McConnellsburg, Penn., November 18, 2008 -– JLG Industries, Inc., along with its parent company, Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK), broke ground today for a new manufacturing facility in Tianjin, China. Today’s announcement is another step in Oshkosh Corporation’s strategic business initiatives to meet the demands of a global economy and the growing demand for aerial work platforms in the Chinese and Asian markets.  The new facility will produce JLG^® access equipment specifically for the Asian market.  JLG currently has manufacturing operations in Pennsylvania, Ohio and North Dakota, U.S., and in Maasmechelen, Belgium, Tonneins, France, and Medias, Romania.

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Tags: American Companies in China, China, JLG Industries in China, Manufacturing in China, Tianjin

Prosol a distributer in Chile, South America has some great videos of the Gradall products. I would say they market this product better than anyone else in the world. Great Video editing and transitions. Also very good use of the adobe flash video player.

PROSOL Gradall Video

Machine Videos: XL2210 | XL4210 | XL3300 | XL5110

GRADALL Overview

Special Thanks to Prosol. Great Work

Tags: Alamo, Chile, Gradall, Prosol, Telescopic Boom Excavator

We may be a little late on this but this is great news. Not surprising with the Euro and the Dollar punching it out that Volvo is moving Mfg back to the States. The first Volvo excavator to be built at the Volvo Construction Equipment manufacturing facility in Asheville, North Carolina, rolled off the production line Friday, November 9, 2007.

More from the press release at Volvo

Tags: Construction, Excavator, Manufacturing, New, Volvo