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The Heavy Equipment Industry can find Opportunity amidst modern challenges
The Heavy Equipment Industry can find Opportunity amidst modern challenges The past couple of years have been challenging for the heavy equipment industry, but there are still reasons for optimism. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a series of ongoing obstacles that are greatly impacting all corners...
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New JCB electric Loadall telescopic handler applauded for brilliant battery life
New JCB electric Loadall telescopic handler applauded for brilliant battery life A leading plant hirer has hailed the “brilliant battery life” of its two new JCB electric Loadall telescopic handlers which are delivering eight hours continuous operation on a single charge. Purchased by Wellingborough...
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Service Electric puts YARDZ Asset and Warehouse Management Technology to work
Service Electric puts YARDZ Asset and Warehouse Management Technology to work YARDZ, the premier tool for managing owned and rented assets, announced that Service Electric Co. has purchased licenses to use the YARDZ technology platform in its Florida region. Service Electric Co., which builds electr...
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Rubber material with 3D structure holds the key to Long-lasting, Safe EV Batteries
Rubber material with 3D structure holds the key to Long-lasting, Safe EV Batteries For electric vehicles (EVs) to become mainstream, they need cost-effective, safer, longer-lasting batteries that won’t explode during use or harm the environment. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology may...
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Altum and Nippon announce Ultrasonic Smart Cleaning for equipment and piping
Altum and Nippon announce Ultrasonic Smart Cleaning for equipment and piping Altum Technologies Oy and Nippon Steel Engineering Co., Ltd., are announcing joint collaboration to launch a new Smart Cleaning Service. This new service will allow process manufacturers to clean and prevent fouling from in...
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Scope secures funding for automated rope inspection for the utility industry
Scope secures funding for automated rope inspection for the utility industry Scope Computer Vision Technologies, an inspection automation company that builds deep learning vision systems, today announced it has raised substantial funding from private investors across the state of Texas. The investme...
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Quattuor Construction acquired by RoadSafe Traffic Systems
Quattuor Construction acquired by RoadSafe Traffic Systems RoadSafe Traffic Systems, Inc., the US’s largest provider of traffic control and pavement marking services, has announced the acquisition of Quattuor Construction, Inc. Based in Sutter, California, QCI provides traffic control and undergroun...
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Make Overtime predictable with Measurement and Data Analysis
Make Overtime predictable with Measurement and Data Analysis A new study by Dodge Construction Network and Versatile, a construction technology pioneer using artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT) to optimize construction processes, found that unexpected overtime is predictabl...
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Iteris awarded $6.8m LA Metro sub-contract for Connected Bus Signal Priority System
Iteris awarded $6.8m LA Metro sub-contract for Connected Bus Signal Priority System Iteris, Inc., the global leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced that it has been awarded a $6.8 million subcontract by Parsons Corporation to provide design, implementation and integratio...
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Sensata’s new Smart-Tactor Contactors simplify critical data acquisition
Sensata’s new Smart-Tactor Contactors simplify critical data acquisition Sensata Technologies, has announced the availability of the new GXC and MXC series of Smart-Tactor™ contactors with CAN bus communication which provide valuable data for improved system performance, reliability, an...
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Topcon MC-X Platform and MC-Max machine control solutions backed by Sitelink3D
Topcon MC-X Platform and MC-Max machine control solutions backed by Sitelink3D Topcon Positioning Group has announced its MC-Max machine control solution. Based on its MC-X machine control platform, and backed by Sitelink3D – the company’s real-time, cloud-based data management ecosystem...
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Siemens looks at the trends in Energy and Infrastructure for 2022
Siemens looks at the trends in Energy and Infrastructure for 2022 With the impact of the pandemic starting to fade, Governments and industry are refocusing on the road to net zero, and the climate emergency. In this article Siemens’ energy and smart infrastructure experts share their views on this a...
