Industrial Equipment & Machinery

MILWAUKEE — November 13, 2026 -- Pat Weiler, founder of Iowa-based equipment maker Weiler, was inducted into the AEM Hall of Fame as its 2026 inductee on Nov. 12, 2026, at the AEM Annual Conference in Tucson, Arizona. It is his third honor of 2026, after the Alan Curtis Industry Service Award and induction into the Pavement Hall of Fame, and it comes 26 years after he founded the company in 2000.

Weiler made three acquisitions in seven years after its 2000 founding

The company bought a top-hammer rock drill product line in 2017, added a purpose-built forestry division in 2019 and acquired a self-propelled broom in 2024. The span from 2017 to 2024 is seven years. Weiler describes itself as one of the largest employers in Marion County, Iowa, and says Pat Weiler now leads manufacturing operations in multiple markets and states.

BIRMINGHAM -- November 13, 2026 -- SPOC Energy, a Birmingham-based maker of power conversion systems and motor-control automation, is hiring in Alabama for manufacturing, engineering and other technical roles. It has about 275 employees and says its manufacturing backlog extends into 2028 and beyond.

By our calculation, a backlog reaching 2028 runs more than a year past this announcement. The company did not disclose the number of positions it plans to fill, the size of the backlog or the planned increase in capacity.

SPOC Energy says it has more than 85,000 systems installed in over 40 countries on five continents. Against the current headcount, that works out to roughly 309 installed systems per employee. The figure is cumulative and does not measure annual output.

HANGZHOU — November 13, 2026 -- Greenland Technologies Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: GTEC) has until May 10, 2027 to restore a closing bid price of at least US$1.00 on its Class A ordinary shares, after Nasdaq notified it on November 10, 2026 that it fails the minimum bid price rule. The company disclosed the letter on November 13.

The deficiency ran for 30 consecutive business days, from September 29 to November 9, 2026, based on the closing bid price of the Class A shares. The letter arrived one business day after that period ended, by FairsOnline's calculation.

Greenland must hold a US$1.00 close for 10 consecutive business days to regain compliance

The cure requires one-third as many trading days as the breach took to trigger: 10 consecutive business days at or above US$1.00, against 30 below. Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) sets the US$1.00 threshold. Rule 5810(c)(3)(A) provides the 180 calendar days to comply.

ISLIP, N.Y. – November 13, 2026 -- HelloNation has published an article in which Mike Bonner of Hydraulic Repair & Hose Inc. in Islip, New York, explains when businesses should choose on-site hydraulic repair over sending equipment to a shop. His central test: field service fits when transporting the machine would take longer than the repair itself.

Bonner is identified by HelloNation as a hydraulic systems expert. According to the article, large machinery and industrial systems can require specialized transport and coordination, which delays repairs. Equipment that fails on remote or active job sites may also be impractical to remove.

The article names three repair types as suited to the field: hose replacement, minor leak repairs and component adjustments. Internal component damage and extensive system failures, it says, may need a shop's specialized equipment and controlled conditions.