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Do we still need to get our road maintenance ducks in a row?
Do we still need to get our road maintenance ducks in a row? Traditionally now is the time of the year when new Local Authority budgets have kicked in, the weather is good and road repairs and improvements can get underway. It’s always a bit of pain being stuck in roadwork traffic, but the nee...
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Metso invests €1 million to enhance their Lokotrack mobile crushing plant factories in Tampere
Metso invests €1 million to enhance their Lokotrack mobile crushing plant factories in Tampere The capacity of Metso’s Tampere factories in Finland will be increased and occupational safety improved with the new production line for Lokotrack mobile crushing plants. The investment of approximat...
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ACEecon compaction measurement system now available for Ammann Reversible Vibratory Plate Compactors
ACEecon compaction measurement system now available for Ammann Reversible Vibratory Plate Compactors Ammann’s proprietary ACEecon compaction measurement system is now available as an option on Ammann APR 4920 and APR 5920 Reversible Vibratory Plates. ARP 4920 and APR 5920 are the two largest models...
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Copart UK expands its JCB wheeled loader fleet to seventy
Copart UK expands its JCB wheeled loader fleet to seventy A COMPANY which runs one of the biggest fleets of JCB wheeled loaders in the world is increasing its size further with the addition of six newly-launched 417 models. Online salvage and non-salvage vehicle auction company Copart UK Ltd already...
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INRIX selected by US Federal Highway Administration for National Traffic Data
INRIX selected by US Federal Highway Administration for National Traffic Data INRIX, Inc., the world leader in connected car services and transportation analytics, today announced that its traffic data will be used by the United States Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and state and regional ag...
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Parsons awarded interchange projects in North Carolina, USA
Parsons awarded interchange projects in North Carolina, USA Parsons is pleased to announce that it has been selected by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to perform design services under a planning and design limited services contract for the I-26/US 74/NC 108 interchange impro...
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SENNEBOGEN expands into rental market with launch of SENNEBOGEN Vertriebs GmbH & Co KG
SENNEBOGEN expands into rental market with launch of SENNEBOGEN Vertriebs GmbH & Co KG SENNEBOGEN Rental & Used offers its customers an interesting portfolio of material handlers and cranes with its extensive rental park and attractive range of used machines. The company thus supports custom...
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Ammann unveils forward-moving Vibratory Plates
Ammann unveils forward-moving Vibratory Plates Ammann has released its new line of technologically advanced APF Forward Moving Vibratory Plate Compactors, primarily for European countries. The plates provide industry-leading compaction power, manoeuvrability, forward-moving speed and climbing abilit...
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USA milling contractor Costello Industries relies on Wirtgen recyclers
USA milling contractor Costello Industries relies on Wirtgen recyclers Costello Industries has been rehabilitating highways, streets and bridges since 1945. “The focus of our work is on safety, quality and productivity,” says Todd Nedzweckas, Operations Manager at Costello. “We specialize in milling...
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Site dumper safety tackled as JCB reveals new production plans
Site dumper safety tackled as JCB reveals new production plans JCB is set to bring new levels of innovation and safety to the site dumper market with the unveiling of a new concept seven tonne Hi-Viz model as the company announces plans to manufacture its own range of the popular product. The new Hi...
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JCB introduces a high-flow loader option to boosts 3CX compact backhoe loader’s versatility
JCB introduces a high-flow loader option to boosts 3CX compact backhoe loader’s versatility JCB is to make a high-flow auxiliary hydraulic circuit available for the 3CX Compact backhoe loader – delivering up to 120 litres/min of flow to power a range of loader-mounted attachments. In add...
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John Deere announces two G-Series Motor Graders and new tech features to the line-up
John Deere announces two G-Series Motor Graders and new tech features to the line-up John Deere is adding to its best-in-class G-Series motor grader line-up with the addition of two models — the 620G/GP and 622G/GP. On display at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017, the 620G/GP and 622G/GP are designed for cities,...