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Hitachi’s new ZW180-7 small wheel loader puts you in control
Hitachi’s new ZW180-7 small wheel loader puts you in control Hitachi has unveiled the ZW180-7, a smaller next-generation model from its Stage V-compliant wheel loader range, which has been carefully designed to appeal to both owners and operators. With industry-leading safety features and unri...
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How to build cost-effective Offsite Structures
How to build cost-effective Offsite Structures Contractors and builders are said to be always in search of ways to bring down the costs of project construction. It’s believed that it’s one of the only ways they can stay competitive in an industry that includes countless companies vying for the contr...
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Flogas Britain invests in Isuzu Trucks to improve emissions
Flogas Britain invests in Isuzu Trucks to improve emissions As part of its objective to drive operating efficiencies and realise carbon footprint improvements in line with its corporate emission targets, Flogas Britain has continued the investment in its Cylinder fleet of vehicles, with the addition...
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ASCO optimises their logistics fleet with Teletrac Navman Telematics
ASCO optimises their logistics fleet with Teletrac Navman Telematics Teletrac Navman, a global market leader in telematics technology, has secured a contract with logistics and materials management company, ASCO, to supply its mobile asset and fleet management technology for the optimisation of a 35...
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Construction industry investment up by a third
Construction industry investment up by a third Business investment in the construction industry rose by more than a third annually in the third quarter of 2021 as Covid disruption and supply chain bottlenecks continued to ease, according to the latest ONS data. Investment in the sector grew by 36% y...
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Chaos and Enscape merger creates a global 3D visualization and design workflow leader
Chaos and Enscape merger creates a global 3D visualization and design workflow leader TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm, and LEA Partners, a technology focused private equity firm, announced today an agreement to merge Enscape, a leading developer of real-time rendering and design w...
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VolvoCE builds stronger presence in Southwest USA
VolvoCE builds stronger presence in Southwest USA Power Equipment Company, which has been distributing construction equipment in the Rocky Mountains region since 1936 and is a long-time member of the Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) dealer network, is expanding its footprint in the Southwest...
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GSSI unveils new PaveScan MDM Tool for laboratory testing
GSSI unveils new PaveScan MDM Tool for laboratory testing GSSI, the world’s leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, announces the new PaveScan® Mix Design Module (MDM), which transform’s GSSI’s industry-leading PaveScan® RDM system into a powerful new quality control tool f...
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Vita Inclinata expands markets for helicopter and crane load stabilization technology
Vita Inclinata expands markets for helicopter and crane load stabilization technology Vita Inclinata (Vita), developer and producer of helicopter and crane load stabilization and precision hardware, today announced the company’s notable 2021 market growth. Highlights for the fiscal year-end December...
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NBS Digital Construction Survey explores BIM uptake in 2021
NBS Digital Construction Survey explores BIM uptake in 2021 NBS, the connected construction platform, has released its latest statistics around building information modelling (BIM) adoption and usage. Almost 1,000 construction professionals gave their views, and further findings can be explored in N...
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Kiely Bros diverts 80 percent of waste from landfill with investment in CDE technology
Kiely Bros diverts 80 percent of waste from landfill with investment in CDE technology The UK’s largest provider of surface dressing and micro-surfacing, Kiely Bros, has achieved a significant enhancement to its operations with by investing in a 30tph trommel fines recycling plant from industry expe...
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UK celebrates a record-breaking year for Safe Digging
UK celebrates a record-breaking year for Safe Digging LSBUD, the UK’s leading online safe digging resource, welcomed more than 3.4 million searches for underground pipes and cables pass through its central system in 2021. This figure is up 13 percent on 2020, showcasing how all industries, particula...
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Hydrogen Utopia expanding their plastic-to-hydrogen projects in Poland
Hydrogen Utopia expanding their plastic-to-hydrogen projects in Poland Hydrogen Utopia International PLC a company pioneering non-recyclable waste plastics to hydrogen technology, is delighted to announce that its wholly owned Polish subsidiary, Hydropolis United sp z.o.o., has signed a letter of in...
