January 25, 2016 Highway Bill Is Passed ... Now What? By Nick YaksichAEM Senior Vice PresidentCongress last fall passed its first long-term highway bill (the “FAST Act”) in years, to the fanfare of AEM and many other...
January 20, 2016 Stretching the Limits of Technology to Feed the World By Charlie O'Brien AEM Senior Vice President & AG Sector LeadGone are the days of just bending steel, putting on a shiny coat of paint and pushing product out the door...
January 11, 2016 Work on Your Workforce If You Plan to Stick Around By Al Cervero AEM Vice President, Construction, Mining & UtilityTo be or not to be – that is the question. It’s relevant on so many levels, including new...
January 4, 2016 Techspeculation: Trends to Watch for in 2016 By Larry BuzeckyAEM Vice President, Business Intelligence & StrategyThe technology landscape is rapidly, tectonically shifting, so what trends will kick into high gear in...
December 10, 2015 Will New Technology Leave Construction in the Dust? We do our banking online, check email and watch TV on our smart phones, manage our investments and apply for insurance on our laptops, and navigate unfamiliar routes using GPS...
December 3, 2015 Webinar to Tell How ‘Once an Article’ Ruling Impacts OEMs, Suppliers Once an article, always an article, the European Court of Justice has ruled. What does that mean and how does it impact equipment manufacturers and their suppliers? Here are...
December 3, 2015 Space Race: What If It Really IS Rocket Science? The race to remain competitive and relevant amid exponential change will widen the gap between organizations positioned to use those applications as a catapult to greater...
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 cloud...
June 1, 2017 Secretary Chao, Elected Leaders Celebrate Doosan Bobcat HQ Expansion Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao led a delegation of major elected leaders on Wednesday to celebrate the completion of a $9.5 million company headquarters expansion...
April 11, 2016 Mobile Technology in Ag: Is Safety Content Next? By Jaime Vos, AEM Safety Materials Manager A survey taken by Farm Journal Media reports that 87 percent of farmers will own a smartphone by 2016. I’ll admit, that number caught...
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...
January 14, 2016 2015 Closes with Continued Positive Growth of U.S. Retail Sales of Small Tractors, According to AEM U.S. retail sales of small farm tractors under 40HP continued their positive growing trend in December 2015, showing an increase of 11.4 percent compared to the same period last...
March 9, 2017 New Report Captures Equipment Manufacturers’ Contributions to Economy The equipment manufacturing industry supported almost 1.3 million jobs in the United States in 2016, according to a new report released Thursday by AEM.The report, which was...
June 9, 2016 Winning Design for 3-D Printed Excavator Cab The student engineering team from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) submitted the winning design for an aesthetic and functional excavator cab that will be 3...
September 15, 2016 U.S. Smaller-Tractor Sales Rebound in August AEM Manufacturer Trade Group Provides Commentary U.S. retail sales of tractors under 40HP and 40-100HP rebounded in August, while sales of the larger tractors as well as...
October 6, 2016 Foreign-Owned Firms Make America Too By Kip Eideberg, AEM Vice President, Public Affairs and Advocacy The United States is home to thousands of manufacturers, including hundreds of equipment manufacturers...
April 13, 2017 Ag Executive Advisor - April 2017 Get the latest industry update with the April 2017 issue of the AEM Ag Executive Advisor. Highlights include:Ag Equipment’s Impact on Jobs, EconomyLeadership Isn’t Something We...