Industry News - April, 2020 - Page 5 of 5

Canada’s Forest Products Sector Embraces Essential Service Designation

April 2, 2020 (Ottawa) The federal government moved to recognize that Canada’s forest products sector and its workers provide essential products and services to Canadians.

Earlier this week, Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) President and CEO Derek Nighbor called on the federal government to bring clarity to this issue given the confusing patchwork of measures that are emerging from province to province, negatively impacting certainty for workers and cross-border flows of goods and raw materials.

Nighbor issued the following statement in response to today’s announcement:

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Latest Excavators Offer Costs Savings And Application-Specific Modifications

Caterpillar Excavators Large excavators are powerful and diverse machines that complete a lot of construction work. Every major construction equipment manufacturer has a line of excavators, and they exhibited their newest ones at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2020.

Excavators aren’t just differentiated by size; excavators come equipped with features that make them optimized for specific applications. It is not enough now to choose an excavator based on bucket capacity and horsepower; you have to understand how the machine’s suite of features, including advanced technologies, will impact your operations.

According to Ryan Neal, product application specialist for Caterpillar, contractors should consider what scope of work the machine will be working in, as well as the owning and operating costs of the excavator.

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