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Britain’s leading equipment rental company A-Plant invests £55 million for 1,200 JCB machines
Britain’s leading equipment rental company A-Plant invests £55 million for 1,200 JCB machines JCB has secured one of its biggest-ever deals in the UK – an order for more than 1,200 machines and...
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UK based Wickes launches TradePro Loyalty Programme
UK based Wickes launches TradePro Loyalty Programme Home improvement retailer Wickes has launched a new loyalty programme exclusively for trade customers – called Wickes TradePro – offering 10% off pu...
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Volvo EC750E 75 tonne crawler excavator makes Eastern European debut
Volvo EC750E 75 tonne crawler excavator makes Eastern European debut Polish cement company, Cementownia Warta’s Volvo EC750E crawler excavator is the first of its kind in Eastern Europe, powering prod...
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New Cat D3K2 Mulcher hybrid combines the solid Cat D3K2 Dozer with the rugged Cat HM518 Mulcher
New Cat D3K2 Mulcher hybrid combines the solid Cat D3K2 Dozer with the rugged Cat HM518 Mulcher The new, factory-built Cat® D3K2 mulcher combines the solid foundation of the Cat D3K2 dozer with the ru...
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Radar measurement technology brings accuracy and productivity to cement plants
Radar measurement technology brings accuracy and productivity to cement plants New radar technology offers accurate continuous level measurement in cement plants not affected by internal structural ob...
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The Manitou Group completes its acquisition in LiftRite Hire and Sales in Australia
The Manitou Group completes its acquisition in LiftRite Hire and Sales in Australia The Manitou group, world leader in all-terrain material handling, finalized its acquisition of a majority stake (55%...
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Trimble and Propeller Aero collaborate on unmanned aircraft for construction
Trimble and Propeller Aero collaborate on unmanned aircraft for construction Trimble has announced it is collaborating with Propeller Aero to distribute its Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) analytics pl...
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4 important safety tips for Concrete Dowel Drilling
4 important safety tips for Concrete Dowel Drilling Employers pay nearly US$1 billion per week in direct workers’ compensation costs in the USA, according to some estimates, reports OSHA. Indirect cos...
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NETZSCH multiple screw pumps deliver superior asphalt handling
NETZSCH multiple screw pumps deliver superior asphalt handling Leading screw pump manufacturer’s smart technology surmounts challenges Sometimes mined, but most often manufactured, the transportation...
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Volvo makes a whitewater splash in Colorado
Volvo makes a whitewater splash in Colorado Colorado-based contractor, Whinnery Construction is employing Volvo excavators to navigate the Animas River, ensuring safe passageway for whitewater enthusi...
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Tillicoultry Quarries in Scotland invests in a big 35 tonne Volvo L250H Loading Shovel
Tillicoultry Quarries in Scotland invests in a big 35 tonne Volvo L250H Loading Shovel Long standing user of Volvo Construction Equipment products, Tillicoultry Quarries, has purchased its largest Vol...
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Volvo’s ActiveCare Direct now free for one year on eligible new machine purchases
Volvo’s ActiveCare Direct now free for one year on eligible new machine purchases Originally debuted at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017 with a limited-time enrolment offer, ActiveCare Direct is now availab...
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Hitachi provides perfection for Millot TP’s excavator operators
Hitachi provides perfection for Millot TP’s excavator operators Millot TP has expanded its fleet of construction machinery with the purchase of two new Hitachi medium excavators and a wheel loader fro...
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Wirtgen at Steinexpo 2017 with world premiere from Kleemann
Wirtgen at Steinexpo 2017 with world premiere from Kleemann The Wirtgen Group will be showcasing tailored solutions for recycled material processing and quarry applications when it exhibits products f...
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Sales up 36% in strong second quarter at Volvo Construction Equipment
Sales up 36% in strong second quarter at Volvo Construction Equipment Transformation program and increasing demand in key markets helps boost Volvo CE in Q2 2017, with significant improvements in both...
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JCB wins huge power generation deal at prestigious Canary Wharf
JCB wins huge power generation deal at prestigious Canary Wharf JCB Broadcrown has secured a contract to provide stand-by power at one of London’s most striking and mixed use developments. Standing 27...
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Volvo Construction Equipment celebrates their 75,000th hauler
Volvo Construction Equipment celebrates their 75,000th hauler With half of all the articulated haulers ever made bearing the Volvo brand, the company has just passed another landmark – the production...