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Three finalists compete to win new John Deere G Series Loader
Three finalists compete to win new John Deere G Series Loader After receiving community project ideas from across the nation, John Deere has selected three finalists in its “Small Machines. Big Impact” contest who each have a chance to win a new G-Series skid steer or compact track loader (CTL) with...
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NETZSCH announces NOTOS™ Multiple Screw Pump for asphalt applications
NETZSCH announces NOTOS™ Multiple Screw Pump for asphalt applications NETZSCH Pumps North America, LLC, has announced its NOTOS™ Multiple Screw Pumps, ideal for a variety of asphalt applications. The versatile pump can be used for pumping everything from light fuel oil to viscous asphalt. It is an e...
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Heathrow Airport helps SMEs take off into a World of Opportunity
Heathrow Airport helps SMEs take off into a World of Opportunity Airport partners with Department for International Trade’s (DIT) ‘Exporting is GREAT’ Campaign to award 20 SMEs with grants to fund trade missions, trade shows and foreign market research ‘World of Opportunity Programme’ is open and ac...
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Briggs and Stratton builds on its decades long commitment to the Baja Collegiate Design Competition
Briggs and Stratton builds on its decades long commitment to the Baja Collegiate Design Competition Briggs & Stratton Commercial Power continues to strengthen its longstanding relationship with SAE International and the Baja Collegiate Design Competition. The company has been the exclusive provi...
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Heathrow ranks airlines’ emissions and night noise performance
Heathrow ranks airlines’ emissions and night noise performance For the first time, airlines’ emissions performance, as well as their noise performance, is now tracked publicly in a quarterly league table Unscheduled night flights operating between 11:30 pm and 4:30 am are taken into account in noise...
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Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline relies on Volvo Rotating Pipelayers
Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline relies on Volvo Rotating Pipelayers Turkish pipeline contractor FERNAS Construction employs Volvo PL4809D rotating pipelayers on the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) to bring Caspian gas from Azerbaijan through Turkey and onwards to Europe. Gas pipeli...
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Calming the bumpy road to speed compliance
Calming the bumpy road to speed compliance Speed bumps have long been the default solution for local authorities wishing to facilitate a reduction in speeding vehicles on certain sections of road, particularly in built-up areas. However, research by the Imperial College London has found that the lev...
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Allmand expands into portable air compressor market with Maxi-Air Portable Air Compressors
Allmand expands into portable air compressor market with Maxi-Air Portable Air Compressors Allmand Bros. Inc., a subsidiary of Briggs & Stratton Corporation and long-time manufacturer of high-performance portable equipment, expands its product offerings into the portable air compressor market. T...
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Spain receives €217m loan from EIB for growth, transport and employment in the Junta de Andalucía region
Spain receives €217m loan from EIB for growth, transport and employment in the Junta de Andalucía region The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted the Junta de Andalucía a EUR 217 million loan for financing investment in different sectors of Andalusia’s economy with the aim of boosting growth a...
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Timor-Leste: A safer highway means a better cup of coffee
Timor-Leste: A safer highway means a better cup of coffee Coffee is a central part of Timor-Leste’s economy and culture. Yet Timor-Leste’s coffee industry has been hampered by poor transport infrastructure. The 110 kilometre Dili to Ainaro road rehabilitation will improve the lives of coffee farmers...
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20 million Africans benefit from transport and ICT projects financed by AfDB in 2016
20 million Africans benefit from transport and ICT projects financed by AfDB in 2016 Transport and information and communication technology (ICT) projects financed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) in 2016 would have a positive impact on the living conditions of close to 20 million Africans ove...
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HAMM celebrates more than 35 years of oscillation
HAMM celebrates more than 35 years of oscillation Part 1: Tried and tested solutions for asphalt and earthwork Over 35 years ago, HAMM became the first roller manufacturer to offer an oscillation drum for tandem rollers. In the meantime, this technology has become an integral part of the product pro...
