Media Coverage: Dirt, Data, and Digital Workflows | Awesome Earthmovers

Following the launch of the new Geomatics organization, Ivan Di Federico, Topcon Positioning Systems President and CEO, sat down with GIM International at INTERGEO 2025 to explain this renewed commitment to the sector and share his vision for the future.

Construction Equipment’s Top 100 New Products is the longest-running awards program of its kind in the industry. Each year, our editors evaluate the products introduced over the previous months and choose those considered most innovative. Editors use four criteria: A top product is an advancement in technology, a new product line, offers significant improvements to existing products, or increases competition in its field.

The landscape of the dairy industry is changing like never before. Today, more than 60% of all milk production occurs on farms with more than 2,500 cows. Obviously, the infrastructure needed to support these larger farms has also changed. Case in point: the construction of a 405,000 sq. ft. barn on a large-scale dairy operation in Michigan that, when complete, will house an additional 4,000+ cows. For that project, concrete contractor True Concrete Services, turned to a millimeter-grade GPS solution to ensure that the many pours — and the workflow — were as efficient as possible. The results speak for themselves: the company estimates they saw a 25% savings in both time and labor. Certainly nothing to moo at.