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Marshalls relies on VolvoCE to pave the way for monumental work
Marshalls relies on VolvoCE to pave the way for monumental work With prestigious projects such as London’s Trafalgar Square and Wembley Stadium in its portfolio, the UK’s leading hard landscaping manu...
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JCB delivers robust results in shrinking global market
JCB delivers robust results in shrinking global market JCB defied challenging market conditions by growing earnings by more than 34% in 2016. Announcing its annual results for last year, the Staffords...
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Building instructor wins John Deere 333G compact track loader in Small Machines. Big Impact. contest
Building instructor wins John Deere 333G compact track loader in Small Machines. Big Impact. contest After all the online votes were counted, Eric Moores, a high school building trades instructor in W...
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New Volvo loading shovel lands on familiar territory at Scottish Bogside
New Volvo loading shovel lands on familiar territory at Scottish Bogside The world’s leading glass bottle manufacturer, O-I Manufacturing Ltd, continues to favour Volvo Construction Equipment products...
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The VolvoCE LX1 electric hybrid wheel loader proves itself in real-world testing
The VolvoCE LX1 electric hybrid wheel loader proves itself in real-world testing Volvo Construction Equipment’s LX1 prototype electric hybrid wheel loader has excelled during hundreds of hours of real...
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New Volvo PL3005E rotating pipelayer increases power and lifting capacity
New Volvo PL3005E rotating pipelayer increases power and lifting capacity As the latest addition to the lineup of Volvo E-Series rotating pipelayers, the PL3005E boasts impressive improvements to powe...
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University Minerals Students study processing at Haver & Boecker
University Minerals Students study processing at Haver & Boecker Continuing to build on a successful relationship, Haver & Boecker recently hosted University of Toronto’s minerals students. Th...
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Briggs boosts short term rental fleet with JCB Scissor Lifts
Briggs boosts short term rental fleet with JCB Scissor Lifts Briggs Equipment – one of the UK’s largest fork lift truck and materials handling providers – has added 10 JCB scissor lifts to...
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Germany’s Emperor William I Monument restored by Kögel Bau and Volvo CE
Germany’s Emperor William I Monument restored by Kögel Bau and Volvo CE Digging deep beneath one of Germany’s most prominent monuments is Volvo CE-equipped construction company, Kögel Bau, emplo...
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John Deere updates its popular L-Series Backhoe to simplify and enhance operation
John Deere updates its popular L-Series Backhoe to simplify and enhance operation Updates to the John Deere L-Series backhoe lineup enhance the productivity and uptime for professionals looking to lif...
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BAM Nuttall helps to shape the future of women’s construction clothing
BAM Nuttall helps to shape the future of women’s construction clothing Leading construction and engineering company BAM Nuttall is rolling out a range of work clothing nationwide, specifically designe...
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SMT Nigeria supporting mining company AshakaCem a subsidiary of Lafarge Africa
SMT Nigeria supporting mining company AshakaCem a subsidiary of Lafarge Africa SMT Nigeria has signed a rental contract with a key player in the cement industry, Lafarge Holcim. SMT is delivering 13 V...
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SMT announces long-term distribution deal for Volvo Construction Equipment in Britain
SMT announces long-term distribution deal for Volvo Construction Equipment in Britain A deal was signed on July 4th 2017 for SMT (Services Machinery and Trucks) to takeover the distribution rights for...
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Mining companies in Pacific Rim sign three new Life Cycle Services Contracts with Metso
Mining companies in Pacific Rim sign three new Life Cycle Services Contracts with Metso During the first quarter of 2017, Metso signed three new long-term maintenance contracts with major mining compa...
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Czech quarry maximises performance with new Hitachi ZX490LCH-6 excavators
Czech quarry maximises performance with new Hitachi ZX490LCH-6 excavators The Czech Republic’s foremost purchaser of Hitachi construction machinery has further enhanced its fleet with a new ZX490LCH-...
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Volvo haulers keep on running at Jakto Excavations
Volvo haulers keep on running at Jakto Excavations Barnsley based Jakto Excavations has taken delivery of a further three Volvo A25G articulated haulers, increasing the company’s mixed fleet of A25s a...
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Volvo Construction Equipment to divest British dealership to SMT
Volvo Construction Equipment to divest British dealership to SMT Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has announced that it is divesting its wholly owned British dealership to long-term distributio...
