Bucyrus-Erie

Bucyrus-Erie was an American surface and underground mining equipment company. It was founded as Bucyrus Foundry and Manufacturing Company in Bucyrus, Ohio, in 1880. Bucyrus moved its headquarters to South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1893. In 1927, Bucyrus merged with the Erie Steam Shovel Company to form Bucyrus-Erie. In 1997, it was renamed Bucyrus International, Inc. In 2010 the enterprise was purchased by Caterpillar in a US$7.6 billion ($8.6 billion including net debt) transaction that closed on July 8, 2011. At the time of its acquisition, the Bucyrus product line included a range of materi

former dragline excavator

motor vehicle

type of Experimental assault vehicle

power shovel used in southeastern Kansas strip mining

an American company (1884-1997), which created excavators, drilling rigs for the construction and mining industries, supplied excavators for the construction of the Panama Canal, for NASA