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New Holland Wheel Loaders overhauled with Stage V compliant engines
New Holland Wheel Loaders overhauled with Stage V compliant engines New Holland Agriculture is introducing its HI-eSCR2 technology on the two models at the top of its wheel loader range, the W170D and W190D. With this solution, the wheel loaders comply with Stage V emissions standards while maintain...
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TRL launches road monitoring device to speed up maintenance and repair initiatives
TRL launches road monitoring device to speed up maintenance and repair initiatives At the Highways UK event at the NEC in Birmingham this week, TRL presented its cost-effective, easy to use, road condition monitoring device to enable highways maintenance organisations to not only monitor the conditi...
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Texas contractor wins 2019 Vermeer MINI 500 Sweepstakes
Texas contractor wins 2019 Vermeer MINI 500 Sweepstakes Douglas Bonilla from Dallas, Texas, is the winner of the 2019 Vermeer Mini 500 Sweepstakes. Bonilla will receive a free one-year membership with the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) and a trip to the 2020 NALP Leaders Foru...
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Miles Macadam resurfaces England’s oldest and largest Salt Mine
Miles Macadam resurfaces England’s oldest and largest Salt Mine North West based specialist surfacing company, Miles Macadam has completed resurfacing works at Winsford rock salt mine – Britain’s oldest and largest working mine, which produces around 80% of the UK’s road salt. Miles Maca...
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Mozambique receives $110m grant for Rural Roads from The World Bank
Mozambique receives $110m grant for Rural Roads from The World Bank The World Bank approved today an International Development Association (IDA) grant of $110 million as additional financing to support the Government of Mozambique’s reconstruction efforts in the aftermath of the Cyclones Idai and Ke...
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CABEI and INCOFER agree to modernize Costa Rica’s rail network
CABEI and INCOFER agree to modernize Costa Rica’s rail network The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) signed a memorandum of understanding with the Costa Rican Railway Institute (INCOFER) with the aim of developing strategies for the definition of regional railway projects...
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EIB invests €100 million for environmentally friendly transport in Graz, Austria
EIB invests €100 million for environmentally friendly transport in Graz, Austria The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending €100 million to the City of Graz to finance the modernisation and expansion of its tram infrastructure. Part of the loan will also be invested in the renewal of the tram and...
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ADB finances $490m in India to Upgrade Madhya Pradesh Roads
ADB finances $490m in India to Upgrade Madhya Pradesh Roads The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $490 million loan as part of a $904 million public–private partnership (PPP) project to improve about 1,600 kilometres (km) of state highways and major district roads in Madhya Pradesh, India....
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ATG Access revolutionary Bridge Protection System delivers safety and security
ATG Access revolutionary Bridge Protection System delivers safety and security An innovative bridge protection system, which can withstand the force of a 7,500kg truck travelling at 30mph, is now available to protect pedestrians from vehicle ramming attacks. The Bridge Protection System has been dev...
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Wrekin innovative ClickLift saves time and disruption for manhole cover re-installations
Wrekin innovative ClickLift saves time and disruption for manhole cover re-installations LEADING designer, manufacturer and supplier of specialist products for the civil engineering industry Wrekin Products has created ClickLift ™ – an innovative product that saves new build developers and gr...
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Yotta’s Horizons to deliver Highways Asset performance reporting and valuation for Kent CC
Yotta’s Horizons to deliver Highways Asset performance reporting and valuation for Kent CC Yotta has announced it is delivering its visualised highways asset management software solution, Horizons and supporting services to Kent County Council. The announcement follows on from Yotta ‘s involve...
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SWARCO Traffic maintains quality standards with ISO certification
SWARCO Traffic maintains quality standards with ISO certification SWARCO Traffic Ltd, the traffic technology specialist, has achieved ISO 45001 accreditation for Occupational Health and Safety. The previous BH OHSAS 18001 was well integrated within SWARCO’s processes and procedures, enabling a smoot...