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Mabey puts cutting-edge robotics to work
Mabey puts cutting-edge robotics to work Leading bridge and engineering services specialist Mabey has put its new robots to work at its Mabey Bridge site in Lydney, Gloucestershire. Forming one comple...
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Metso launches revolutionary MX Crusher and Lokotrack Jaw Plants at Steinexpo quarry exhibition in Germany
Metso launches revolutionary MX Crusher and Lokotrack Jaw Plants at Steinexpo quarry exhibition in Germany At Steinexpo, the biggest quarry exhibition in Europe, Metso will introduce the revolutionary...
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Aquajet Systems EcoClear neutralizes hydro-demolition water and removes particles
Aquajet Systems EcoClear neutralizes hydro-demolition water and removes particles Aquajet Systems AB, a global leader in hydrodemolition machine manufacturing, introduces the EcoClear® water filtratio...
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Three decades of experience makes HAMM the world leader in oscillation compaction
Three decades of experience makes HAMM the world leader in oscillation compaction Over 30 years ago, HAMM became the first roller manufacturer to offer an oscillation drum for tandem rollers, and thes...
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New Rapidmix opens up a world of project opportunities for Andale Construction.
New Rapidmix opens up a world of project opportunities for Andale Construction. In conjunction with its US sales partner, Rapid International USA, Inc, Rapid has recently supplied a Rapidmix 400CW mob...
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Metso awarded American Metal Market’s Scrap Equipment Provider of the Year
Metso awarded American Metal Market’s Scrap Equipment Provider of the Year Metso has been recognized as the best Scrap Equipment Provider of the Year by American Metal Market. The recognition wa...
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Volvo CE delivers productivity for family owned quarry in Saudi Arabia
Volvo CE delivers productivity for family owned quarry in Saudi Arabia Family-owned company Saudi Dolomite is using Volvo Construction Equipment machines to increase productivity at its processing pla...
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Berger Grundbautechnik relies on two SENNEBOGEN cranes to dig diaphragm walls on German Motorway project
Berger Grundbautechnik relies on two SENNEBOGEN cranes to dig diaphragm walls on German Motorway project Berger Grundbautechnik GmbH is using two SENNEBOGEN duty cycle cranes simultaneously in Berlin....
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KZN dairy farm in KwaZulu reaps the rewards of a Kubota tractor
KZN dairy farm in KwaZulu reaps the rewards of a Kubota tractor A dairy farmer in KwaZulu-Natal has invested in two Kubota tractors to improve on operational productivity. He is of the mind that retur...
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JCB’s new Access Division takes off as 2 Cousins Powered Access becomes the first JCB scissor lift customer in the world
JCB’s new Access Division takes off as 2 Cousins Powered Access becomes the first JCB scissor lift customer in the world 2 Cousins Powered Access has become the first ever JCB scissor lift customer in...
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PHCo’s lo-density hot oil circulating heaters reduce operating costs, eliminate coking and carbonization
PHCo’s lo-density hot oil circulating heaters reduce operating costs, eliminate coking and carbonization Process Heating Company’s (PHCo) lo-density hot oil circulating heater systems prov...
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Ammann unveils new rammers
Ammann unveils new rammers Ammann announces the release of ATR 60 and ATR 68 Rammers and the ATR 30 Rammer, the lightest in the Ammann line-up. The ATR (Ammann Tamper Rammer) models replace the ACR Ra...
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JCB breaks new ground with the JCB Pilingmaster ground engineering solution
JCB breaks new ground with the JCB Pilingmaster ground engineering solution JCB is creating a new sector in the ground engineering market with the development of an innovative piling solution deliveri...
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JCB introduces new compact wheel loader with increased performance and comfort
JCB introduces new compact wheel loader with increased performance and comfort JCB is introducing a compact wheeled loader that combines outstanding powertrain components with a new cab design, contro...
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Hitachi excavators deliver quality and reliability to German asphalt recycling contractor
Hitachi excavators deliver quality and reliability to German asphalt recycling contractor Baggerbetrieb Fred Walther has bought a new Hitachi ZX300LCN-6 for a long-standing contract on an asphalt recy...
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Blastcrete introduces Mixer/Pump with 1-Ton Capacity, 20-tph Output
Blastcrete introduces Mixer/Pump with 1-Ton Capacity, 20-tph Output The new MX-20MT mixer/pump from Blastcrete Equipment Company gives contractors a high-output, easy-to-use unit for superb productivi...
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