Skip to main content

Strongest ever year for testing equipment firm Humboldt

Construction testing equipment manufacturer Humboldt has the strongest forward order book ever, said general manager John Lamond at Conexpo. The firm relocated at the end of last year to a bigger manufacturing facility: a 6,970 sq m factory in Elgin, Illinois. “We needed to expand,” said Lamond. “It’s a bigger and better location for us as a growing business.”
January 6, 2017 Read time: 1 min
Construction testing equipment manufacturer 2884 Humboldt has the strongest forward order book ever, said general manager John Lamond at Conexpo. The firm relocated at the end of last year to a bigger manufacturing facility: a 6,970 sq m factory in Elgin, Illinois.

“We needed to expand,” said Lamond. “It’s a bigger and better location for us as a growing business.”

Humboldt is experiencing strong demand from regions including Central and South America, the  Middle East and the Far East.

Government laboratories, universities and large infrastructure projects are all looking to purchase testing equipment, said Lamond.

Visitors to the Humboldt stand at Conexpo included people from Latin America, as well as large delegations of people from Russia and Central Europe, said Lamond. Exports currently account for around 40% of Humboldt’s sales, a figure which the manufacturer expects to grow in coming years.
%$Linker: 2 Asset <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 2 51869 0 oLinkExternal www.humboldtmfg.com Visit Humboldt Website false /EasySiteWeb/GatewayLink.aspx?alId=51869 false false%>

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • BLS has a new rubber trackpad for excavators
    March 11, 2014
    US-based wear part specialist BLS Enterprises is broadening its product line with a new trackpad system. The firm’s president, Barry Stoughton, explained that the new product is designed for use with excavators, allowing them to be driven on an asphalt or concrete road without damaging the surface. “It’s rubber bonded to steel,” said Stoughton. “We use a triple grouser steel pad.”
  • Tata Steel invests for growth
    January 6, 2017
    Tata Steel is aiming to double its worldwide steel sales by 2017 in the lifting and excavating sector from its current volume of 500,000tonnes. To achieve this target the company has recently invested €40million to improve its product portfolio, by developing its quenched and tempered, and advanced downstream processing facilities in the UK. Tata Steel said it delivers a wider range of differentiated steel products to the lifting and excavating industry than any other steel producer in the world, and provid
  • Tata Steel invests for growth
    April 18, 2013
    Tata Steel is aiming to double its worldwide steel sales by 2017 in the lifting and excavating sector from its current volume of 500,000tonnes. To achieve this target the company has recently invested €40million to improve its product portfolio, by developing its quenched and tempered, and advanced downstream processing facilities in the UK. Tata Steel said it delivers a wider range of differentiated steel products to the lifting and excavating industry than any other steel producer in the world, and provid
  • John Deere Power Systems completes engine line-up
    January 6, 2017
    John Deere Power Systems used bauma to complete its engine line-up for Tier 4 Final/Stage IV emissions regulations. This included the arrival of the PowerTechTM PWL 4.5L engine, which meets emissions regulations without a diesel particulate filter (DPF). Spanning outputs from 63-104kW, this four-cylinder, 4.5litre engine offers reduced cost and improves engine packaging by eliminating the DPF, said Deere. However, the engine uses selective catalytic reduction (SCR), a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) and coo