August 1, 2016 Competition Helps Solve Tough Infrastructure Challenges By Kip Eideberg, AEM Vice President, Public Affairs & Advocacy In January, AEM and its members took a new and different approach to solving the toughest infrastructure...
July 25, 2016 Futures Council: Keeping an Eye on Potential Disruption By Nicole Hallada, AEM Vice President, Marketing and CommunicationsDrones. Trump. Brexit. Musk. IoT. BIM. AR/VR. And more. What’s next? What’s three to seven years down the road...
July 18, 2016 AEM Show Strategy Continues to Deliver By Dennis Slater, AEM PresidentThings have changed a lot since I got my start working on trade shows over 30 years ago. For CONEXPO 1987, my first event, we simply mailed out...
July 11, 2016 Brexit: Jilted Lovers By Alexander Russ, AEM Director, International and Regulatory AffairsThe recent “Brexit” vote in the United Kingdom – in which the U.K. voted to exit the European Union – showed...
June 30, 2016 eventBit: Tech Breakthrough 'Lights Up' Trade Show Floor By Brian Scott, Chief Information Officer, ExperientTrade shows are temporary deal-making ecosystems.Tens of thousands of buyers and sellers converge into a small and controlled...
June 27, 2016 How Strong is Your Safety Message? By James Vos, AEM Safety Materials ManagerThe importance of safety has been drilled into us since we were kids: Look both ways before crossing the street, don't run with...
June 20, 2016 We Need a Bold Approach to Pro-Growth Tax Reform By Kip Eideberg, AEM Vice President, Public Affairs and AdvocacyTax policy – and much needed reform of our current tax system in particular – has returned to its traditional...
June 13, 2016 Second Sale Is Toughest, Especially Today By Al Cervero, AEM Vice President, Construction, Mining and Utility If you work in sales and marketing, you may have heard the expression that the first sale is always the...
June 6, 2016 Don't Underestimate Power of Trade Shows in Business, Economy By Megan Tanel, AEM Senior Vice President, Exhibitions and Events If not THE oldest, it may be one of the oldest businesses in the world. We at AEM not only support this long...
May 23, 2016 Global Experts Work to Retain Market Access By Michael Pankonin, AEM Senior Director, Technical and Safety Services“Where else can I go to meet with industry experts from around the world and discuss what I need to do to...
March 3, 2016 U.S. Agricultural Equipment Exports Drop 13.5 Percent in 2015 AEM Provides Market Update and Analysis Exports of U.S.-made agricultural equipment dropped 13.5 percent in 2015 compared to the previous year, for a total $7.4 billion shipped...
March 2, 2017 Trump Speech Touches on Key Issues for Equipment Manufacturers President Trump delivered his first major policy speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday and touched on many of the issues of importance to the equipment manufacturing...
May 11, 2017 The End of the (Long and Winding) Road By Doug Zoerb, AEM Industry CorrespondentThe electronic pension payments now land neatly in my checking account at the end of each month, tracing the journey I have taken...
November 30, 2016 U.S. Construction Equipment Exports Down 25 Percent AEM Market Update and Analysis Exports of U.S.-made construction equipment fell 25 percent overall for the first three quarters of 2016 compared to 2015 January – September...
May 11, 2017 North American Tractor, Combine Sales Rise in April Canadian retail sales of large four-wheel drive tractors jumped nearly 120 percent in April compared to one year ago, according to numbers released this week by AEM.In addition,...
December 7, 2015 AEM/AEMP Telematics Standard Will Offer Greater Flexibility to Manage Mixed Fleets The new construction equipment telematics standard from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and Association of Equipment Management Professionals (AEMP) has added...
August 14, 2017 Is Construction Ready for the Pay-for-Production Business Model? By John Somers, AEM Director of Product Management, Construction, Mining & UtilityOne of the most impactful technological trends of the last decade has been the rise of...
September 7, 2017 Key Factors Limiting Telematics Adoption in the Construction Industry Telematics has the power to increase productivity, efficiency and safety on the construction jobsite. So why are only 44 percent of all construction companies employing digital...
March 9, 2017 Project AME: World’s First 3D Printed Excavator Unveiled CONEXPO-CON/AGG and IFPE 2017 got underway on Tuesday with a glimpse at some of the cutting-edge technologies sure to shape the industry for years to come.Keeping with the show...
August 7, 2017 New Sanctions Could Greatly Impact Equipment Manufacturing Industry President Trump signed new legislation last week imposing new sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea, which could have implications for the equipment manufacturing industry...