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New Level Best Grade Controls for John Deere skid steers and compact track loaders
New Level Best Grade Controls for John Deere skid steers and compact track loaders Helping compact equipment operators improve productivity and machine versatility, John Deere is pleased to add three new models, the PD-72 inch (1,829 mm), PD-84 inch (2,134 mm) and PD-96 inch (2,438 mm), to its refer...
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Medico Industries supporting Team Rubicon Flood Mitigation in Pennsylvania
Medico Industries supporting Team Rubicon Flood Mitigation in Pennsylvania CASE Construction Equipment dealer Medico Industries supported veteran-led disaster response organization Team Rubicon with equipment, including a compact track loader and mini excavator, to perform flood mitigation work alon...
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StreetLight Data and Siemens partner to prepare for EV Infrastructure deployment
StreetLight Data and Siemens partner to prepare for EV Infrastructure deployment StreetLight Data, the leader in Big Data analytics for mobility, along with Siemens ITS Digital Lab, a digital application center for Intelligent Traffic Systems, and Siemens Energy Business Advisory, the leader in stra...
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Hyundai accelerates Hydrogen technology development through strategic investments
Hyundai accelerates Hydrogen technology development through strategic investments Hyundai Motor Company announced key investments into three hydrogen technology companies – Impact Coatings, H2Pro and GRZ Technologies – to strengthen its leadership position in the global hydrogen fuel cell ecosystem....
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Cutting deaths and serious injury in highways construction with waste by-products
Cutting deaths and serious injury in highways construction with waste by-products Lung cancer and serious musculoskeletal injuries are still prevalent in the highways construction industry. But there is a solution to that could mitigate the risks, if not eradicate them altogether using waste by-prod...
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CPI Euromix eliminates mortar failure and wastage with Silo Mixing Station
CPI Euromix eliminates mortar failure and wastage with Silo Mixing Station With contractors under pressure to get the job done well, on budget and on time, boosting efficiencies on site is never going to be easy. The construction of modern buildings demands greater control than ever before, which is...
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Artificial Intelligence will shape the future of Transportation and Fleet Management
Artificial Intelligence will shape the future of Transportation and Fleet Management Fleet management is one of the areas that AI is disrupting. The growing need to put driver safety first without compromising cost or efficiency has led to the adoption of smart fleet management systems. For the aver...
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IRENA supports Luxembourg meeting to take Electromobility to the next level
IRENA supports Luxembourg meeting to take Electromobility to the next level The challenges and the opportunities of electrified transport systems were discussed at a Ministerial Conference on Electromobility recently held in Luxembourg. Supported by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)...
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ADB funds $195m for improvements to trade corridors in Nepal
ADB funds $195m for improvements to trade corridors in Nepal The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $195 million loan to improve the highway between Pokhara and Mugling in Nepal, which links Pokhara to Kathmandu and to the sub-regional corridors that connect Nepal with India and Bangladesh....
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South China Connected Auto and Smart Transport Expo – Castex 2020 announced
South China Connected Auto and Smart Transport Expo – Castex 2020 announced Today, at the Organizers Strategic Cooperation Agreement Signing Ceremony in Guangzhou, China, after months of intense preparations, the organization of CASTex 2020 (South China Connected Auto and Smart Transport Expo)...
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New EBRD Transport Strategy to promote sustainable and connected systems
New EBRD Transport Strategy to promote sustainable and connected systems The EBRD’s Board of Directors has approved a new Transport Strategy for the five years 2019-2024, refining the previous period’s Strategy to work in a more focussed way on emerging global green economy and climate targets in a...
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Orca Hub unveils AI and robotics research for offshore infrastructure work
Orca Hub unveils AI and robotics research for offshore infrastructure work A consortium of five universities, working with 35 industrial and innovation partners, has unveiled the latest results from its multimillion-pound Orca Hub (Offshore Robotics for the Certification of Assets) robotics research...
