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Ashcourt Group upgrade with new Volvo excavators, loaders and a paver
Ashcourt Group upgrade with new Volvo excavators, loaders and a paver The Hull-based Ashcourt Group has added more Volvo excavators and loading shovels to its plant fleet, together with a P6870C wheel...
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Construction connectivity: the best is yet to come for Volvo CE
Construction connectivity: the best is yet to come for Volvo CE Volvo Construction Equipment may have helped the Volvo Group reach a major milestone with 1 million connected assets, but they are alrea...
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Prova invests in X Machines for buyers and sellers of plant equipment
Prova invests in X Machines for buyers and sellers of plant equipment Prova, a global leader in automotive, cleantech and environmental communications, has further grown its investment portfolio with...
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Metso launches new Nordtrack mobile crushing and screening range
Metso launches new Nordtrack mobile crushing and screening range Metso expands its mobile crushing and screening solutions offering for the aggregates industry with an extensive new product portfolio....
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Metcalfe Farms brings in the harvest with Volvo Construction Equipment
Metcalfe Farms brings in the harvest with Volvo Construction Equipment Metcalfe Farms Ltd, the heavy haulage and farming concern based at Leyburn, North Yorkshire, has purchased a Volvo L180H loading...
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John Deere introduces Mechanical Angle Blade for 950K and 1050K Crawler Dozers
John Deere introduces Mechanical Angle Blade for 950K and 1050K Crawler Dozers Developed based on customer feedback, John Deere now manufactures the mechanical angle blade for the 950K and 1050K crawl...
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60,000th Liebherr Crawler Excavator turns heads on the Champs Elysées
60,000th Liebherr Crawler Excavator turns heads on the Champs Elysées Within the framework of organising a Liebherr event at the House of Alsace, in the heart of the Champs Elysées, the 60,000th Liebh...
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Belt and Road Initiative is the world’s largest infrastructure and investment project
Belt and Road Initiative is the world’s largest infrastructure and investment project Volvo Construction Equipment (VolvoCE) takes on its most ambitious project yet: the development of China’s v...
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JCB helps London skills company deliver Electric Digger training
JCB helps London skills company deliver Electric Digger training The company has provided a JCB 19C-1E electric digger – the world’s first electric mini excavator to go into full production – to the S...
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Asphalt Recycling is all about the Perfect Process Chain
Asphalt Recycling is all about the Perfect Process Chain In order to turn aggregates and bitumen into asphalt for road construction, a thermal mixing process is needed – this is what an asphalt mixing...
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Caterpillar announces RM400 Rotary Mixer for reclamation and soil stabilization
Caterpillar announces RM400 Rotary Mixer for reclamation and soil stabilization Caterpillar Inc. announces the availability of the RM400 Rotary Mixer. The new RM400 replaces the RM300 Rotary Mixer and...
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VolvoCE front shovel excavator wins high praise in Slovakia
VolvoCE front shovel excavator wins high praise in Slovakia In partnership with SNS, Volvo CE has supplied its first front shovel excavator in Europe to Slovakian dolomite mine operator Dolkam Šuja, m...
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Construction Equipment Association recruit expert to the CESAR Network Team
Construction Equipment Association recruit expert to the CESAR Network Team The Construction Equipment Association (CEA) has announced the appointment of Clive Harris as a consultant to help deliver t...
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Boschung delivers 22 airport de-icers to the new Beijing Daxing International Airport
Boschung delivers 22 airport de-icers to the new Beijing Daxing International Airport The Swiss based Boschung Group, a leader in Surface Condition Management, has announced the delivery of twenty-two...
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Lord Bamford opens new £50 million JCB Headquarters in Germany
Lord Bamford opens new £50 million JCB Headquarters in Germany JCB Chairman Lord Bamford has officially opened a new headquarters for one of its most important European businesses in an investment wor...
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Yanmar expands Construction Equipment demo fleet in UK and Ireland
Yanmar expands Construction Equipment demo fleet in UK and Ireland Yanmar Compact Equipment Europe (CEE) has expanded its UK and Ireland construction equipment demo fleet, adding the class-leading B95...
