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Robbins Machine is the first TBM to break through in Two Decades   A crowd of crew members gathered to celebrate in front of a newly emerged hard rock TBM on December 10, 2015 in northern Norway, but their celebration was about more than just a breakthrough.  The...

Jared Griffiths Provides Rock Solid Expertise to Drillers   THOMPSON, CONNECTICUT USA, December 11, 2015– Numa, the leading designer and manufacturer of down hole hammers and bits, has announced the addition of Jared Griffiths as a Field Technician. The addition...

Release Date: 12/22/2015 Contact Information: Margot Perez-Sullivan, 415-947-4149, PerezSullivan.Margot@epa.gov SAN FRANCISCO –The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced more than $19 million in funding to Nevada for investments in statewide improvement in...

Release Date: 12/22/2015 Contact Information: Margot Perez-Sullivan, 415-947-4149, PerezSullivan.Margot@epa.gov SAN FRANCISCO –The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced more than $19 million in funding to Nevada for investments in statewide improvement in...

NASTT turns 25 in 2015! What was happening 25 years ago? On Christmas Day, 1990, "The Godfather Part III" directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Al Pacino, Diane Keaton and Andy Garcia premiered. Also on Christmas Day, 1990, the first successful trial run of...

Release Date: 12/17/2015Contact Information: Joe Hubbard or Jennah Durant at 214-665-2200 or r6press@epa.govDALLAS – (Dec. 16, 2015) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved revisions to the Pueblo of Pojoaque’s water quality standards. The Clean Water...

PERRY, Okla., Dec. 15, 2015 - The Ditch Witch family is deeply saddened to announce the passing of the company's founder and industry icon Ed Malzahn on Friday. He was 94. Malzahn changed the way the world's utility infrastructure is installed and maintained when he...

Contributed by Vermeer   Efficiency is more than drilling fast “Efficiency” is a word that gets used a lot in the horizontal directional drilling world. However, if your sole focus is on improving efficiency while drilling, you’re already operating inefficiently....

Release Date: 12/09/2015Contact Information: John Martin, (212) 637-3662, martin.johnj@epa.gov(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $690,940 to the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, and the...

Ottawa, IL, November 30, 2015 – Recent rulings of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office have no impact on the continued validity of the fundamental patent claims surrounding LMK’s commercial embodiments for the...