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Peterbilt Motors showcases a full line-up of Electric Trucks at the NACV Show
Peterbilt Motors showcases a full line-up of Electric Trucks at the NACV Show PACCAR is showcasing zero-emissions vehicles at the North American Commercial Vehicle Show (NACVS) that runs Oct. 28-31 in Atlanta. Peterbilt Motors Company will showcase its three electric vehicle configurations for refus...
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New Cat D5 Dozer delivers next gen performance and productivity-boosting tech
New Cat D5 Dozer delivers next gen performance and productivity-boosting tech The new Cat D5 Dozer offers superior performance and the broadest choice of easy-to-use technology features to help you get the most from your bulldozer. Nimble and responsive, it has power for dozing and finesse for gradi...
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Skyjack wins awards for bringing true Telematics value to the off-highway industry
Skyjack wins awards for bringing true Telematics value to the off-highway industry Skyjack unveiled its telematics solution, ELEVATE, in February 2018. Today, Skyjack’s telematics solution has won six awards throughout three different continents and is being shipped on 50% of machines leaving its fa...
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Manitou acquires majority stake in British equipment dealer Mawsley Machinery
Manitou acquires majority stake in British equipment dealer Mawsley Machinery The Manitou group, world leader in all-terrain material handling, announces the take over of a majority stake in its UK dealer Mawsley Machinery Ltd, based near Northampton, consecutive to the retirement of their main shar...
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German tree farm putting Volvo’s first electric compact wheel loader to the test
German tree farm putting Volvo’s first electric compact wheel loader to the test Leick Baumschulen is testing the first L25 Electric compact wheel loader from Volvo Construction Equipment, finding it to be a quiet, emission-free and easy-to-maintain addition to the tree farm and landscaping co...
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Hitachi forestry excavator offers speed and stability for Mivois Environment in France
Hitachi forestry excavator offers speed and stability for Mivois Environment in France French contractor Schmitt TP has invested in a Hitachi ZX135USL-6 forestry machine for environmental activities carried out by its subsidiary, Mivois Environment. Established in 2012, it specialises in cutting dow...
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Bath and NE Somerset Council turns to Yotta Alloy for street lighting maintenance
Bath and NE Somerset Council turns to Yotta Alloy for street lighting maintenance Technology company, Yotta has entered a three-year agreement to deliver its flagship connected asset management software solution, Alloy, and supporting services to Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) Council. The...
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Hyundai reveals their Truck Mobility Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Vision at NACV Show
Hyundai reveals their Truck Mobility Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Vision at NACV Show Hyundai Motor Company (HMC) today revealed two new concepts at the North American Commercial Vehicle (NACV) Show. Both concepts add product detail to its Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) 2030 Vision for wide-spread...
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EBRD and EU promote modern and ecologically friendly public transport in Ukraine
EBRD and EU promote modern and ecologically friendly public transport in Ukraine The city of Kherson in southern Ukraine with a population of approximately 300,000 is replacing its ageing fleet of trolley buses with a modern and ecologically friendly rolling stock and is the latest Ukrainian municip...
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Sweco explores energy-storage-as-a-service to cut carbon emissions
Sweco explores energy-storage-as-a-service to cut carbon emissions In a new report from Sweco, energy-storage-as-a-service is highlighted as a concept with potential to change the industry and cut carbon emissions. It entails making energy storage available to customers as a service against a monthl...
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Liebherr Betomat-type mixing tower covers the entire concrete logistics chain
Liebherr Betomat-type mixing tower covers the entire concrete logistics chain One of Austria’s most modern concrete mixing plants has been proving its worth since spring 2019. The Liebherr Betomat-type mixing tower was optimally adapted to customer requirements. With the new mixing tower, the...
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Claycrete II Soil Stabilizer increases stability of roads near rivers or flood Crossings
Claycrete II Soil Stabilizer increases stability of roads near rivers or flood Crossings World traveler and global road builder, Brian Jackman, invented and patented Claycrete II™ over 20 years ago. The chemical soil stabilizer has the potential to stabilize pavements by reacting with the cla...
