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Construction needs to work together with Education for MMC to thrive
Construction needs to work together with Education for MMC to thrive Moving to Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) isn’t just about reducing the labour requirements needed to meet UK house building targets, it’s about reskilling existing workforces to ease pressures and bringing brand new skills to...
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Protecting your construction technology
Protecting your construction technology The UK population take out insurance to help cover their most expensive assets, cars, homes and lives. Despite operating machinery being far more costly than your average vehicle, the construction industry rarely takes out a service plan for its assets. Here L...
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The Automotive Industry putting customers first as they bounce back
The Automotive Industry putting customers first as they bounce back The consequences of the global pandemic have been profound. Like many other sectors, large swathes of the automotive industry had to scale back or even stop production in the early stages of Covid-19, with a gradual reopening as res...
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Doosan adds new Demolition Excavator model
Doosan adds new Demolition Excavator model Doosan has launched the DX380DM-7, the third model in the company’s new High Reach Demolition Excavator range, joining the existing DX235DM and DX530DM models launched last year. Impressive demolition specifications Operating from the high visibility, tilta...
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Smart Mobility market set to double to $1.1 trillion by 2025
Smart Mobility market set to double to $1.1 trillion by 2025 The global smart mobility market is set to witness impressive growth in the following years, as cities worldwide continue searching for a way to ease their mobility policies, promote a more sustainable environment, and increase road safety...
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Geotab, GM and OnStar team-up to encourage safer driving behaviours
Geotab, GM and OnStar team-up to encourage safer driving behaviours Underpinning its continued commitment to increase driver safety, Geotab, a global leader in IoT and connected transportation, today announced that it has been working with General Motors (GM) Fleet and OnStar Business Solutions to p...
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Gartner names Software AG a Leader in 2021 Magic Quadrant for IIoT Platforms
Gartner names Software AG a Leader in 2021 Magic Quadrant for IIoT Platforms Software AG has announced that Gartner® has named the company a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Industrial IoT (IIoT). Software AG recognizes that the success of digital transformation required around IIoT initiatives rely...
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Bloom Energy and SK ecoplant expand Hydrogen Power Generation partnership
Bloom Energy and SK ecoplant expand Hydrogen Power Generation partnership Bloom Energy, a leading energy company, and SK ecoplant, an affiliate of South Korean conglomerate SK Group, today announced the companies are expanding their existing partnership to fortify their market leadership in power ge...
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AECOM providing Engineering Services for Houston METRO University Corridor
AECOM providing Engineering Services for Houston METRO University Corridor AECOM, the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, today announced that it will serve as general engineering consultant (GEC) for Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County’s (METRO) University Corridor Bus Rapid...
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Bentley Systems expands Education Program across the Globe
Bentley Systems expands Education Program across the Globe Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the infrastructure engineering software company, as a commitment to expand access to its professional applications to education, today announced the global expansion of the Bentley Education program – offering...
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Hertz buys 100,000 Tesla Electric Cars to create the largest EV Rental Fleet in the world
Hertz buys 100,000 Tesla Electric Cars to create the largest EV Rental Fleet in the world As consumer interest in electric vehicles (EV) skyrockets, Hertz today is announcing a significant investment to offer the largest EV rental fleet in North America and one of the largest in the world. This incl...
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Rio Tinto and Carbfix working on carbon capture and storage in Iceland
Rio Tinto and Carbfix working on carbon capture and storage in Iceland Rio Tinto and Carbfix are partnering to implement a technology for capturing carbon and permanently storing it underground at the ISAL aluminium smelter in Iceland. Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a strategic partne...
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Smart EV Technologies and Mobility Ecosystem unveiled at XPeng 1024 Tech Day
Smart EV Technologies and Mobility Ecosystem unveiled at XPeng 1024 Tech Day XPeng today revealed a series of crucial innovations at its annual 1024 Tech Day, including the latest and most sophisticated version of its in-house developed advanced driver assistance system XPILOT 3.5 and XPILOT 4.0, th...
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Procore improves Construction Management with LaborChart acquisition
Procore improves Construction Management with LaborChart acquisition Procore Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of construction management software, today announced it has acquired LaborChart, a leading provider of workforce management software for specialty contractors and self-performing gener...
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Booth Machinery acquired by Sonsray Machinery in California
Booth Machinery acquired by Sonsray Machinery in California Sonsray Machinery, the largest CASE Construction dealership on the west coast, has acquired the Case IH agriculture equipment dealership, Booth Machinery. The official announcement was made in Torrance, CA on September 30, 2021. “We are so...
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Biffa champions cleaner diesel with Allison FuelSense 2.0 Software
Biffa champions cleaner diesel with Allison FuelSense 2.0 Software Allison Transmission, a leading designer and manufacturer of conventional and electrified vehicle propulsion solutions and the largest global manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty fully automatic transmissions for commercial and def...
