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Business

Bayer Begins Construction On Bee Care Center

Bayer CropScience has started the construction on its North American Bee Care Center. The 6,000-square-foot-facility will complement the existing Bee Care Center established in 2012 at the company’s global headquarters in Monheim, Germany.

June 6, 2013

Design-Build

Good Leaders Aren’t Cheerful

What qualities are associated with people in leadership roles. How would you define a good leader or manager? You might use words like dependable, takes initiative, decisive or clear communicator.

June 6, 2013

Business

Get Creative with Outdoor Spaces

Europeans have got the hang of things when it comes to outdoor living. Outdoor dining in countries like France, England, Germany, Italy, Greece and Switzerland is very common, and each country captivates their own culture in the setting.

May 20, 2013

Design-Build

How U.S. Can Think Big With Jobs

For landscapers and equipment manufacturers trying to find trained technicians, Germany offers a great example of how to do it right. The German Engineering Federation, VDMA, last month brought in more than 10,000 teens to participate in Bauma 2013 and a program they called Think Big. There, the teens got an up-close look at the […]

May 13, 2013

Business

LiuGong Debuts Skid Steer at Bauma

LiuGong has introduced a new machine to the skid steer market. At bauma in Munich, Germany this year, LiuGong premiered the 375B radial-lift skid steer. The new machine features metal and glass with an 865kg capacity. Curved corners provide a wider view of the worksite with a solid “corner-to-corner” view of any attachment.

April 30, 2013

Business

Volkswagen Strives to Be Automotive Leader

Volkswagon seems to be the topic of conversation across the automobile market lately. In two articles recently published by our sister sites, Equipment World magazine and Overdrive magazine, editors discuss Volkswagen attempting to make a name for itself in the pickup truck market.

April 25, 2013

Design-Build

Bauma is Back

Giant machines, 6.1 million square feet of space and Munich, Germany can only mean one thing: bauma is back. From April 15-21, our own Editorial Director, Marcia Gruver Doyle, and sister publication’s, Equipment World, Editor Tom Jackson, will be scouring the floor for all the latest and greatest events happening at bauma this year.

April 12, 2013

Business

Xero Flor System Selected for Green Roof in New York

Xero Flor America (XFA) has selected the Xero Flor Green Roof System for the 292,000-square-foot green roof being installed atop the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center of New York.

February 5, 2013

Design-Build

Bauma Wrap-Up

The two pre-Bauma media dialogue days are gone, and I’m trying to get some idea from them of what the big show here in Munich, Germany, in April might be like. About the only certainty I can come up with is that it will be warmer. These two days are really just intense conversations, usually […]

February 5, 2013

Business

Bauma to Bring New Saws, Excavators

Updates from the second day of pre-Bauma media coverage, including a Stihl concrete cutter and cordless chainsaw, as well as short-radius excavators from New Holland

January 31, 2013

Business

Preview Bauma Equipment

Check out the equipment, like Kaiser’s and Cat’s excavators, that is being featured at the pre-Bauma show in Munich, Germany. I’m here in Munich at a series of press conferences being referred to as “pre-Bauma” in a windy and cold city. The event is allowing equipment manufacturers to preview what they’ll be display and talking about at the big show in a couple of months.

January 30, 2013

Business

Stihl appoints vice president of finance

Stihl named Bjoern Fischer as the vice president of finance. In addition to overseeing the financial operations, Fischer will also handle the human resources and information services department. Fischer will replace Karl Angler, who will move to Stihl headquarters in Germany as the executive board member for finance, comptrolling, information systems and services for the […]

March 20, 2012