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AGD Systems wins British Brazilian export award
AGD Systems wins British Brazilian export award AGD Systems, a leading UK manufacturer of ITS product solutions, including traffic radar, was listed as one of the top 20 export partners to Brazil in the prestigious Foreign & Commonwealth Office Department for International Trade British Brazilia...
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Talbert Manufacturing releases 50-ton trailer with built-in winch
Talbert Manufacturing releases 50-ton trailer with built-in winch Talbert Manufacturing, a North American leader in specialized heavy-haul solutions, introduces its 50-Ton Bus Hauler (50CC-BH) trailer that gives customers enhanced versatility. Talbert designed the trailer with an in-deck winch so us...
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Hitachi’s ZW310-6 wheel loader wins MinERALiX on-site competition
Hitachi’s ZW310-6 wheel loader wins MinERALiX on-site competition German recycling and demolition waste company MinERALiX has purchased a large-capacity Hitachi wheel loader for one of its facilities located to the west of Weingarten (Baden) in southern Germany. The Gaggenau-based company orde...
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Volvo CE’s Building Tomorrow focuses on renewable energy
Volvo CE’s Building Tomorrow focuses on renewable energy Illustrating how construction is helping make the world a better place, the third episode of Volvo CE’s ground breaking brand campaign, ‘Building Tomorrow’ blows into a remarkable wind farm project in South Africa. Despite abundant natur...
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Van Dalen Metals Recycling upgrades with SENNEBOGEN equipment and technology
Van Dalen Metals Recycling upgrades with SENNEBOGEN equipment and technology The Dutch scrap recycling company Van Dalen Metals Recycling & Trading in Moerdijk has been using two new SENNEBOGEN 835 Mobile material handlers since early 2016. The family-owned enterprise founded in 1947 now operate...
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Ethiopia releases procurement notice for expressway consultancy development support
Ethiopia releases procurement notice for expressway consultancy development support The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has applied for financing in the amount of US$355million equivalent from the World Bank towards the cost of the Ethiopia Expressway Development Support Project (Project ID...
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Manitou unveils two new rotating telehandlers, the MRT 3050 and MRT 2470
Manitou unveils two new rotating telehandlers, the MRT 3050 and MRT 2470 The Manitou group introduced its new rotating telehandlers, the MRT 3050 and MRT 2470, at a relatively unexpected presentation. In front of an audience of 200 people gathered at the Group’s headquarters, the marketing tea...
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Britain’s oldest digger driver gets a special birthday treat
Britain’s oldest digger driver gets a special birthday treat One of the UK’s oldest digger drivers is turning heads on building sites after his boss ordered him a brand new limited edition JCB to mark his 70th birthday. John Storey has been operating diggers for more than 45 years and despite...
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Manitou Group presents its new backhoe loader at the first edition of Intermat Asean
Manitou Group presents its new backhoe loader at the first edition of Intermat Asean Manitou Group, a world leader in all-terrain material handling, is taking part in the Intermat ASEAN trade show for construction and infrastructure. For the inaugural edition of Intermat in Southeast Asia, the group...
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First railless train unveiled in Zhuzhou, China
First railless train unveiled in Zhuzhou, China The world’s first railless train unveiled in Zhuzhou, Central China’s Hunan province on 2 June 2017. The 30-meter train, with three carriages, is part of the intelligent rail express system by the developer, and runs on rubber tires rather...
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Austrian Doka Ventures starts with mobile 3D construction printing on an industrial scale
Austrian Doka Ventures starts with mobile 3D construction printing on an industrial scale Doka Ventures, a subsidiary of Austria’s Umdasch Group, is joining forces with inventor of deployable 3D construction printing Behrokh Khoshnevis. His company will start delivering the first series-ready...