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Optomec 3D Printed Electronics boost 5G signal strength by up to 100 percent
Optomec 3D Printed Electronics boost 5G signal strength by up to 100 percent Optomec has introduced a new high performance semiconductor packaging solution for the rapidly growing mm-wave electronics market, in response to demands from its customers in the 5G, Autonomous Vehicle, Defense and Medical...
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Smart Haptics 2021 coming to San Diego and online 1-2 December
Smart Haptics 2021 coming to San Diego and online 1-2 December The two-day Smart Haptics 2021 event is a technical conference focused on the commercialization of haptic technology. The 2021 theme is: The Technology of Tomorrow Is Buzzing Today – The Expanding World of Haptics. Experts from acr...
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Toshiba shrinks Quantum Key Distribution into a single chip
Toshiba shrinks Quantum Key Distribution into a single chip Toshiba Europe Ltd today announced it has developed the world’s first chip-based quantum key distribution (QKD) system. This advance will enable the mass manufacture of quantum security technology, bringing its application to a much wider r...
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Infinitum Electric air-core motor wins Green Tech Awards
Infinitum Electric air-core motor wins Green Tech Awards Infinitum Electric, creator of the breakthrough air-core motor, today announced it has won two prestigious 2021 R&D 100 Awards, which celebrate the top 100 revolutionary technologies of the past year. Infinitum Electric’s air-core motor wa...
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Liuzhou Steel automates Bulk Material Handling with Quanergy LiDAR Solution
Liuzhou Steel automates Bulk Material Handling with Quanergy LiDAR Solution Quanergy Systems, Inc., a leading provider of OPA-based solid state LiDAR sensors and smart 3D solutions for automotive and IoT, has announced its latest achievement in industrial automation with the deployment of its 3D LiD...
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Road marking materials market set to rise with infrastructure development surge
Road marking materials market set to rise with infrastructure development surge The global road marking materials market is highly consolidated in nature as the market is mostly controlled by five companies. Top five players in the market accounts for nearly 65% of the market, notices Transparency M...
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Greyhound acquired by FlixMobility for US Intercity Bus Service expansion
Greyhound acquired by FlixMobility for US Intercity Bus Service expansion FlixMobility, global mobility provider of the FlixBus and FlixTrain brands, announced today it has acquired Greyhound Lines, Inc., the largest provider of long-distance bus transportation in the United States, from FirstGroup...
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Balfour Beatty launches CONES and Building Bridges to inspire school children
Balfour Beatty launches CONES and Building Bridges to inspire school children Balfour Beatty has launched an educational book for children aged between six and eight years old, entitled “CONES and Building Bridges”. The book, written by author Chris Madeley, aims to inspire children to consider a ca...
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Skyjack totally transforms their Vertical Masts
Skyjack totally transforms their Vertical Masts Skyjack introduced its all new SJ12 E and SJ16 E vertical mast lifts for the first time at this year’s American Rental Association trade show held in Las Vegas. Modelled after Skyjack’s award-winning SJ20 E vertical mast lift, the new SJ12 E and SJ16 E...
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VolvoCE records solid growth in 3rd quarter 2021
VolvoCE records solid growth in 3rd quarter 2021 Despite a dip in sales in China, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) continues its improved profitability with a strong performance across all other regions and a rise in services for Q3, 2021. Thanks to continuing high levels of investment in bot...
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Vivacity Labs and DOLL Living Lab to showcase AI Traffic Sensor capabilities
Vivacity Labs and DOLL Living Lab to showcase AI Traffic Sensor capabilities London-based transport technology scaleup Vivacity Labs has teamed up with Danish Outdoor Living Lab (DOLL) to display the capabilities of Vivacity’s AI-powered traffic sensors in helping make cities smarter, safer and more...
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CEMEX Ventures and Taronga Ventures invest in Voyage Control to ease Global Logistics
CEMEX Ventures and Taronga Ventures invest in Voyage Control to ease Global Logistics CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V., its subsidiary CEMEX Ventures and Taronga Ventures announced today their investment in Voyage Control, a UK-based start-up that offers a digital platform to help construction logistics and on...
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ADB finances $135m Presidente Nicolau Lobato Airport expansion in Timor-Leste
ADB finances $135m Presidente Nicolau Lobato Airport expansion in Timor-Leste The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Timor-Leste today signed a $135 million loan to help Timor-Leste expand the country’s gateway airport by extending the runway, constructing a new air traffic control t...
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Cadence Safety Solution delivers faster certification of Automotive and Industrial Designs
Cadence Safety Solution delivers faster certification of Automotive and Industrial Designs Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has announced the Cadence® Safety Solution, a new offering targeting safety-critical applications and featuring integrated analogue and digital safety flows and engines for faster...
