclones dewatering screens thickeners plate and frame presses and belt filter presses Hydraulic fitting manufacturer celebrating milestone Brennan Industries Inc a hydraulic fitting and adaptor manufacturer is marking its 60th anniversary this winter Brennan is a third generation family owned company headquartered in Solon Ohio but it has distribution centers throughout the United States as well as in Canada and China 12 PIT QUARRY February 2013 www pitandquarry com