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Doosan Bobcat showcasing E10e mini-Excavator and new Compressor at EHS
Doosan Bobcat showcasing E10e mini-Excavator and new Compressor at EHS The Doosan Bobcat stand (I40) at the 2022 Executive Hire Show (EHS) will be showing Bobcat’s E10e, the industry’s first battery driven, zero tail swing mini-excavator in the one tonne class. Alongside the E10e, the company...
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First new JCB Mini Excavator purchased by Land Rover specialist dealership
First new JCB Mini Excavator purchased by Land Rover specialist dealership An independent Land Rover specialist has bought one of the first of JCB’s brand new 3.5 tonne mini excavators. Purchased by Bridgwater-based C.W. Feltham Ltd, the 36C-1 is a conventional tailswing mini excavator and is a tota...
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Use of Waste Materials in Highway Construction
Use of Waste Materials in Highway Construction As populations continue to grow, we see an increasing demand for supporting infrastructure. There are more cars on the roads; as such, we need to construct and repair more highways. But with this growth, our society produces greater volumes of waste mat...
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Culvert IoT launches SpaceTrace to improve Safety of Industrial Workplaces
Culvert IoT launches SpaceTrace to improve Safety of Industrial Workplaces Culvert IoT Corporation, a hardware skunkworks to many of Silicon Valley’s leading technology companies, today announced the launch of SpaceTrace, a turnkey solution to enable rapid development and deployment of location awar...
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Conasa Infraestrutura accelerating sustainable infrastructure growth across Brazil
Conasa Infraestrutura accelerating sustainable infrastructure growth across Brazil Conasa Infraestrutura S.A., an owner and operator of concessions in water, wastewater sanitation, highway and public lighting across Brazil, today announced that it has closed a transaction raising significant equity...
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Vinnic Power launches Industrial-Grade 2000w Portable Power Station
Vinnic Power launches Industrial-Grade 2000w Portable Power Station Vinnic, one of the major battery manufacturers in Asia, releases a new series – Vinnic Power, industrial-grade 2000wh portable power station. Vinnic Power Station, boasting aluminium alloy shell design, is the most durable, sa...
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Sustainable sodium and potassium ion battery performance astounds Bristol Scientists
Sustainable sodium and potassium ion battery performance astounds Bristol Scientists Researchers at the University of Bristol, UK, have developed high-performance sodium and potassium ion batteries using sustainably sourced cellulose. Scientists at the Bristol Composites Institute have developed a n...
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High-tech navigation tools will keep snowploughs on the roads during blizzards
High-tech navigation tools will keep snowploughs on the roads during blizzards Most Iowa drivers know the stress of a winter storm. High winds throw snow over farm fields and across the highway. At night, flakes shine like mini comets shooting across your headlights, leaving bright tails as they go....
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Iteris supports Connected Vehicle Data Exchange Platform for Florida DoT
Iteris supports Connected Vehicle Data Exchange Platform for Florida DoT Iteris, Inc., the global leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced that it has been selected by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) as part of the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) team t...
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Hedera Network enables Neuron to track Drones in UK Government Sponsored Trial
Hedera Network enables Neuron to track Drones in UK Government Sponsored Trial Neuron, a leader in aviation technology and air traffic critical national infrastructure, has leveraged the Hedera network, the most used, sustainable, enterprise-grade public ledger for the decentralized economy, in a UK...
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ACPA celebrates 2021 Lifetime Achievement and Distinguished Service Award Winners
ACPA celebrates 2021 Lifetime Achievement and Distinguished Service Award Winners The American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Hartmann-Hirschman-Egan Award, the 2021 Marlin J Knutson Award for Technical Achievement, and the 2021 Outstanding Promot...
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Clark Pavement Markings acquired by RoadSafe Traffic Systems in the US
Clark Pavement Markings acquired by RoadSafe Traffic Systems in the US RoadSafe Traffic Systems, Inc., the USA’s largest provider of traffic control and pavement marking services, announced today the acquisition of Clark Pavement Markings, Inc. Based in Apex, North Carolina, Clark Pavement Mar...
