Technical advances in equipment design and security assist in marketing efforts.

Despite being very much part of the "old economy", the heavy construction equipment industry is showing remarkable signs of vitality. Global demand for its output continues to grow at about six percent per year. After shaking off worries about financial crises in Asia, Latin America and Russia, the industry is sharing in the worldwide drive to construct new projects or to renew older public and private structures.

Heavy construction equipment consists of the following major product categories: off-highway trucks and tractors, loaders, graders and rollers, cranes and draglines, mixers and payers as well as attachments and parts. This equipment is used in a broad array of applications--ranging from major infrastructure projects to office buildings and from housing to factories,Back to School: Fall Welcome Kicks Off

SLU's newest Billikens will move in starting Wednesday, Aug. 21, as the University gears up for another academic year.

Event Details: 9:30 a.m., August 23

Fall Welcome is planned, developed and hosted by the Division of Student Development. File photo

Saint Louis University prepares for the 2013 Fall Welcome, which kicks off Wednesday, Aug. 21, when the University residence halls open for new students at 9 a.m. Returning students will be allowed to begin moving in at 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 23.

International students have been on campus Aug. 17, and their orientation continues until Aug. 21.

The fall orientation program, which was previously known as Welcome Week and Welcome Back Week for new and returning students respectively, allows students to begin their SLU experience five days