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GSB-88 Gilsonite-based Emulsified Asphalt Seal Coat delivers 400% ROI
GSB-88 Gilsonite-based Emulsified Asphalt Seal Coat delivers 400% ROI GSB-88® Sealer/Binder Emulsion from Salt Lake City, Utah-based Asphalt Systems, Inc.® (ASI) is a gilsonite-based emulsified asphalt seal coating product that has demonstrated in numerous studies to not only add years of life to as...
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Rachel Contracting relies on Volvo excavators for tactical takedowns
Rachel Contracting relies on Volvo excavators for tactical takedowns Things are looking up for Minnesota-based Rachel Contracting, thanks to a Volvo EC700CHR high reach excavator that is hard at work on a giant downtown demolition project. St. Paul, one-half of Minnesota’s twin cities rose from the...
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European Investment Bank signs €80m loan to finance research into environmentally friendly refuse lorries
European Investment Bank signs €80m loan to finance research into environmentally friendly refuse lorries The European Investment Bank (EIB) will grant EUR 80m in financing to Urbaser for its investments in research, development and innovation (RDI) and the renewal of its urban refuse collection lor...
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ASV RT-120 Compact Track Loader delivers size, power and versatility for tough applications
ASV RT-120 Compact Track Loader delivers size, power and versatility for tough applications ASV Holdings Inc., an industry-leading manufacturer of high-performance compact track loaders and skid steers, features the largest and most powerful compact track loader in the industry: the large-frame, rad...
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Parsons’ I-80 SMART Corridor Project named operational efficiency project of the year
Parsons’ I-80 SMART Corridor Project named operational efficiency project of the year Parsons recently accepted the “Operational Efficiency Project of the Year” award from the California Transportation Foundation (CTF) for the I-80 SMART Corridor Project that uses Parsons’ Intelligent Tr...
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ProCon Partners on route for bumper year with a share of £2.4 billion Highways England contracts
ProCon Partners on route for bumper year with a share of £2.4 billion Highways England contracts ProCon Partners, the leading project controls consultancy, has won a series of projects with Highways England to ensure the smooth delivery of smart motorway installations across England. The five projec...
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Mabey celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Bailey Bridge
Mabey celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Bailey Bridge Leading bridge and engineering services specialist Mabey is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the iconic Bailey Bridge. As an original manufacturer, Mabey is calling for the first Bailey Bridge manufactured, which still stands in Rotherham...
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How to get your road users out of a jam by reducing congestion around roadworks
How to get your road users out of a jam by reducing congestion around roadworks Roadworks, tailbacks, traffic jams, delays… all words that we hate to hear when we are planning a getaway during the bank holiday weekend or school holidays. With the number of vehicles on the road continuing to rise, mo...
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Oldcastle Precast bridge projects win design excellence awards
Oldcastle Precast bridge projects win design excellence awards Oldcastle Precast’s Skilton Road Bridge Rehabilitation and Interstate-10 Tex Wash Bridge Emergency Replacement Projects were recipients of Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute’s (PCI) 2016 Design Excellence Awards. During the 54th annu...
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New John Deere severe duty forklifts tackle heavy lifting
New John Deere severe duty forklifts tackle heavy lifting Pallet forks are staple attachments when it comes to getting more versatility and productivity from compact equipment, and now, John Deere has an option for material-handling jobs of every scale with the new severe-duty pallet forks, the late...
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Aquajet introduces the powerful Aqua Cutter 710V robot for heavy-duty hydro-demolition
Aquajet introduces the powerful Aqua Cutter 710V robot for heavy-duty hydro-demolition Aquajet Systems AB, a global leader in hydro-demolition machine manufacturing, introduces its farthest-reaching unit, the Aqua Cutter 710V hydro-demolition robot. It’s the largest of its kind and offers exceptiona...
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Hyperloop One reveals vision for Europe with 9 routes spanning the continent
Hyperloop One reveals vision for Europe with 9 routes spanning the continent Hyperloop One is offering Europe’s transport infrastructure an option that is more efficient, Greener, on-demand and faster. Executives from Hyperloop One joined European dignitaries and policymakers today at its Vision for...