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Agrichianti moves the earth in Tuscany with Hitachi construction fleet
Agrichianti moves the earth in Tuscany with Hitachi construction fleet An Italian contractor is relying on a fleet of Hitachi construction machinery to help it prepare the ground for vineyards and pla...
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Volvo excavator demo sparks new business at D K Plant Hire
Volvo excavator demo sparks new business at D K Plant Hire D K Plant Hire of Aberfeldy, Perthshire has opted for a brace of Volvo compact excavators for the first time, following a successful demonstr...
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Pipelines, aqueducts and communications are excellent news for excavation and trenching
Pipelines, aqueducts and communications are excellent news for excavation and trenching Energy sources are a crucial issue for all governments and a topic discussed amongst most business sectors, as w...
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Bomag showed off the future of road construction at their Innovation Days
Bomag showed off the future of road construction at their Innovation Days With the Innovation Days 2019, Bomag hosted its fourth in-house exhibition at its parent plant in Boppard from 9 to 14 Septemb...
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Brenner Base Tunnel concrete produced by two Liebherr Betonmix 3.0 mixing plants
Brenner Base Tunnel concrete produced by two Liebherr Betonmix 3.0 mixing plants Two Liebherr Betomix 3.0 mixing plants produce concrete for the Brenner Base Tunnel major project. This is one of the m...
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i.safe MOBILE introduces an industrial smartphone for potentially explosive environments
i.safe MOBILE introduces an industrial smartphone for potentially explosive environments i.safe MOBILE GmbH, one of the world’s leading and most innovative developers of mobile communication dev...
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Volvo L150H loader takes charge at Hugh King in Scotland
Volvo L150H loader takes charge at Hugh King in Scotland Hugh King & Co has taken delivery of a new Volvo L150H loading shovel for its Hullerhill sand and gravel quarry located at Kilwinning, Ayrs...
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Centurion Europe improves on their ratchet strap range
Centurion Europe improves on their ratchet strap range Centurion Europe Ltd, one of the UK’s leading independent distributors of DIY and Trade products including, hardware, ironmongery, gardening, plu...
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Hyundai HX300L Excavator proves a crushing success for Derby Crushing and Screening
Hyundai HX300L Excavator proves a crushing success for Derby Crushing and Screening Derbyshire based Chris Ford has amassed over 40-years of experience in the construction plant hire sector. Chris was...
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John Deere announces new JDLink updates
John Deere announces new JDLink updates Designed to improve user experience for intelligent machine management, John Deere Construction and Forestry is adding new capabilities to its JDLink™ pl...
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Caernarfon-based GNH Agri and Tyre Boss partner up on solid tyres
Caernarfon-based GNH Agri and Tyre Boss partner up on solid tyres Caernarfon-based GNH Agri is an established dealer for Merlo, Wacker Neuson & Kawasaki, selling new and used machinery and equipme...
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Hyundai Construction building large-scale Reliability Assessment Centre in South Korea
Hyundai Construction building large-scale Reliability Assessment Centre in South Korea Hyundai Construction Equipment (HCE) has commenced construction on a large reliability assessment centre in Yongi...
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The Woods Waste Group achieve sustainability goals thanks to Case efficiency
The Woods Waste Group achieve sustainability goals thanks to Case efficiency The Woods Waste Group, a waste management solutions provider in Blackpool, north-west England, uses its fleet of CASE Const...
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Cat updates half-lane Cold Planers to improve operation and service
Cat updates half-lane Cold Planers to improve operation and service Caterpillar Inc. announces updates to the PM620, PM622, PM820, PM822 and PM825 Half-Lane Cold Planers Engine Updates Increase Power...
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New Sandvik RDX5 rock drill delivers a new standard in reliability
New Sandvik RDX5 rock drill delivers a new standard in reliability Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology is launching the new Sandvik RDX5 rock drill to complement its rock drill offering for underground...
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Renewable synthetic fuels for less CO₂ will power legacy vehicles and charge electric cars
Renewable synthetic fuels for less CO₂ will power legacy vehicles and charge electric cars The fossil CO₂ emitted by road vehicles will have to be reduced to nearly zero over the next three decades to...
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Common equipment operating errors and how to avoid them
Common equipment operating errors and how to avoid them Operator behaviour not only affects machine health but also the productivity and profitability of the entire site operations. Here are five of t...