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Doosan Robotics unveils NINA Camera Robot and Autonomous Innovations at CES 2022
Doosan Robotics unveils NINA Camera Robot and Autonomous Innovations at CES 2022 Doosan Robotics Inc, one of the world’s leading cobot manufacturers, announced it will be exhibiting at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2022 from January 5-7 at booth 5318, West Hall, LVCC to demonstrate the c...
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Wejo announces Neural Edge Processing platform for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
Wejo announces Neural Edge Processing platform for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Wejo Group Limited, a global leader in cloud and software analytics generated from AV. EV and connected vehicle data (CVD), today announced it is developing a breakthrough Neural Edge Processing platform that will e...
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Doosan Bobcat unveils the World’s first all-electric Compact Track Loader at CES 2022
Doosan Bobcat unveils the World’s first all-electric Compact Track Loader at CES 2022 Doosan Bobcat today unveiled its new, all-electric Bobcat T7X compact track loader at CES® 2022, the world’s most influential technology event. The T7X is the first machine of its kind to be fully electric, o...
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Esri releases guides for Location Analytics and Improving Map Aesthetics
Esri releases guides for Location Analytics and Improving Map Aesthetics Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro 2.8 It’s never been easier to get data, but for many organizations it is still challenging to make sense of all of it. Putting data on a map is a start. Mapping data in order to understand it, f...
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Intel’s 12th Generation Core Mobile Processors are their fastest Mobile chip ever
Intel’s 12th Generation Core Mobile Processors are their fastest Mobile chip ever Twenty-eight new 12th Gen Intel Core mobile and 22 desktop processors drive powerful gaming and creator-focused laptops and desktops, enterprise-ready systems and IoT applications Today at CES 2022, Intel announc...
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Granite celebrates a Century in the construction business
Granite celebrates a Century in the construction business Granite was proud to celebrate their centennial on January 4th 2022. Founded 100 years ago in Watsonville, California, Granite has grown into one of the US’s largest civil infrastructure contractors and construction materials producers....
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Shiftall introduces MaganeX 5.2K VR Glasses at CES 2022
Shiftall introduces MaganeX 5.2K VR Glasses at CES 2022 Shiftall Inc., a fully owned subsidiary of Panasonic Corporation, has revealed their MaganeX stylish, lightweight, high-dynamic-range (HDR), virtual-reality (VR) glasses at CES 2022 this week incorporating Lightning® 2.6K x 2.6K (2560 x 2560 re...
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Orange invests in Move Capital I European Technology Venture Capital Fund
Orange invests in Move Capital I European Technology Venture Capital Fund Orange, via its holding company Orange Digital Investment, is investing in the ‘Move Capital I’ fund, a Kepler Cheuvreux Invest “Tech Growth” fund that supports future B2B champions of European tech. Move Capital is active in...
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Skydio announces new KeyFrame capability Autonomous Aerial Cinematography
Skydio announces new KeyFrame capability Autonomous Aerial Cinematography Skydio, the leading U.S. drone manufacturer and world leader in autonomous flight technology, has announced a new ground-breaking autonomous flight capability, Skydio KeyFrame. Skydio Keyframe is an AI skill that allows a user...
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Innophys Muscle Suit exoskeleton showcased at CES 2022
Innophys Muscle Suit exoskeleton showcased at CES 2022 Innophys is exhibiting their Muscle Suit technology at CES 2022 in Las Vegas, with their MUSCLE SUIT Every with waist support, and the MUSCLE SUIT GS-ARM with support for work involving raising of the arms. As Innophys is moving forward with a f...
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Acrow Modular Steel Bridge repurposed for 100 years of permanent use in Ontario
Acrow Modular Steel Bridge repurposed for 100 years of permanent use in Ontario Acrow, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, is pleased to report one of its modular steel bridges has recently opened to carry traffic over the Kettle Creek in the Township of Southwold, Ontario...