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Ryder to establish USA Autonomous Delivery Network with Gatik investment
Ryder to establish USA Autonomous Delivery Network with Gatik investment Ryder System, Inc., a leader in supply chain, dedicated transportation, and fleet management solutions, and Gatik, a leader in automating on-road transportation for short-haul, middle-mile logistics, announce a multi-year partn...
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Metawave celebrates ‘Invest in Humanity’ at the Future Investment Initiative
Metawave celebrates ‘Invest in Humanity’ at the Future Investment Initiative Metawave Corporation, world leader in high-end sensing and perception for Terrestrial and Aerospace mobility, will be joining the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute “Invest in Humanity” celebration on...
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AECOM serving as construction manager for New Jersey Wind Port
AECOM serving as construction manager for New Jersey Wind Port AECOM, the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, announced that its AECOM Tishman business has been selected to manage construction of the New Jersey Wind Port, the nation’s first purpose-built offshore wind marshalling and man...
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Saint-Gobain’s Kansas Insulation Plant saves 227m Gallons of water with new tech
Saint-Gobain’s Kansas Insulation Plant saves 227m Gallons of water with new tech Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed LLC, today announced the company has completed the installation of water recycling technology at its Kansas City insulation plant, which will redu...
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RealWear devices now support Microsoft Endpoint Manager for Frontline Workers
RealWear devices now support Microsoft Endpoint Manager for Frontline Workers RealWear, the leading provider of assisted reality solutions for frontline industrial workers, today announced that its assisted reality wearable is the first Android Open Source Project (AOSP) device supported by Microsof...
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Wayve launches Fleet Data Collection Pilot with DPD in the UK
Wayve launches Fleet Data Collection Pilot with DPD in the UK Wayve, the London-based company pioneering deep learning for autonomous urban mobility, today announced a Fleet Data Collection Pilot with DPD, the UK’s leading parcel delivery firm. The companies are working together to explore how innov...
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ExOne can 3D Print virtually any Powder Material
ExOne can 3D Print virtually any Powder Material The ExOne Company, the global leader in industrial sand and metal 3D printers using binder jetting technology, today announced that it is open to developing virtually any powder material in partnership with manufacturers for their specific application...
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Esri mapping Solar Energy Hot Spots in partnership with The Ray
Esri mapping Solar Energy Hot Spots in partnership with The Ray Research published by the Webber Energy Group (WEG) at the University of Texas at Austin, and by The Ray, a non-profit studying technologies that can transform the transportation sector for a Vision Zero future, documented the efficienc...
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Intermodal Pro and Traffic Control solutions now live at multiple UK terminals
Intermodal Pro and Traffic Control solutions now live at multiple UK terminals Tideworks Technology, a full-service provider of comprehensive terminal operating system (TOS) solution, today announced that its Intermodal Pro® and Traffic Control™ solutions are now live at multiple G&W UK t...
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Asana rolls out Enterprise Work Graph and expands Partners Enterprise IT Ecosystem
Asana rolls out Enterprise Work Graph and expands Partners Enterprise IT Ecosystem Today Asana announced the Enterprise Work Graph, a suite of new features giving even the most complex enterprises the clarity, flexibility and confidence needed to adapt to any business challenge. Combining the power...
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Epicor Data Management Engine at the heart of Scuderia AlphaTauri Formula 1 team
Epicor Data Management Engine at the heart of Scuderia AlphaTauri Formula 1 team Epicor, a global leader of industry-specific enterprise software to promote business growth, and Scuderia AlphaTauri today announced that Epicor has been named the Team’s Official ERP Partner. The multi-year agreement b...
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Ricardo wins Air Quality monitoring contract in Riyadh
Ricardo wins Air Quality monitoring contract in Riyadh World-class environmental, engineering and strategic consulting company Ricardo will be continuing to provide key air quality monitoring and data analysis in the Middle East with a new three-year agreement. Working in collaboration with air moni...
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Granite wins $19m runway contract at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico
Granite wins $19m runway contract at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico Granite announced the award of a runway repair project at Cannon Air Force Base (AFB) by the Albuquerque District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Located in Curry County, on New Mexico’s high eastern plains, Cannon...
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Trimble Spot on with Autonomous Robotic Scanning solution
Trimble Spot on with Autonomous Robotic Scanning solution Trimble announced today the release of the Trimble® X7 3D laser scanner and Trimble FieldLink software fully integrated with Boston Dynamics’ Spot® robot. This exclusive turnkey solution from Trimble, jointly developed with Boston Dynam...
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Iteris releases cloud-enabled services for Smart Mobility Infrastructure Management
Iteris releases cloud-enabled services for Smart Mobility Infrastructure Management Iteris, Inc., the global leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced the availability of two new cloud-enabled managed services that augment the traffic management operations of public agencie...
