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Wirtgen Slipform Pavers face the challenge...The growing capital Ulaanbaatar is getting ready for a new airport. The New Ulaanbataar International Airport, or NUBIA for short, will increase passenger capacity by ... Read Full Article

RUD Chains Ltd is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of round steel chains, producing top quality chain components and systems for a wide variety of markets and applications. They supply the bulk... Read Full Article

Liebherr invited to design and supply excavator for Moray Council’s new £2.5 million dredgerLiebherr 936 excavator chosen to be bow-mounted on the MV Selkie936 unloads 260 tonnes in half an hour on first tr... Read Full Article

GWS Vacuum Equipment is currently been used on board the new super-carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth. The Queen Elizabeth is the first of the UK’s two new aircraft carriers. The vessel, which will have a displacement of 65,000 tons, is the largest... Read Full Article

The centenary of the birth of JCB’s Founder was today marked with the unveiling of a specially commissioned bronze bust.Joseph Cyril Bamford CBE was born on June 21st, 1916 at the family home, The Parks, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, th... Read Full Article

Building on the success of the company’s previous E55W model, Bobcat has launched the new E57W Stage IIIB compliant wheeled excavator. The new E57W is equipped with the Bobcat D24 diesel engine that delivers a 4% increase in power (42.5 kW) ... Read Full Article

International construction equipment manufacturer Chicago Pneumatic has launched two new tough and highly versatile mid-sized portable air compressors with adjustable pressure settings. The CPS 11-10 can be set at either 7 or 10 bar, while the CPS... Read Full Article

A UK plant hire company is celebrating 10 years of business success with a massive investment in new JCB equipment.Haydock-based Plant Hire UK (PHUK) has placed an order for almost 400 new machines in a deal worth £16.5 million. The... Read Full Article

How to boost innovation and productivity – and raise profits – is the subject of a new conference, the Construction Productivity Forum.Taking place at the Inmarsat Conference Centre in London on June 8, the keynote speaker is ... Read Full Article

In the UK, a new Doosan DX300SLR-5 crawler excavator that was part of a fleet of machines hired from Fraserburgh-based David Smith Contractors Ltd has played a vital role in helping to save the historic Abergeldie Castle following huge storms in S... Read Full Article

National plant hire specialist, Flannery Plant Hire has completed a £35M equipment solutions deal with Finning UK and Ireland, that will see 380 new Caterpillar® machines take the total of its technology supported Caterpillar fleet to ov... Read Full Article

LiuGong, a global leader in manufacturing a full line of extreme duty equipment, will exhibit at CeMAT 2016; the world’s leading trade fair for intralogistics.At the trade fair, which will take place from 31 May-3 June in Hannover, ... Read Full Article

At the bauma 2016, attachment and bucket specialist Lehnhoff presented its new symmetrical quickcouplers of the SQ series for excavators from 12 to 70 tons in three versions for the first time: the new quickcouplers are based on the open industria... Read Full Article

Market falls in the Middle East and Latin America fail to dent Volvo Construction Equipment’s first quarter results, with sales and profitability on the same level as last year, boosted by strong interest in its new machine introductions.... Read Full Article

Volvo Construction Equipment has appointed Mona Tractor Co Ltd, a long established and highly respected agricultural machinery supplier, as its utility equipment dealer covering the whole of North Wales with immediate effect. Mona Tr... Read Full Article

Volvo Construction Equipment pipelayers play a major part in Argentina’s energy revolution. The operator rotates the superstructure of the Volvo PL3005D pipelayer through 360 degrees to lift and place large, heavy pipe... Read Full Article

Norfolk-based Mervyn Lambert Plant Hire has invested in 40 new JCB Loadall telescopic handlers in an order worth in excess of £2 million.The deal is for JCB Loadall models ranging from 6 to 17 metres including the six-metre JCB 525-... Read Full Article

The Materials Handling Engineers Association is proud to announce the launch of the MHEA Excellence Awards – designed to celebrate the talent and creativity of its members and the wor... Read Full Article

Radar level sensors are a proven a success story for bulk solids level.  In some industries they have superseded electromechanical and ultrasonic measuring devices many sectors. This is due to th... Read Full Article

April’s bauma exhibition in Munich proved to be Terex Trucks’ most successful show to date, with the company showcasing new and improved equipment, alongside a renewed focus and investment in aftermarket and service excellence.... Read Full Article