Plant & Machinery

Vega to build biomass production facility in Brazil

Vega Promotional Systems, Inc. announces construction of Biomass of the Americas, LTD facility will begin early next year. Site will employ alternative energy technology to produce bio-coal

Biomass will be converted into bio-coal at facility in Brazil

Quadra Energy Systems, Inc. will build assembly plant in Malaysia

Wholly-owned subsidiary of Las Vegas-based Quadra Projects, Inc. signs joint venture agreement with Avani Corporation Sdn Bhd to assemble QES2000 systems that convert organic waste products into power sources

UK tower crane registration plan confirmed

Improving crane safety and building public confidence are the driving forces behind statutory system that will be implemented in 2010

Mantra Venture Group Ltd. to engage in $3.5m project with Korean firm

North American company joining forces with Korea’s Bluebird Co. Ltd. for enhanced research and development of Electro-reductionof Carbon Dioxide (ERC) technology

Caterpillar announces layoff of 2,300 more US workers

Slumping demand for Caterpillar’s construction equipment at the root of its economic woes

Caterpillar Q4 net tumbles 32 percent

Caterpillar Inc announced it would cut nearly 20,000 jobs and warned of a tough year ahead as a downturn that began in the United States metastasized into a full-blown global recession, gutting orders for earth-moving equipment.