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Mount Everest Measurement Expedition uses GSSI Ground Penetrating Radar
Mount Everest Measurement Expedition uses GSSI Ground Penetrating Radar GSSI, the world’s leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, announces that its SIR 4000® high-performance GPR system was used by Nepali surveyors and mountaineers who climbed to the top of Mount Everest a...
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Bobcat construction equipment sets to demolishing 1970’s Prague houses
Bobcat construction equipment sets to demolishing 1970’s Prague houses In the Czech Republic, refurbishment of family houses dating from the 1970’s is often not worthwhile and a good number of these properties are demolished. This was the case with a house in Rudná near Prague, which the...
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Hitachi Construction Machinery appoints Walbrook Asset Finance for UK plant finance
Hitachi Construction Machinery appoints Walbrook Asset Finance for UK plant finance Hitachi Construction Machinery UK (HCMUK), a leading name in the construction, quarrying and demolition equipment market, is delighted to have appointed Walbrook Asset Finance as their preferred finance provider for...
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NBS publishes their annual digital construction survey
NBS publishes their annual digital construction survey NBS, the platform for connected construction information, has revealed its eleventh annual survey, now the Digital Construction Survey, previously the NBS BIM Survey. With over nine hundred respondents, this year’s report provides a more compreh...
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The impact of major new road infrastructure on sub-Saharan Africa ecosystems
The impact of major new road infrastructure on sub-Saharan Africa ecosystems Sub-Saharan Africa is developing rapidly. With growing economies and increased trade, major road infrastructure plans have been developed for the region, which also hosts some of the world’s most unique and diverse ecosyste...
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Los Alamos National Laboratory breakthrough heralds Quantum AI
Los Alamos National Laboratory breakthrough heralds Quantum AI Convolutional neural networks running on quantum computers have generated significant buzz for their potential to analyse quantum data better than classical computers can. While a fundamental solvability problem known as “barren plateaus...
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University of Notre Dame researchers create four-legged swarm robots
University of Notre Dame researchers create four-legged swarm robots As a robotics engineer, Yasemin Ozkan-Aydin, assistant professor of electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, gets her inspiration from biological systems. The collective behaviours of ants, honeybees and birds to sol...
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Caltech’s bipedal Leonardo is a walking and flying hybrid robot
Caltech’s bipedal Leonardo is a walking and flying hybrid robot Researchers at Caltech have built a bipedal robot that combines walking with flying to create a new type of locomotion, making it exceptionally nimble and capable of complex movements. Part walking robot, part flying drone, the ne...
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MB Crusher quickly separates out rebar without hindering the job site
MB Crusher quickly separates out rebar without hindering the job site There’s always been a weak point in the demolition and redevelopment industry when it comes to processing reinforced materials. When it comes to recovering reinforced material, companies have been forced to (reluctantly) come to t...
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JCB investing £100m in Hydrogen Engines
JCB investing £100m in Hydrogen Engines JCB is investing £100 million on a project to produce super-efficient hydrogen engines, the company announced today. A team of 100 engineers is already working on the exciting development with the recruitment of up to 50 more engineers under way as JCB targets...
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Fluke debuts SV600 Fixed Acoustic Imager for Manufacturing Environments
Fluke debuts SV600 Fixed Acoustic Imager for Manufacturing Environments Fluke Process Instruments, a global leader in infrared imaging and thermal profiling solutions for industrial applications, releases its first fixed acoustic imaging solution, the SV600 Fixed Acoustic Imager. The SV600 Fixed Aco...
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Heliogen and Woodside reveal breakthrough Solar technology project
Heliogen and Woodside reveal breakthrough Solar technology project Heliogen, a provider of AI-enabled concentrated solar energy, today announced further significant steps toward deployment of its new solar energy technology with Woodside Energy (USA) Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of leading Austra...
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Kyocera Camera-LiDAR Fusion Sensor set to drive ADAS forward
Kyocera Camera-LiDAR Fusion Sensor set to drive ADAS forward Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) are making travel safer and easier for millions of car owners worldwide. Kyocera Corporation today announced a portfolio of innovations in development that promise to raise ADAS technology to new l...
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MIT studies how marsh grass protects shorelines
MIT studies how marsh grass protects shorelines Marsh plants, which are ubiquitous along the world’s shorelines, can play a major role in mitigating the damage to coastlines as sea levels rise and storm surges increase. Now, a new MIT study provides greater detail about how these protective benefits...
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IPS plans strategic growth with Linesight acquisition
IPS plans strategic growth with Linesight acquisition Integrated Project Services, LLC, (IPS) headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and a subsidiary of Alleghany Capital Corporation, today announced that it has acquired Linesight, a multinational consulting firm headquartered in Dublin, Ireland....
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