‘Wet blanket’: US equipment makers struggle with tariffs

‘wet-blanket’:-us-equipment-makers-struggle-with-tariffs
EQUIPMENT

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) counts the cost of tariffs at CONExpo 2026

From left: Kip Heidenberg, Brian Bieller, and Megan Tanel

From left: Kip Eideberg, Brian Bieller, and Megan Tanel | Credits: James Stent

CONExpo is supposed to be a show about the biggest, meanest machines, not politics. Las Vegas is all about bright lights, so perhaps the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) chose the very first…

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