September 29, 2016 Smart Wars: Black Hats, White Hats and OEMs By Larry Buzecky, AEM Vice President, Business Intelligence & Strategy Anything “smart” can be hacked. Smart body parts. Smart homes. Smart cars. Smart cities. And, of course...
September 26, 2016 Technology Takes Center Stage at AEM Annual Conference By Dennis Slater, AEM PresidentWhat we once considered future technology is no longer hype. It now exists in every sector of our industry, leaving us wondering, where are we now...
September 19, 2016 Ag Lighting & Marking: Collaboration Becomes Law By Mike Senneff of Product Safety Help, LLC On July 6, 2012 President Obama signed into law the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), a $105 billion bill...
September 12, 2016 Infrastructure Vision 2050: How STEM Students Are Changing America By Jason Andringa, President and CEO, Vermeer Corporation According to the World Economic Forum, infrastructure in the United States is ranked 11th globally. Roads are...
August 22, 2016 Don't Forget Importance of Down-Ballot Races By Nick Yaksich, AEM Senior Vice President and Head of AEM's Washington, D.C. Office Every election season, it’s easy for voters to get caught up in the battle at the top of...
August 8, 2016 Is Our Industry Thinking Big Enough? By Al Cervero, AEM Senior Vice President, Construction, Mining & Utility What is keeping the traditional construction equipment business from thinking big?I am reviewing...
August 2, 2016 It’s Clinton v. Trump! What Does That Mean for our Industry? By Kip Eideberg, AEM Vice President, Public Affairs and Advocacy The general election matchup is settled: Democrats nominated Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia, following the...
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...
January 4, 2018 AEM Acquires Data Analytics Company Hargrove & Associates Minneapolis and Milwaukee – The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) announced that it has purchased Minneapolis-based Hargrove & Associates, Inc. (HAI) a data...
October 3, 2016 VIDEO: What Does Year Ahead Hold for Manufacturers, Dealers? What factors will drive the off-road equipment industry in 2017? Manufacturers and dealers came together on September 21-22 in Chicago to find out.The first-ever AED / AEM...
March 19, 2018 AEM Ad to Trump: Say 'No' to Steel Tariffs AEM urged President Trump to “say NO” to steel tariffs in a new television ad launched today.The 30-second ad, which is running on “Fox & Friends,” “Morning Joe,” and “Hannity...
July 7, 2016 5 Principles for Building a Trade Show Brand Experience Today’s consumers are overwhelmed by brand messages, most of which are instantly forgettable.Ultimately, what people remember is not the brand message but how brands act, said...
March 14, 2016 Hottest High-Strength Material? Not What You Think By Larry Buzecky, AEM Vice President, Business Intelligence & Strategy I assumed you thought the answer was spider silk. And you are wrong – it’s sea snail teeth.If you want to...
October 13, 2016 U.S. September Tractor Sales: Smaller Machines Still Lead, but Larger Sizes Rebound Combine Sales Still Lag: Manufacturer Trade Group Provides Commentary U.S. retail sales of tractors under 40HP and 40-100HP continued to lead the way in September, and while...
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...
November 9, 2017 AEM Announces 2018 Officers, New Directors AEM announced its 2018 officers, directors elected to the AEM Board of Directors, and its directors elected to its AG and CE Sector Boards.AEM’s 2018 officers are:Chair Richard...
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...