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SOCOTEC undertakes works for major Welsh road improvement scheme
SOCOTEC undertakes works for major Welsh road improvement scheme SOCOTEC has taken on the role of principal contractor for ground investigation works along part of the A465 Heads of the Valleys Road Sections 5 & 6 (Dowlais Top to Hirwaun). This key route provides a strategic connection from cent...
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CABEI signs agreement with Korea Eximbank to promote electric mobility in Costa Rica
CABEI signs agreement with Korea Eximbank to promote electric mobility in Costa Rica The commitment between CABEI and Korea Eximbank involves joint work for the promotion of the Fast Passenger Train of the Greater Metropolitan Area of San José in Costa Rica and electrical sustainability in the regio...
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Africa Investment Forum is transforming the approach to infrastructure projects
Africa Investment Forum is transforming the approach to infrastructure projects Thanks to the Africa Investment Forum, for the first time in over half a century, traders and everyday commuters could travel from one half of the Gambia to the other in a matter of hours, instead of an entire day, or ev...
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MIT engineers develop a new way to remove carbon dioxide from air
MIT engineers develop a new way to remove carbon dioxide from air A new way of removing carbon dioxide from a stream of air could provide a convenient method of extracting C0² for use in manufacturing and agriculture, as well as a tool in the battle against climate change. The new system can work on...
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Costain awarded new contracts across the UK Highways sector
Costain awarded new contracts across the UK Highways sector Costain, the smart infrastructure solutions company, has been awarded a range of new highways contracts in the last quarter, totalling over £150 million. The projects awarded incorporate a mix of services from consultancy and digital techno...
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Sydney Metro proves to be Doka’s largest tunnelling civil works project
Sydney Metro proves to be Doka’s largest tunnelling civil works project The new Sydney Metro standalone railway will deliver 31 metro stations and more than 66 kilometres of new metro rail, revolutionising the way Australia’s biggest city travels. Doka supplies formwork engineering services, m...
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48 years in the recycled aggregates business
48 years in the recycled aggregates business In October 1970, a 17-year-old Mike Broad, fresh out of education at Wigan Grammar School, secured his first job with local, family-owned quarrying and aggregates business Gaskell Bros., based in Ashton-in-Makerfield. It was to be the only company he woul...
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ERA reports Europe’s equipment rental market continues to grow
ERA reports Europe’s equipment rental market continues to grow The European Rental Association (ERA) has launched the ERA Market Report 2019 and reveals for the year 2018, in the EU-28 and EFTA countries, equipment rental companies and other companies providing rental services generated a tota...
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Vermeer launches innovative XR2 Vacuum Excavator
Vermeer launches innovative XR2 Vacuum Excavator Vermeer continues to propel the utility industry forward with the introduction of a new advancement in hydro-excavation. The Vermeer XR2 vacuum excavator is the industry’s first vacuum excavator equipped with a shaker deck that separates liquids and s...
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Could concrete roads enable fast charging of electric vehicles
Could concrete roads enable fast charging of electric vehicles ‘Range anxiety’ is a major barrier to the widespread adoption of electric cars. Britpave, the infrastructure group, believes that concrete roads that charge electric vehicles as they pass over the road’s surface could be the answer. Incr...
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Clearview to launch first of its kind pedestrian and cycle counter at Highways UK
Clearview to launch first of its kind pedestrian and cycle counter at Highways UK With the Highways UK show fast approaching, Clearview Intelligence have been gearing up to showcase their new first of its kind pedestrian and cycle counter at the event. Taking place on November 6th and 7th at the NEC...
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British Construction firms fined £36m for breaking competition law
British Construction firms fined £36m for breaking competition law The British Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued three firms with fines totalling more than £36m for breaking competition law in supplying certain concrete drainage products for building projects. Following an investiga...
