Industry News - March, 2019 - Page 2 of 5

Mississauga to Host Canada’s Largest Heavy Equipment Show This Week

Mississauga, ON – The National Heavy Equipment Show is moving into the International Centre in Mississauga this week, March 28 and 29. With a sold-out show floor and thousands of visitors pre-registered, the key trade event is ready to mark its 22nd year. Thousands of square feet of big iron will be on display from the country’s leading dealers and manufacturers of heavy equipment.

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Mar 26, 2019 - 6 years ago
KOBELCO Dealer Helps Kick-Start Fifth Generation Family-Owned Business in Texas

KOBELCO Dealer Helps Kick-Start Fifth Generation Family-Owned Business in Texas

The Moss family has been installing utilities in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex for almost a century. The fourth-generation family-owned business, Moss Construction Co., was founded in 1989 and became one of the largest utility contracting companies in DFW of its time. The business continued to thrive until 2008, when it was forced to close its doors due to the economic downturn.

In 2016, Garrett Moss, fifth generation, along with Case Whitfield, decided to start Moss Utilities with the goal of continuing the family legacy of excellent workmanship, a passion for the industry, and conducting business with honor and integrity. Moss and Whitfield needed an equipment supplier to help kick-start their new business. They had considered other local equipment dealers, but had a past relationship with Bane Machinery and heard positive things about KOBELCO excavators.

“My family has worked with KOBELCO excavator dealer, Bane Machinery, since the early 1990’s,” says Garrett Moss, President, Moss Utilities. “When we decided to restart the Moss business, we reached out to the team at Bane Machinery to form a relationship with the fifth generation. They have been one-hundred percent supportive from the get-go.”

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Mar 25, 2019 - 6 years ago
Colouring Contest Winners: Pacific Ag Show 2019

Congratulations to Kacie L. (4) and Quin B. (8) for winning our latest colouring contest from the Pacific Agriculture Show, 2019! We love your pictures — thanks so much for sharing them with us! 🎨

Kacie L. (4)

Quin B. (8)

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Mar 25, 2019 - 6 years ago
Ultimate Solutions Meet Ultimate Challenges

FRONT PAGE STORY: Ontario’s Ultimate Construction Finds Komatsu To Be The Ultimate Machines For The Job

Michael Babineau knows construction. In 1999, he started Ultimate Construction as a one-man show. By 2014, the business had grown from six employees to over 200, bringing aboard Ed Cameron as Vice President, and Tom Thomason as project manager.

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Mar 20, 2019 - 6 years ago
Before Rosie: The First Women at John Deere

Before posters of Rosie the Riveter encouraged women to enter American factories in large numbers during World War II, women had already earned a strong track record in both labor and management positions at John Deere. It began, in a very small way, a movement that continues today.

During World War II, women took production jobs in John Deere factories. The woman pictured above is shown working in the John Deere Spreader Works, East Moline, Illinois,1944.

Daisy Taylor was the first female employee at John Deere, joining the corporate office in 1885 as a stenographer before moving on to pursue a degree and becoming a kindergarten teacher. Daisy often returned to visit Moline and her former colleagues, even leading children’s programs in the home of company president Charles Deere.

In the late 19th and early 20th century, women were typically “confined to stenography and typewriting,” according to the company policy manual of the time. Despite this, women expanded into a variety of other positions over the years. By 1918, five percent of Deere employees in Moline and East Moline were women.

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Mar 20, 2019 - 6 years ago
BP Energy Outlook 2019

The 2019 edition of BP’s Energy Outlook, published on Feb 14, explores the key uncertainties that could impact the shape of global energy markets out to 2040. The greatest uncertainties over this period involve the need for more energy to support continued global economic growth and rising prosperity, together with the need for a more rapid transition to a lower-carbon future. These scenarios highlight the dual challenge that the world is facing. The Outlook also considers a number of other issues including the possible impact of an escalation in trade disputes and the implications of a significant tightening in the regulation of plastics.

Much of the narrative in the Outlook is based on its evolving transition scenario. This scenario and the others considered in the Outlook are not predictions of what is likely to happen; instead, they explore the possible implications of different judgements and assumptions.

In the ‘Evolving Transition’ scenario, which assumes that government policies, technologies and societal preferences evolve in a manner and speed similar to the recent past:

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Mar 11, 2019 - 6 years ago