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Doosan announces top 10 dealers for 2020 in North America
Doosan announces top 10 dealers for 2020 in North America Doosan Infracore North America, LLC announces its top-performing dealers of 2020. The top 10 dealers are among more than 160 Doosan® equipment...
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JCB scores big deal for X-Series Excavators for Chasetown Civil Engineering
JCB scores big deal for X-Series Excavators for Chasetown Civil Engineering JCB has secured one of the biggest deals of the year for its X-Series range of tracked excavators after an investment by one...
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Norwest Plant agrees multi-million pound site dumper deal with Mecalac
Norwest Plant agrees multi-million pound site dumper deal with Mecalac Norwest Plant, Mecalac’s official dealer for North Wales and the North West of England, has agreed a multi-million pound deal wit...
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Kaman K-MAX gets to work with Black Tusk Helicopter in Canada
Kaman K-MAX gets to work with Black Tusk Helicopter in Canada Kaman Air Vehicles announced they have delivered a new medium-to-heavy lift K-MAX® helicopter to Black Tusk Helicopter Inc. of Squamish, B...
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CAT updates Cold Planers based on milling customers feedback
CAT updates Cold Planers based on milling customers feedback New product updates to the versatile and productive Cat® PM620, PM622, PM820, PM822 and PM825 half-lane cold planers include numerous impro...
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Cat new GC Series single drum vibratory soil compactors simplify operations
Cat new GC Series single drum vibratory soil compactors simplify operations Caterpillar expands its single drum vibratory soil compactor line with the introduction of the new 84-in (2134 mm) Cat® GC S...
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New CAT 140 GC Motor Grader delivers higher performance at lower cost per hour
New CAT 140 GC Motor Grader delivers higher performance at lower cost per hour The new Cat® 140 GC motor grader is designed to combine high performance with low owning and operating costs. The 140 GC...
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Siltbuster helping to protect Aquatic Ecosystems on £200m M55 motorway project
Siltbuster helping to protect Aquatic Ecosystems on £200m M55 motorway project Siltbuster, the leading water treatment specialist, has provided Costain with four modular treatment solutions, to be use...
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New Cat D7 Dozer delivers performance and productivity-boosting technology
New Cat D7 Dozer delivers performance and productivity-boosting technology The new Cat® D7 dozer offers high drive undercarriage design, increased performance and the broadest choice of easy-to-use te...
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Wirtgen SP 154(i) Concrete Slipform Paving Train connects Prague and Brno
Wirtgen SP 154(i) Concrete Slipform Paving Train connects Prague and Brno During the modernization of the D1 freeway between the Czech Republic’s two largest cities, two slipform pavers and a texture...
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Carnell expanding renewable fuel use after 90 percent emissions cut in Speedy trial
Carnell expanding renewable fuel use after 90 percent emissions cut in Speedy trial Highways maintenance contractor Carnell plan to expand its use of renewable fuel to power its projects after cutting...
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Liebherr puts 25 tower cranes to work on the Überseequartier project in Hamburg
Liebherr puts 25 tower cranes to work on the Überseequartier project in Hamburg 25 Liebherr tower cranes are involved in the construction of the Überseequartier, a new district in Hamburg. This is par...
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SENNEBOGEN Material Handler 870 Hybrid crawls in to action for BUS Bendorf
SENNEBOGEN Material Handler 870 Hybrid crawls in to action for BUS Bendorf With over 6,000 operating hours, the SENNEBOGEN 870 Hybrid has already moved a lot in the inland port of Bendorf: Since 2017,...
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Ritchie Bros extends support for US DoD with new surplus term sale contracts
Ritchie Bros extends support for US DoD with new surplus term sale contracts Ritchie Bros.‘ GovPlanet marketplace has been helping the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Logistics...
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Seegrid launches the first Autonomous Lift-truck
Seegrid launches the first Autonomous Lift-truck Seegrid Corporation, the leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for material handling, premiered a new autonomous lift truck, Palion Lift AMR, furth...
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USUM Recycling celebrates successful Hyundai Wheel-Loader deployment
USUM Recycling celebrates successful Hyundai Wheel-Loader deployment Engineer Sven Heinisch manages the corporate group USUM, founded by his father in 1992, in the town of Steigra (50 km south-west of...
