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Apprenticeship opportunities disappearing against backdrop of COVID redundancies with fears of lost generation Britain’s manufacturers, leading unions, skills training providers and industry bodies are calling today on the Government to take urgent action to safeguard the skills the country’s economy needs now and in the future by acting to save …

Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment in the UK market fell by 39% in the first six months of the year compared with the same period in 2019. Sales in the second quarter fell by 54%, reflecting the worst of the COVID crisis, after showing a 22% decline in …

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The boards of the Construction Equipment and Plant Engineering trade association took stock of the current status of the COVID-19 crisis during their annual meeting at the beginning of July. At the virtual conference table, the members stressed that the situation is tense, but not dramatic. The companies are still …

On 10 th July the European Parliament backed an amendment to the Stage V regulation (EU) 2016/1628 by 653 votes to 17. The revised regulation will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union and will take effect retroactively from 1 st July 2020. It will be adopted …

Carl Gustaf Goransson explains how distribution, digitization, and electrification will decide the future victors in the global construction equipment sector. What do you see as the biggest growth drivers within the international Construction Equipment sector? Ordinarily we would see market demand alone driving volume growth, but today other factors are …

Last Friday 10th July, the European Parliament adopted a text extending by 12 months the Stage V transition deadlines for certain categories of engines to be fitted in non-road mobile machinery (NRMM) and tractors. The vote paves the way for the final adoption and publication in the Official Journal of …

Executives say federal government has not done enough to support the industry WASHINGTON, D.C. – The COVID-19 pandemic continues to take a toll on an industry that represents 12 percent of the U.S. manufacturing sector, according to a new survey released today by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). While …

Are Eastern manufacturers primed to be the new global superpowers of the industry? Global chief technology officer, Alan Berger, gives some insights. Only five years ago, the construction equipment sector was suffering a significant drop in demand, with sales bottoming out at around 700,000 machines per year. In subsequent years, …

Nationwide Digital Campaign Will Educate, Engage, and Mobilize Manufacturing Voters WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) announced the launch of “Equipped to Vote,” a full-fledged digital campaign designed to engage, educate, and mobilize the 2.8 million men and women of the equipment manufacturing industry leading up …