RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 2025--
Carter Machinery is proud to announce the return of its flagship event, Carter Con Expo, taking place June 11-12 at Meadow Event Park in Doswell, with an expanded two-day lineup of demonstrations, experiences and the ever-popular Cat® Global Operator Challenge. Building on record-breaking attendance in 2022, the 2025 Expo promises even more equipment, more innovation and more ways to connect with the people shaping the future of construction and heavy equipment.
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Carter Con Expo is Carter Machinery’s premier showcase of the latest Cat machines, attachments and construction technology as well as its full suite of parts, service and rental solutions. Attendees will experience live equipment demos, test next-generation jobsite technology and engage with over 200 experts from Carter Machinery, Caterpillar® and other top-tier industry partners and sponsors.
“This event is all about putting the power of innovation into the hands of our customers, no matter the size or complexity of their jobsite,” says Craig Kahoun, Executive Vice President for Carter Machinery. “Whether you’re a fleet manager or field operator, Carter Con Expo is the place to see, touch and try what’s next in the construction industry.”
Highlights include:
Attendees who preregister by May 30 will be automatically entered into a drawing to win a brand new Traeger Pro Series Grill.
To register or find more information, visit CarterCon.com.
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About Carter Machinery
Carter Machinery is an authorized Cat dealer with over 30 locations across Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Washington, D.C., offering a full range of equipment, rental and power solutions. With a 97-year track record of success, Carter Machinery empowers industries to build, connect and power communities through smart, durable equipment and service excellence.
Operator Training Simulators puts you in the driver's seat to test your skills on Cat equipment.
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HONG KONG (AP) — Fireworks are typically a celebratory centerpiece of Hong Kong's New Year celebrations. Not this year.
The territory will ring in 2026 without spectacular and colorful explosions in the sky over its iconic Victoria Harbor after a massive fire in November that killed at least 161 people.
The city’s tourism board will instead host a music show Wednesday night featuring soft rock duo Air Supply and other singers in Central, a business district that also is home to the famous nightlife hub Lan Kwai Fong. The facades of eight landmarks will turn into giant countdown clocks presenting a three-minute light show at midnight.
Fireworks have long been part of the city’s celebrations for the New Year, Lunar New Year and National Day. The pyrotechnic displays against Hong Kong’s world-famous skyline of skyscrapers typically draw hundreds of thousands of people including many tourists to both sides of the promenade.
Rosanna Law, the territory's secretary for culture, sports and tourism, acknowledged Tuesday that having no fireworks would affect some hotel and restaurant businesses.
The financial hub’s worst blaze since 1948 broke out at Wang Fuk Court, in the northern suburban district of Tai Po, in late November. The apartment complex was undergoing a monthslong renovation project with buildings covered by bamboo scaffolding and green netting.
Authorities have pointed to the substandard netting and foam boards installed on windows as contributing factors in the fire’s rapid spread. Thousands of affected residents have moved to transitional homes, hotels and youth hostels, struggling to recover from the loss of lives and homes that took them years to buy. The casualties pained many residents across the city.
Past tragedies in Hong Kong have forced similar cancellations of fireworks. They include the 2013 National Day festivities following a vessel collision that killed 39 people on Oct. 1, 2012, and the 2018 Lunar New Year celebration after a bus crash that left 19 dead. During the 2019 anti-government protests and the COVID-19 pandemic, multiple displays also were scrapped.
The origin of fireworks is believed to date to China in the second century B.C., when someone discovered bamboo stalks exploded with loud bangs when thrown into fire, creating the first natural “firecrackers,” according to the American Pyrotechnics Association, a U.S. trade group.
The Guinness World Records organization says the first accurately documented firework, the Chinese firecracker, was created by Li Tian, a monk from China’s Tang dynasty dating to around 618 to 907 C.E. Li discovered that putting gunpowder in enclosed hollow bamboo stems created loud explosions and bound crackers together to create the traditional New Year firecrackers to drive out evil spirits, Guinness said.
People gather at Lan Kwai Fong to celebrate the start of 2026 in the Central district of Hong Kong, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
People attend the New Year countdown event to celebrate the start of 2026 in the Central district of Hong Kong, on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
People take selfies at Lan Kwai Fong to celebrate the start of 2026 in the Central district of Hong Kong, on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
People pose for photographs at Lan Kwai Fong to celebrate the start of 2026 in the Central district of Hong Kong, on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
FILE - Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbour to celebrate the start of 2025 at Tsim Sha Tsui in Hong Kong, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei, File)