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Boels Rental invests €29 million for Europe wide JCB Hire Fleet
Boels Rental invests €29 million for Europe wide JCB Hire Fleet Leading European plant and tool hire company Boels Rental has placed its biggest ever order with JCB as it invests in a new machine fleet, all fitted with the latest telematics technology. Netherlands-based Boels Rental has placed an or...
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Gordon Bow Plant Hire invests in the future with Volvo Construction Equipment
Gordon Bow Plant Hire invests in the future with Volvo Construction Equipment Gordon Bow Plant Hire Ltd of Broxburn, West Lothian, has added ten new Volvo EC140E excavators for the very first time, as part of a significant £5M investment programme in its fleet rejuvenation and general operations. Th...
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BigChange mobile technology streamlining and protecting GAP Hire equipment
BigChange mobile technology streamlining and protecting GAP Hire equipment GAP Hire Solutions, the UK’s largest independent equipment hire company, has deployed a cloud-based mobile resource management system from Leeds-based BigChange. The system has boosted the efficiency of GAP’s operations by eq...
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Hyundai develops first machine learning Smart Cruise Control technology
Hyundai develops first machine learning Smart Cruise Control technology Hyundai Motor Group announced the development of the world’s first Machine Learning based Smart Cruise Control (SCC-ML), a technology that incorporates the driver’s patterns into its self-driving behavior, creating a custom expe...
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Are we doing enough to combat construction waste?
Are we doing enough to combat construction waste? As the effects on the world become too great to deny, we’re seeing more and more focus turning towards the level of waste produced globally. A widespread understanding that this isn’t sustainable has lead to various sectors looking for ways to addres...
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Modular construction can help to solve the UK housing crisis
Modular construction can help to solve the UK housing crisis Modular Construction is not a new concept, but has been used all around the world for decades. In the UK this method of construction has recently seen a resurgence in popularity, with both housebuilders and policymakers starting to realise...
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KB Group expands loader fleet with Hitachi Premium Rental in Amsterdam
KB Group expands loader fleet with Hitachi Premium Rental in Amsterdam The KB Group has expanded its fleet of Hitachi construction machinery with the delivery of two new wheel loaders – a medium ZW310-6 and large ZW370-6 – from Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM) Nederland. The Dutch company has fa...
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Hyundai CE Europe unveils a trio of Stage V compliant HL900 wheel loaders
Hyundai CE Europe unveils a trio of Stage V compliant HL900 wheel loaders Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe (HCEE) kick starts the HL900 A-series with three Stage V compliant wheel loaders: the HL940A, HL955A and the HL960A. The new A-Series is more than simply Stage V compliant Facing a continu...
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The Executive Hire Show gearing up for a great 2020 event
The Executive Hire Show gearing up for a great 2020 event The tool, equipment and compact plant hire industry continues to go from strength to strength according to reports from the organisers of the Executive Hire Show 2020 (5-6 February Ricoh Arena, Coventry). During the annual exhibitor ‘Kick-Off...
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JCB wins a major order for their new electric mini excavator from A-Plant
JCB wins a major order for their new electric mini excavator from A-Plant JCB has announced it has secured its biggest fleet deal to date for its brand new electric mini excavator – just weeks after going into full production. The 19C-1E models – JCB’s first-ever electric mini excavator...
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Bollinger Motors reveals 4 Door B1 and B2 Electric Trucks
Bollinger Motors reveals 4 Door B1 and B2 Electric Trucks Bollinger Motors revealed the four-door B1 all-electric Sport Utility Truck and the B2 electric Pickup Truck. These beta prototypes mark a major milestone in the company’s next steps toward production. The Bollinger B1 and Bollinger B2 are th...
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StripesnSigns on the fast track in East and Central Africa
StripesnSigns on the fast track in East and Central Africa StripesnSigns by Edgepoint Company Ltd, a construction company in Tanzania that began their operations in 2011 has won all 6 major Tanzanian Road Marking contracts in the financial year of 2019/2020. The contracts consist of Road Marking wor...
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