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Bevan’s stubby road maintenance truck proves a capital asset for Priority TM
Bevan’s stubby road maintenance truck proves a capital asset for Priority TM Less was definitely more for traffic management specialist Priority TM when it came to specify its latest impact prot...
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Aquajet introduces Ergo Rotolance Hydrodemolition attachments
Aquajet introduces Ergo Rotolance Hydrodemolition attachments Aquajet Systems AB, a global leader in Hydrodemolition machine manufacturing, offers the new Ergo Rotolance series. Designed specifically...
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CASE announces Mascus as their official used equipment retail partner
CASE announces Mascus as their official used equipment retail partner Following the launch of its Certified Used range of equipment earlier this year, CASE Construction Equipment has now partnered wit...
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Brokk launches new Concrete Crusher models for reinforced concrete applications
Brokk launches new Concrete Crusher models for reinforced concrete applications Brokk, a leading manufacturer of remote-controlled demolition machines, has launched three new concrete crusher models —...
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New Holland T8 GENESIS Tractor packs horsepower and PLM Intelligence
New Holland T8 GENESIS Tractor packs horsepower and PLM Intelligence New Holland Agriculture launches the new T8 GENESIS Series tractor with Precision Land Management (PLM™) Intelligence, New H...
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How idling machines affect profitability
How idling machines affect profitability When a piece of construction equipment is idling, not only is it not contributing to production, it’s also costing your profitability. Increased fuel costs Fue...
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BigChange is afoot at GAP Hire Solutions
BigChange is afoot at GAP Hire Solutions Following the announcement last year that GAP Hire Solutions had transformed its business with a BigChange to mobile operations, GAP has now completed the BigC...
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John Deere is extending the 20,000 hour 944K Hybrid Wheel Loader warranty
John Deere is extending the 20,000 hour 944K Hybrid Wheel Loader warranty Confident in the strength and long-lasting design of its machines, John Deere is extending the eight-year/20,000-hour power el...
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Highways England introduces hydraulic piling rigs for quieter roadworks
Highways England introduces hydraulic piling rigs for quieter roadworks People living near a major Highways England roads project have benefitted from new quieter roadworks as hydraulic piling equipme...
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USA loader manufacturer ASV Holdings acquired by Yanmar
USA loader manufacturer ASV Holdings acquired by Yanmar Yanmar Group has announced the completion of its acquisition of compact equipment manufacturer ASV Holdings Inc. (ASV), a designer and manufactu...
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Common mistakes that increase machine downtime
Common mistakes that increase machine downtime Keeping machines up and running – and earning – is of utmost importance and here are five of the most common unnecessary maintenance issues that affect m...
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Liebherr tower crane is the centrepiece of a climate research project in Basel
Liebherr tower crane is the centrepiece of a climate research project in Basel A 150 EC-B 8 Litronic PT Flat-Top crane is the centrepiece of a climate research project in Hölstein near Basel: Currentl...
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MTS Plant expanding territory in Scotland with Yanmar Construction Equipment
MTS Plant expanding territory in Scotland with Yanmar Construction Equipment Following a successful six-months as part of the Yanmar Compact Equipment Europe (CEE) UK and Ireland dealer network, MTS P...
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Stage V engine transition is driving next-generation R and D at Mecalac
Stage V engine transition is driving next-generation R and D at Mecalac With the arrival of Stage V requirements, many manufacturers have simply changed their engines to achieve the necessary particul...
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Tonic Construction breaks with tradition with six new Volvo excavators
Tonic Construction breaks with tradition with six new Volvo excavators “The proof of the pudding will be in the eating,” says Tony Iles, Managing Director of Tonic Construction as the company chooses...
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JCB set new records for turnover, machine sales and earnings in 2018
JCB set new records for turnover, machine sales and earnings in 2018 JCB set new records for turnover, machine sales and earnings in 2018 as global markets for construction equipment and agricultural...
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New Caterpillar D3 Series Skid Steer and Compact Track Loaders rolled out
New Caterpillar D3 Series Skid Steer and Compact Track Loaders rolled out Caterpillar has announced today the release of 16 new Cat® D3 Series Skid Steer Loader (SSL) and Compact Track Loader (CTL) mo...
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