Komatsu Introduces the World's First Hydraulic Excavator
Komatsu Ltd. last week announced that the company is soon going to launch sales of the PC200-8 Hybrid excavator, the world’s first hybrid construction equipment....
Atlas Copco Launches Energy Efficiency Road Show in Europe
Atlas Copco last week announced that it will run a worldwide road show for its most energy-efficient oil-injected compressors ever produced, the new GA 90-160 kW range. Its Specific Energy Requirement (SER) is best-in-class, using up to 11-percent less electricity than the previous GA models....
Haulotte Group Goes Green
In the context of a real awareness of environmental issues and the tightening of legislation, Haulotte Group, worldwide manufacturer of lifting equipment, recently announced it is taking steps to control and reduce its environmental impact and is integrating its environmental approach into the company’s global management system....
Green Home Building Market Expected to Double by 2012
CARB Drafts Regulation on Diesel Trucks and Buses
New York-Based Rental Company Invests in Biofuel Burning Generators
In a move to compliment the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) New York-based On Site Energy Co. has invested heavily in Tier 3-certified green equipment and is making most of it’s current rental fleet more emission friendly with biodiesel fuels. ...
Caterpillar Announces New Electric-Drive Track-Type Tractor
Peoria, Ill.-based Caterpillar Inc. last week announced it is unveiling the first innovative AC electric-drive track-type tractor in the industry. The revolutionary electric-drive system developed for track-type tractors gives the D7E balance of power, efficiency, control and maneuverability. The machine will be showcased at ConExpo 2008 March 11-15 in Las Vegas....
Komatsu America Provides Recommendations for Biodiesel Usage
With an increased interest in emissions and reducing the use of petroleum distillate-based fuels, some governments and regulating bodies are encouraging the use of bio fuels. Governmental incentives and/or environmental legislation requiring the use of bio fuels may have an impact on the sales and use of engines. As a result, Komatsu last week released its criteria and parameters for using biodiesel fuel in its engines....
Volvo Invests in Energy Efficient and Environmentally Sound Forestry Machinery
Volvo Technology Transfer AB last week announced it is a new part owner in El-forest AB, based in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, and it is investing in the development of energy efficient and environmentally sound forestry machinery. The investment is part of the Volvo Group’s goal to strengthen its role as a leading supplier to the forestry industry. ...
A-Plant to Try Electric Delivery Vehicles
A-Plant, one of the United Kingdom’s leading rental companies, is introducing a high-performance electric van into its delivery fleet. The Edison, designed and built by Smith Electric Vehicles, is based on the Ford Transit body shell but is 100-percent battery powered. The A-Plant model has a 90-kw motor, with a top speed of 50 miles per hour, with two suitcase-sized sodium nickel chloride batteries ranging up to 100 miles per charge....
CARB Passes Emission Control Regulations Affecting Construction Machines
The California Air Resources Board last week adopted a regulation aimed at reducing toxic and cancer-causing diesel emissions from the state’s estimated 180,000 off-road vehicles used in construction, mining, airport ground support and other industries....
New, Cleaner Off-Road Diesel Fuel in June
Starting June 1, the nation’s refineries began producing low sulfur diesel fuel for use in off-road equipment. The new fuel will then wind its way through the distribution system, so that by Dec. 1, 2007, locomotives and marine vessels, as well as farming, construction and mining equipment, will switch to diesel containing nearly 85 percent less sulfur. This new off-road fuel has a sulfur content of 500 parts per million, reduced from 3,000 parts per million or more in the previous blend....
Aggreko Powers San Diego Mardi Gras With Recycled Oil
Houston-based Aggreko, the world’s leading supplier of temporary power, temperature control and compressed air systems, powered San Diego’s Mardi Gras with biodiesel created from cooking oil waste collected from the restaurants in the city’s Gaslamp Quarter. The initiative came from a request from the Gaslamp Quarter Association to come up with a cleaner burning fuel....
United Offers Disaster-Preparation White Paper
GREENWICH, Conn. United Rentals recently released the first in a series of white papers on issues of importance to the construction and rental industries...
H&E Establishes Energy Solutions Division
BATON ROUGE, La. H&E Equipment Services formed an Energy Solutions Division to provide energy-efficient lighting systems to industrial and commercial...
RER Wins Editorial Honor
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. RER recently was honored with the Gold Award for Best Profile article in the Western Region of the American Society of Business Publication...
RER Launches Virtual RER 100 Roundtable
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. RER has launched its Internet-based RER 100 Roundtable. Sponsored by McConnellsburg, Pa.-based JLG Industries, the RER 100 Roundtable...
RER Publishes Rate Guide
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. RER has published its 2004 Rental Equipment Rate Guide, a guide to suggested rental rates it has produced annually for more...
