Spring 2019

No major U.S. city has suffered more economically in the last 70 years than Detroit, Michigan. What was once a thriving automotive manufacturing center with a robust middle class has fallen on hard times. The good news is companies, like Blue Star, Inc., are helping the city and local organizations remove blighted homes to help improve property values.

Spring 2019

A queue of old barges and tugboats idle and rock gently in the Fraser River south of beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia. It could be an idyllic scene – but this is no watercolor painting. These old vessels are lined up to be demolished and turned into scrap metal by skilled operators and the hydraulic power of two Doosan® powerhouse machines: a Doosan DX530LC-5 crawler excavator outfitted with a hydraulic shear and a DX300MH-5 material handler with a Doosan grapple.

Spring 2019

Raymond Hixson started running a dragline crane at his family’s sand and gravel quarry when he was 17 years old. He’s 75 now. As the next generation took over Hixson Sand & Gravel in Garrett, Indiana, they faced a common dilemma for rural dragline crane owners: How do you find and hire an experienced dragline crane operator?

Spring 2019

Matt Quinnell is just 29 years old yet this heavy equipment operator has logged thousands of hours in excavators. The Minnesota native currently works in the family business to build artistic boulder retaining walls in the growing Minneapolis suburbs. For Matt, building the walls isn’t work; it’s a fun challenge.

Spring 2019

For nearly 200 years, the logging industry has played a vital role in Washington. Approximately half of the state is covered in forests, with 21 million acres of forested land available, as reported by the Washington State Department of Commerce. So many trees mean local loggers – like John Glacken, owner of Dapaul Chip, LLC – are staying busy.

Spring 2019

You have business goals. We want to help you achieve them. With a customer-first approach, we’re continuously improving our Doosan® equipment lineup and services, so you can stay focused on what really matters: the work.