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JCB armour plated excavator supports landmine clearance in Afghanistan
JCB armour plated excavator supports landmine clearance in Afghanistan Landmine clearance charity The HALO Trust is operating a fleet of JCB machines to help clear minefields in Afghanistan and they w...
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Hitachi introduces their first Stage V-compliant wheel loaders
Hitachi introduces their first Stage V-compliant wheel loaders Hitachi is proud to introduce its first Stage V-compliant wheel loader, the first model from its next generation. The ZW220-7 has been de...
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New Komatsu FE25-2 and FE30-2 electric forklifts combat CO2 emissions
New Komatsu FE25-2 and FE30-2 electric forklifts combat CO2 emissions Komatsu is aiming to realize a low-carbon society and to expand the introduction of their electric forklift with the FE series tha...
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VolvoCE North America introduces two new short-swing Compact Excavators
VolvoCE North America introduces two new short-swing Compact Excavators Volvo Construction Equipment is boosting its compact excavator range in North America with two new short-swing models: the ECR50...
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Doosan launches Transparent Bucket technology for wheel loaders
Doosan launches Transparent Bucket technology for wheel loaders Doosan Infracore Europe has launched the industry’s first wheel loader ‘transparent bucket’ system. The transparent bucket is a system t...
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Volvo L25 Electric Wheel-Loader gives winter the cold-shoulder in Cologne
Volvo L25 Electric Wheel-Loader gives winter the cold-shoulder in Cologne The first electric compact wheel loader from Volvo Construction Equipment, the Volvo L25 Electric, has been proving it can wea...
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Paragon Bank supports Warwickshire AR Demolition with over £860k in funding
Paragon Bank supports Warwickshire AR Demolition with over £860k in funding Paragon Bank continues to support UK SMEs, providing a funding package of £865,000 to Nuneaton-based demolition specialist,...
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Hitachi supports women in the Excavator Cab in Norway
Hitachi supports women in the Excavator Cab in Norway When Sigrid Haugen steps out of the cab of her Hitachi excavator, she sometimes sees people doing a double-take in surprise. However, Sigrid and h...
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Upward trend for used machinery continues
Upward trend for used machinery continues As many industries continue their journeys back from a challenging 2020, global demand for used equipment continues to increase. Many businesses remain wary o...
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Kymppibetoni Oy chooses Rapidbatch Mobile Concrete Plant for Wind Farm Foundations
Kymppibetoni Oy chooses Rapidbatch Mobile Concrete Plant for Wind Farm Foundations Kymppibetoni Oy, is a leading Finnish ready-mixed concrete supplier to concrete element manufacturers and the wider c...
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Tobermore producing 1 million m2 of block paving a year with a Rapid International plant
Tobermore producing 1 million m2 of block paving a year with a Rapid International plant As part of its recent £10 million expansion, leading UK & Ireland paving and walling manufacturer, Tobermor...
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Doosan Bobcat announces new organisational structure for Portable Power products
Doosan Bobcat announces new organisational structure for Portable Power products The Portable Power business of Doosan Bobcat has announced a new global leadership structure to provide the company wit...
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VolvoCE opening Test and Demo Area for sustainable and autonomous solutions
VolvoCE opening Test and Demo Area for sustainable and autonomous solutions Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) is distinguishing itself in the construction equipment industry by building the worl...
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Ritchie Bros. Edmonton auction sees 50 percent increase in bidders
Ritchie Bros. Edmonton auction sees 50 percent increase in bidders Ritchie Bros. drove strong results for consignors with its first big Canadian auction of the year, selling 5,100+ equipment items and...
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Russian KamAZ mining dump trucks equipped with Allison automatic transmissions
Russian KamAZ mining dump trucks equipped with Allison automatic transmissions Russian OEM KamAZ has launched the first of a new range of dump trucks for the mining sector. The KaMAZ-65805 Atlant dump...
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Mecalac dealer Versatile Equipment expands Kent headquarters in the UK
Mecalac dealer Versatile Equipment expands Kent headquarters in the UK Versatile Equipment, Mecalac’s official dealer for the south-east of England, has expanded its headquarters in Kent with a purpos...
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Meet Skyjack’s new micro scissor lift
Meet Skyjack’s new micro scissor lift Skyjack’s new micro scissor represents a significant new presence in the low-level access arena from the industry-leading OEM. Designed to easily acce...