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First mass-produced Automotive MEMS Solid-State LiDAR featured at CES 2022
First mass-produced Automotive MEMS Solid-State LiDAR featured at CES 2022 RoboSense LiDAR, the leading smart LiDAR sensor provider, announced it will be exhibiting its latest cutting-edge LiDAR solutions at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on January 5 – 8 , 2022, starring RS-LiDAR M1 (M1)...
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Technique tunes into electronic potential of graphene nanoribbons
Technique tunes into electronic potential of graphene nanoribbons Ever since graphene (a thin carbon sheet just one-atom thick) was discovered more than 15 years ago, the wonder material became a workhorse in materials science research. From this body of work, other researchers learned that slicing...
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Ford doubling All-Electric F-150 Lightning production to meet demand
Ford doubling All-Electric F-150 Lightning production to meet demand Ford Motor Company said today it is planning to nearly double production of the F-150 Lightning™ pickup at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn to 150,000 trucks per year to meet high demand for the first all-electr...
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Premium Red Machinery from Yanmar Compact Equipment paves the way forward
Premium Red Machinery from Yanmar Compact Equipment paves the way forward Yanmar Compact Equipment has adopted an eye-catching Premium Red paint colour across all its machines globally. Premium Red machines were first introduced onto the North American market in 2020, and this roll out sees Yanmar’s...
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Doosan expands in North West UK and North Wales with Blue Machinery
Doosan expands in North West UK and North Wales with Blue Machinery Doosan Infracore Europe has appointed Blue Machinery (Central) Ltd, based in Northwich in Cheshire, as the new Authorised Doosan Dealer for North-West England and North Wales, effective immediately. As the new Doosan dealer, Blue Ce...
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New battery-powered regional trains to replace diesel trains in Germany
New battery-powered regional trains to replace diesel trains in Germany A zero-carbon future is on the horizon for regional trains between Berlin and the surrounding Brandenburg area. The railway company Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB) plans to replace diesel locomotives with the first battery-powere...
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Blickfeld announces Smart 3D LiDAR with launch of Percept software
Blickfeld announces Smart 3D LiDAR with launch of Percept software At CES 2022, Blickfeld, the Munich-based start-up developing breakthrough high performance and mass-producible LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) sensing technology, today launched its groundbreaking perception software, Percept. De...
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BLUETTI highlights innovative solar energy facility collection at CES 2022
BLUETTI highlights innovative solar energy facility collection at CES 2022 BLUETTI is highlighting their thinking-forward solar energy facility collections at CES 2022, including the world’s first sodium-ion solar generator, the NA300 and the much-anticipated AC & EB series of power statio...
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Avalanche Computing’s revolutionary Low-Code AI Tool launched at CES 2022
Avalanche Computing’s revolutionary Low-Code AI Tool launched at CES 2022 Taiwanese deep tech and hyper-scale computing developer Avalanche Computing is launching its revolutionary low-code artificial intelligence (AI) tool, hAIsten AI, on the global stage at CES 2022 in Las Vegas. Avalanche C...
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Moen leads the way with whole-home Connected Water Product Suite
Moen leads the way with whole-home Connected Water Product Suite Water – one of the most used, most powerful – yet most often overlooked resources in the home. Now, Moen is connecting homeowners to their water like never before with the industry’s first of its kind, whole-home smart wate...
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Aggregate Industries completes acquisition of Cowden Inc in Northwest USA
Aggregate Industries completes acquisition of Cowden Inc in Northwest USA LafargeHolcim in the United States announced today the acquisition of the ready-mix concrete and aggregate assets held by Cowden Inc., a longstanding supplier in Washington state, via its wholly-owned subsidiary Aggregate Indu...
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Explore Industries from a virtual perspective with GIGABYTE at CES 2020
Explore Industries from a virtual perspective with GIGABYTE at CES 2020 GIGABYTE is joining CES Virtual with its website extension – INDUSTRY – to present products and solutions that propel digital transformation in industries such as 5G & telecom, automotive, creative & gaming, data centres...
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