GRAPEVINE, Texas (Oct. 30, 2025) — Kubota North America Corporation announced significant leadership changes following the Kubota Corporation (KBT) Board of Directors meeting held last week in Osaka, Japan. Effective Jan. 1, 2026, Todd Stucke will be appointed as general manager of Agri Solutions Headquarters, Kubota Japan (KBT), and will return to the U.S. as president of Kubota North America.

The industry sees improved decision-making as the primary benefit of AI in construction, according to data from BuiltWorlds’ 2025 Annual AI/ML Benchmarking Report.

Oct 28, 2025 — Hitachi Construction Machinery announced that in April 2027, it will officially change its corporate name and brand to LANDCROS. This change will introduce updated equipment and parts branding. This brand transition represents the company's next stage of accelerating innovation to create and provide customers new forms of value as they look to the future. 

BOSTON (Oct. 19, 2025) — Total construction starts were up 3.1% in September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.26 trillion, according to Dodge Construction Network. Nonresidential building starts rose by 11.9%, residential starts improved 3.6%, and nonbuilding starts fell 6.2% over the month.