Company says its reduced tail swing makes it ideal for work on roadways and in tight quarters.

Doosan , West Fargo, N.D., has introduced the new DX140LCR crawler excavator with reduced tail swing, which the company says makes it ideal for working on roadways, railroad rights of way and in other tight quarters.

Plastics company says many of the alleged violations were identified and corrected at its own safety audit.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has filed a list of citations against Spartech Plastics LLC, based in Evanston, Ill. OSHA cited the company with 16 serious safety violations for exposing employees to unguarded machinery and electrical shock hazards as well as for failing to protect workers from fall hazards. Proposed penalties total $54,500.

Equivalent of 23,000 recycled half-liter PET bottles used in carpet for Tokyo International Film Festival.

Teijin Ltd. , based in Tokyo, has announced that for the third consecutive year, it has produced an eco-friendly ”green carpet” made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles for the Tokyo International Film Festival, being held Oct. 23-31.

Software used to make OptiMag improvements.

The complete line of Winkle (link to www.winkleindustries.com ) scrap handling magnets, now called OptiMag, has been redesigned and additions have been made using new proprietary engineering software to achieve lighter weights, increased lifting capacity and lower costs for recyclers and steel mills, according to a press release issued by Winkle, which is based in Alliance, Ohio.

Company says the jaw will increase recycling rates at demolition sites.

Commerce City, Colo.-based Atlas Copco has announced that its CC 3300 hydraulic CombiCutter now features a new box-shape jaw, which, according to the company, allows the recycling rate to be increased for demolition jobs and the recycling process within the crusher to be simplified.