Sources: Volvo Trucks North America, Greensboro, N.C.; CP staff
ConExpo-Con/Agg 2020 brought unveiling of the latest generation Volvo Trucks VHD, whose combination of structural upgrades plus safety and technological advances spell the most significant evolution of the manufacturer’s vocational offering in decades.
Read MoreSources: Association of Equipment Manufacturers, Milwaukee; CP staff
Eyeing new technologies, products and equipment, along with networking and education opportunities, heavy building materials and construction industry segments converged on the Las Vegas Convention Center and nearby Festival Grounds for ConExpo-Con/Agg 2020 and the co-located International Fluid Power Exposition, March 10-13.
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Sources: Kenworth Truck Co., Kirkland, Wash.; CP staff
Kenworth Truck, Kenworth of Central Florida and Con-Tech Manufacturing are providing a T880S-mounted BridgeKing mixer for auction on March 13, the fourth day of ConExpo-Con/Agg, Las Vegas. Proceeds will support Ronald McDonald House of Rochester, Minn.; Make-a-Wish of Minnesota; St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital; and, Wounded Warrior Project.
Read MoreSource: Association of Equipment Manufacturers, Milwaukee
ConExpo-Con/Agg and International Fluid Power Exposition organizers closed out the last week of February with 4,000-plus new registrations for their March 10-14 equipment, education and networking bonanza at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Advance registration is well ahead of the 2017 show, they add, and signals attendance exceeding 130,000.
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ConExpo-Con/Agg and co-located IFPE exhibition spotlight the newest product innovations and technologies to increase productivity, reduce downtime, and enhance safety and sustainability for the construction, construction materials and fluid power/power transmission/motion control industries. Running March 7-11 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, every major material, product, equipment and service sector is represented amongst 2,500-plus exhibitors over a record 2,500,000 net square feet of exhibit space. Hundreds of industry meetings, including annual conventions of industry associations, are also held in conjunction with the shows.
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Sources: CP staff; Association of Equipment Manufacturers, Milwaukee
Concrete plant equipment manufacturers, mixer truck body builders and fellow exhibitors enjoyed solid booth traffic, quote inquiries and order activity at the 2017 ConExpo-Con/Agg, some telling Concrete Products the March 7-11 event was the best such show to date. Confidence in the business climate and prospects for stepped up infrastructure investment, fueled by President Donald Trump, permeated the Las Vegas Convention Center gathering, which encompassed the flagship show and co-located IFPE 2017.
Read MoreSources: Association of Equipment Manufacturers, Milwaukee; CP Staff
ConExpo-Con/Agg 2017 and co-located IFPE exhibition kick off March 7 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, running through March 11. The shows will offer a record 143 education sessions across 10 tracks, including Concrete, Transportation and the new Technology.
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Construction materials producers and their customers in commercial and non-building markets are gearing up for the ConExpo-Con/Agg and IFPE 2017 exhibitions, March 7-11 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The shows spotlight the latest technologies, products and best practices for the construction and construction materials and fluid power/power transmission/motion control industries.
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