June 16, 2022 AEM Highlights Construction, Utility Safety Efforts to OSHA at Inaugural Below Ground Worker Safety Demonstration Day AEM recently hosted more than 40 officials from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety & and Health Administration (OSHA) and offered a first-hand look at how...
May 23, 2022 When It Comes to Safe and Sustainable Infrastructure, Better Won’t Arrive Out of the Blue By Mike Schmidt, AEM Director of Industry Communications — If you’re not trying to do something different, are you really doing anything at all?It’s been almost eight years...
May 23, 2022 EU Commission: Restriction of the Use of Hazardous Substances in Electronics (RoHS) Revision As part of the European Union’s (EU) Circular Economy Action Plan(CEAP) and its Chemical Strategy for Sustainability, the EU Commission is reviewing its Restriction of the Use...
May 19, 2022 California Prop 65: Second Modification to Proposed Amendments California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) on April 5 issued a second round of proposed amendments to its Prop 65 regulation. These amendments reverse...
May 5, 2022 Product Safety & Compliance Seminar and Liability Seminar Brings Together the Best of the Off-Road Equipment Safety Community More than 300 attendees made their way to the Lincolnshire Marriott Resort near Chicago, Illinois late last month for the 2022 AEM Product Safety & Compliance Seminar and...
May 2, 2022 Labeling Matters: How to Assess the Effectiveness of Workplace Safety Labels (and Why) By Jaime Vos, AEM Director of Safety MaterialsIn my last AEM Industry Advisor article, I wrote about the importance of safety signage in the manufacturing environment, the...
April 28, 2022 U.S. EPA Pre-Published Final Rule Approves Use of HFO-1234yf in Off-Road Equipment On April 21, 2022, U.S. EPA Administrator Michael Regan signed a Pre-Published Final Rule; Listing of HFO-1234yf under the Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program for...
April 21, 2022 EU REACH: ECHA Recommends Placing Lead on REACH Authorisation List The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) earlier this year proposed placing lead (Pb) onto Annex XIV of the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals...
April 14, 2022 CARB Announces New Workshop Regarding Tier 5 Rulemaking Concepts The California Air Resources Board (CARB) recently announced a new virtual public workshop regarding its ongoing off-road diesel engine Tier 5 rulemaking efforts. CARB staff...
April 11, 2022 Live and In-Person: AEM’s 2022 Product Safety & Compliance Seminar and Product Liability Seminar are Just Weeks Away Three-and-a-half days of unbeatable off-road equipment safety education and networking are just a couple of short weeks away, so register now for AEM’s 2022 Product Safety...
January 26, 2023 Leadership Pitfalls to Avoid at All Costs Not everyone is born to be a leader. The good news, however, is that leadership skills can be developed and refined over time, opening the door to career advancement and higher...
January 5, 2023 5 Equipment Manufacturing Trends to Watch in 2023 With 2022 firmly in the rearview mirror and the new year now underway, it’s clear many of the opportunities and challenges impacting equipment manufacturers today are poised to...
July 5, 2023 The Environmental Benefits of Precision Agriculture Quantified Agriculture and environmental sustainability have been closely linked for many years. It’s just that there has been little data to quantify the benefits.That, however, is no...
July 17, 2023 AEM Welcomes Latest Member Companies All AEM members work together through the association to build momentum for the equipment manufacturing industry, as well as the ag and construction markets it serves. AEM...
August 10, 2023 How Agriculture Can Capture the Carbon Market Opportunity As the trend toward carbon emissions reduction continues, American farmers are being presented with a new opportunity. By adopting certain climate-smart agriculture practices...
May 11, 2023 Three Days Until Celebration of Construction on the National Mall In three short days, AEM, in partnership with over 40 member companies and industry partners, will be in Washington, D.C. to host the Celebration of Construction on the National...
June 1, 2023 5 Modern Dairy Industry Benefits to Acknowledge and Celebrate By Austin Gellings, AEM Director of Agricultural Services — Dairy plays a vital part in the diets of millions of Americans. The average person in the United States consumes...
June 26, 2023 AEM Ag Sector Board Chair Testifies Before U.S. House Ag Committee Rural broadband connectivity and precision agriculture go hand in hand, and that is the message that AEM Ag Sector Board Chair Bill Hurley delivered during the U.S. House...
January 19, 2023 Ongoing Supply Chain Woes Threaten Economic Recovery By Kip Eideberg, AEM Senior Vice President of Government and Industry Relations —Editor’s Note: This was originally published by The Hill, a top U.S. political website read by...
July 10, 2023 New Highlights from A Celebration of Construction on the National Mall Earlier this summer, AEM and over 40 participating organizations showcased more than seventy-five pieces of construction equipment during A Celebration of Construction on the...