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This spring, RDO Integrated Controls celebrates its 10-year anniversary. This division of RDO Equipment Co., specializing in products for machine control, positioning, and worksite modeling, has grown from three founding members to more than 100 team members.

RDO Integrated Controls announces an enhancement to its partnership with Swiss-based Wingtra, the leader of professional VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) surveying drones.

With only 28 days, February often arrives and exits in the blink of an eye. In case you missed our top stories from the month, here’s what was most-read on the RDO Equipment Co. News and RDO Integrated Controls Blog in February.

Intelligent compaction is growing in popularity as roadbuilding companies discover the benefits and the technology is being driven by state DOTs. Minnesota, for example, now requires intelligent compaction on all jobs more than four lane miles.

As the kickoff month to a new year, January tends to go by quickly. In case you missed our most-read stories from the month, here are the top three stories from the RDO Equipment Co. News and RDO Integrated Controls Blog in January.

In an effort to better meet customer demand, RDO Equipment Co. is expanding its equipment, parts, and service coverage in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area by building a new, full-service store in the northwest suburb of Dayton. This total solutions store addresses the growing needs of the northern Twin Cities metro area, serving customers in the construction, environmental, roadbuilding, surveying, and underground industries.

Attending a tradeshow can be overwhelming. There are numerous exhibitor booths to visit and a lot of ground to cover in a short amount of time. What’s your purpose in attending the next tradeshow on your calendar? Here are three common tradeshow goals and how RDO Equipment Co. can help.

Each year, Topcon awards its highest honor, Global Dealer of the Year, to companies in various categories. This year, RDO Integrated Controls received the Global Dealer of the Year for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Additionally, the team received the Top 10 Global Award for Sales Growth in the Construction market.

To better serve customers in the southern California area, the RDO Integrated Controls store in Anaheim has expanded and moved to the existing RDO Equipment Co. – Riverside store. As of December 20, 2018 RDO Integrated Controls is fully operational at the store, located at 20 Iowa Avenue in Riverside.

As year-end approaches, most begin to think about New Year’s Resolutions, or goals and aspirations for the upcoming year. Let’s take a look at 10 of RDO Equipment Co.’s most significant moments of 2018 and how each might help achieve a common goal in 2019.

Along with regular preventative maintenance, an annual, thorough inspection is one of the best investments to make for equipment ROI and year-round uptime.

RDO Integrated Controls’ mining technology solutions include companies like Carlson, providing mining technology, software, and solutions to enhance safety for workers in two key areas: on the ground and in the cab.

For those in industries such as surveying, construction, agriculture, and GIS who aren’t yet utilizing the network but are interested in the opportunity, here’s why to choose the TopNETlive network.

The use of VTOL technology in drones is the best of both worlds and simply makes sense for agriculture.

In this episode, we speak with Justus Bamert of Wingtra about their new UAV, the Wingtra One. Wingtra drones are unique in that they manufacture a fixed-wing aircraft capable of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL), making this a very flexible system.

Find out more about one of our partners: Wingtra.

Here are five reasons to attend a Topcon Technology Roadshow, and the equipment and technology you can expect to see.

The latest technology for heavy equipment was featured at the first of three Topcon Technology Roadshows this summer, June 13 and 14 in Bozeman. More are scheduled this summer.

Our portfolio of UAV products and systems are designed to create a more efficient and productive workflow for our customers.

Drip irrigation has grown in popularity as growers continue to look to conserve water and other resources. The idea of greater water use efficiency (WUE) and resource use efficiency (RUE) is enticing growers, while the expectation of greater yields, a proven benefit of drip irrigation systems, is further making the case. Once it has been decided to convert a field to drip, growers can expect many questions from the irrigation company designing the system – and it’s equally important growers ask questions of their own. Here are the key questions to ask a drip irrigation designer.