December 18, 2017 Five Things Manufacturers Should Know About Workforce Development Combating the skilled worker shortage is a top priority for equipment manufacturers today. The long-term future of the industry depends on its ability to attract, develop...
December 14, 2017 U.S., Canadian Tractor Sales Jump in November U.S. retail sales of farm tractors were up 9 percent in November, while sales of self-propelled combines jumped a whopping 41.1 percent, compared to those of one year ago...
December 14, 2017 AEM Leaders: Congress Must Advance Tax Reform AEM President Dennis Slater and Komatsu America CEO Rod Schrader both weighed in on the issue of tax reform as it relates to the manufacturing industry in published op-eds late...
December 14, 2017 5 Things Every Manufacturer Should About IoT The continued development of the Internet of Things (IoT) was one of the top manufacturing trends to watch in 2017, and the transformative impacts IoT is having on equipment...
December 11, 2017 VIDEO: AEM's Advocacy Efforts Reach New Heights in 2017 AEM pushed the boundaries of its advocacy work in 2017.From the launch of the association’s economic impact study to inviting a record-breaking number of elected officials to...
December 11, 2017 M2M Communication Standards, High-Speed ISOBUS Among Priorities for AEF Discussions regarding the use of automotive communication technologies with ag vehicles, wireless infield communications and high-speed ISOBUS were among the highlights of the...
December 11, 2017 My Second Office Has a View By Brian Voss, AEM Agriculture Services Manager A week ago Sunday, my family and I finished the last field to complete our harvest for 2017.Later in the week we finished up...
December 7, 2017 Save the Date: 2018 Product Safety & Compliance Seminar Safety and compliance professionals in off-road equipment industries seeking to learn program building blocks or advance their product safety program should mark their calendar...
December 7, 2017 CABC Formally Welcomes AEM Into its Membership The Canadian American Business Council (CABC) formally welcomed AEM to its membership as AEM expands its advocacy in Canada.AEM's membership in the CABC is part of a broader...
December 7, 2017 Is Your Digital Trade Show Marketing Strategy Up to Par? By Mike Schmidt, AEM Industry Advisor Editor If the goal of exhibiting at trade shows is to maximize engagement with customers, then why do so few companies possess a marketing...
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,...
July 6, 2017 Curt Blades Joins AEM as New Senior VP, Ag Services AEM announced it has named Curt Blades as its senior vice president, Ag services.Blades replaces Charlie O’Brien, who announced his retirement from AEM earlier this year. The...
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...
March 22, 2016 Latin America Construction - March 2016 Check out the March 2016 issue of the AEM Latin America Construction Advisor.Highlights include:Regional outlookU.S. exportsLatin America infrastructure risk/reward scores ...
July 13, 2017 Save the Date: Autumn 2017 AEF Plugfest As precision farming technology grows in importance for producers, so do the semi-annual Plugfest events that help manufacturers determine if their offerings are compatible with...
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...
June 15, 2017 How Will New Work-at-Height Standards Impact Equipment Manufacturers? ANSI (United States) and CSA (Canada) standards have, for almost four decades, provided best practices for safe, reliable access to work at height and have delivered a...
June 28, 2016 AEM and MSHA Issue ‘Distracted Driving’ Safety Alert ‘Turn off your cell phone while operating off-road equipment’ is the key message from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and the Mine Safety and Health...
November 20, 2017 Emissions Reductions and the Internal Combustion Engine's Uncertain Future By Mike Pankonin, AEM Senior Director, Technical and Safety Services The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has a problem on its hands.A very large portion of central and...
May 1, 2017 You Have to Think Like a Farmer By Amber Kohlhaas, Communications Manager, Hagie Manufacturing Business isn’t always learned in the classroom or behind the covers of textbooks. Farmers are the original...