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SANY partners with QuickFi for customer financing in the US
SANY partners with QuickFi for customer financing in the US Today, SANY announced it will partner with QuickFi, employing two QuickFi platforms: the QuickFi 100% digital, borrower self-service financi...
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Keystone Construction opt for Cat Excavator with new Caterpillar TiltRotate System
Keystone Construction opt for Cat Excavator with new Caterpillar TiltRotate System When Edinburgh based groundworks contractor, Keystone Construction decided to purchase its first machine, a Cat 308 e...
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Skyjack leverages SMARTORQUE technology in new 40′ and 60′ booms
Skyjack leverages SMARTORQUE technology in new 40′ and 60′ booms Skyjack has launched all new 40ft and 60ft booms, leveraging its SMARTORQUE™ technology and data-driven design, to i...
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Bobcat smooths the way with new light compaction product line
Bobcat smooths the way with new light compaction product line Compaction applications are a required part of numerous industries, and no construction site is complete without a soil and asphalt compac...
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ABB launches next generation cobots to unlock automation
ABB launches next generation cobots to unlock automation ABB is expanding its collaborative robot (cobot) portfolio with the new GoFa™ and SWIFTI™ cobot families, offering higher payload...
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Hyundai HX520L Excavator polishes off the competition at Tuscan marble quarry
Hyundai HX520L Excavator polishes off the competition at Tuscan marble quarry Alba Ventura S.r.l., is a leading company that specialises in the marble quarrying, and has recently purchased a new HX520...
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Skyjack launches all new SJ20 work platform
Skyjack launches all new SJ20 work platform Skyjack built on the success of its unique vertical mast range and has introduced the all new SJ20. With a 20ft platform height, full electric drive, and an...
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Lynch Plant Hire expands fleet with Takeuchi excavators fitted with GKD machine control
Lynch Plant Hire expands fleet with Takeuchi excavators fitted with GKD machine control Machine guidance manufacturer, GKD Technologies has been supplying nationwide plant hire specialists L Lynch Pla...
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Ardent Hire Solutions expands with £26m JCB Loadall Telehandler order
Ardent Hire Solutions expands with £26m JCB Loadall Telehandler order The UK’s biggest telehandler hirer is expanding its fleet further – by placing an order for £26 million worth of JCB Loadall...
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InstroTek takes on GSSI PaveScan® RDM Continuous Asphalt Density Gauges
InstroTek takes on GSSI PaveScan® RDM Continuous Asphalt Density Gauges GSSI, the world’s leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, announces that InstroTek Inc. will serve as...
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Brian James Trailers launches Eco Plant entry-level plant trailer
Brian James Trailers launches Eco Plant entry-level plant trailer Brian James Trailers has launched Eco Plant, an entry-level range of beavertail plant trailers ideal for the transportation of light p...
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VolvoCE expands line-up with new EWR130E Wheeled Excavator
VolvoCE expands line-up with new EWR130E Wheeled Excavator Volvo Construction Equipment is launching a new mid-sized wheeled excavator, the EWR130E, which gives the shortest front and rear swing radiu...
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Road Widener Offset Vibratory Roller attachment delivers safety for road crews
Road Widener Offset Vibratory Roller attachment delivers safety for road crews Road Widener LLC., a leading manufacturer of innovative road construction equipment, offers the industry’s first Offset V...
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Europcar, Geotab and SureCam help construction firms tackle fleet optimisation
Europcar, Geotab and SureCam help construction firms tackle fleet optimisation Europcar Vans and Trucks, part of Europcar Mobility Group UK, has partnered with telematics leader, Geotab and dash cam p...
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Manitou Group launch new Spare Parts brand
Manitou Group launch new Spare Parts brand Manitou Group, a leading worldwide brand in handling, aerial work platforms, and earthmoving, is launching a new brand dedicated to its spare parts offer wit...
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Doosan launching new products at Hillhead Digital 2021
Doosan launching new products at Hillhead Digital 2021 Doosan is presenting many new products for the first time at the Hillhead Digital event from 30-31 March 2021. They include the company’s new DL-...
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JCB Hydradig excavator playing key role in project to transform UK construction
JCB Hydradig excavator playing key role in project to transform UK construction A JCB Hydradig wheeled excavator is playing a key role in supporting a £72m Government-backed project to transform UK co...
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