July 20, 2016 Peru's Kuczynski to seek special powers to spur investment Peru's president elect Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, who is to take office July 28, will seek special legislative powers to accelerate US$25bn in infrastructure ...
July 20, 2016 Rio court lifts Odebrecht bidding ban Brazil's Odebrecht Óleo e Gás has been granted a court injunction allowing it to bid for service contracts with state-run oil company Petrobras.Odebrecht was among 18...
July 20, 2016 Contecon investing to expand facilities in Manzanillo port Mexican port operator firm Contecon Manzanillo has announced that will start construction of the second phase of the TEC II container terminal in Mexico's Manzanillo port...
July 19, 2016 Mexico's rail sector warns of train traffic disruptions Mexican rail association AMF has called on the federal government to guarantee the free transit of cargo in the freight rail sector in the western state of Michoacán, in light...
July 19, 2016 Paraguay congress declares 2nd Paraná bridge of national interest Paraguay's lower house has approved a proposal to declare of national interest the construction of a second international bridge over the Paraná river, also called the Amistad...
July 19, 2016 Brazilian public banks have huge infra financing domination Of every 100 reais (US$30.8) invested into infrastructure in Brazil by the end of suspended president Dilma Rousseff's first term in 2014, 83 reais came from public banks...
July 18, 2016 Argentina launches US$500mn highway tender Argentina's transport ministry, through national highway department DNV, announced the publication of tender documents for the construction of the route 19 highway between the...
July 18, 2016 Brazil could soon see airport operation IPOs Brazil's national airport authority Infraero is preparing a new public-private partnership (PPP) model that involves the joint ownership of state-run airports.The idea is to...
July 18, 2016 Uruguay announces largest ever infrastructure investment Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez announced the country will receive the biggest investment in its history from Finnish company UPM, which will invest US$5bn in infrastructure...
July 15, 2016 Ecuador to rebuild 100 schools destroyed by quake Ecuador began construction work on 100 schools along its Pacific coast that were destroyed by an earthquake in April, when 668 people died and 30,000 were left homeless.The...
January 4, 2021 5 Manufacturing Trends to Watch in 2021 Both the immediate and long-term future of the manufacturing industry will be defined by the development of a number of ever-evolving and prominent trends. These trends are...
January 11, 2021 5 Predictions for an Unpredictable 2021 What’s in store for the construction industry? How will OEMs and rental companies adapt to better serve their customers? How are customer needs changing? And in the face of a...
January 7, 2021 AEM Subsidiary HAI Welcomes Todd Snell as Vice President and COO Hargrove & Associates, Inc. (HAI) announces the addition of Todd Snell as the company’s new Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective as of Jan. 1.A familiar face...
January 14, 2021 AEM Members Recognized for Design and Engineering Excellence with 2021 CES 2021 Innovation Awards AEM member companies John Deere and Robert Bosch LLC were among several companies recently recognized as Consumer Electronics Show (CES)2021 Innovation Award winners.Each year,...