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Tillicoultry Quarries in Scotland chooses flexibility and quality with a new Metso mobile jaw crusher
Tillicoultry Quarries in Scotland chooses flexibility and quality with a new Metso mobile jaw crusher Tillicoultry Quarries‘ Northfield quarry in Scotland recently received its Metso Lokotrack® LT120(TM) mobile jaw crusher plant through Garriock Bros. Ltd., Metso’s official dealer in Sco...
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Volvo Construction Equipment helping to shape the future at Elmia Wood
Volvo Construction Equipment helping to shape the future at Elmia Wood Volvo Construction Equipment, Volvo Penta, and Volvo Trucks – are joining forces to show that they provide an all-round offer for forestry customers, at Elmia Wood international forestry trade fair in Sweden. With access to a str...
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8 Free Geographic Information System (GIS) Readers
8 Free Geographic Information System (GIS) Readers The construction industry has been using Geographic information Systems for many years and in many countries is mandatory on Government projects. GIS are basically data about a project’s location, combined with and including features such as b...
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Mabey achieves BIM Level 2 Certification for Design and Construction
Mabey achieves BIM Level 2 Certification for Design and Construction Leading bridge and engineering services specialist Mabey today announces that its UK Hire business has achieved BIM Level 2 certification for Design and Construction. This certification from the British Standards Institution (BSI)...
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Construction cleaning up its act for World Environment Day
Construction cleaning up its act for World Environment Day June 5th marks World Environment Day, the most globally recognized day for communal climate action. Coordinated by the United Nations (UN), the annual event encourages the celebration of environmentally sustainable solutions – an area of par...
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African Development Bank funds US$829 Million for Songwe River Basin Program in Malawi and Tanzania
African Development Bank funds US$829 Million for Songwe River Basin Program in Malawi and Tanzania Malawi and Tanzania have agreed to work together for the development of the Songwe River Basin Program (SRBDP). This follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between both parties at a cere...
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Chicago Pneumatic expands into Australia with Genelite partnership
Chicago Pneumatic expands into Australia with Genelite partnership Chicago Pneumatic has partnered with Genelite, one of Australia’s largest independent manufacturers, suppliers and distributors of generators and associated products, in an exciting new distribution arrangement for its range of...
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Balfour Beatty joint venture secures US$257 million water park project in Hong Kong
Balfour Beatty joint venture secures US$257 million water park project in Hong Kong Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces that its joint venture, Gammon Construction, has won a HK$2 billion (c. £200 million) contract to create Hong Kong’s first year-round, all-weath...
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Snøhetta Reimagines Willamette Falls in Oregon, USA
Snøhetta Reimagines Willamette Falls in Oregon USA Willamette Falls is the second largest waterfall by volume in the United States. For over a century, the breathtaking site has been cut off from public access by industrial infrastructure built along the water’s edge. Snøhetta is leading the design...
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John Deere announces plans to acquire the Wirtgen Group
John Deere announces plans to acquire the Wirtgen Group Deere have just announced plans to acquire the Wirtgen Group, the global leader in road construction equipment. A conference call for investors regarding the transaction is to be held at 10 AM ET on June 1, 2017. “The acquisition of the W...
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University of Twente studies enhanced paving quality delivered by Vögele’s Asphalt PowerFeeder in South Africa
University of Twente studies enhanced paving quality delivered by Vögele’s Asphalt PowerFeeder in South Africa A job site in South Africa has demonstrated that the VÖGELE MT 3000-2 Offset PowerFeeder improves pavement quality. Proof comes from the University of Twente, Netherlands, which monit...
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Land reclamation in Dubai relies on precise sea wall positioning down to the nearest millimetre
Land reclamation in Dubai relies on precise sea wall positioning down to the nearest millimetre Dubai is growing and growing, so every meter counts as potential new building ground – land reclamation is an important objective. Bilal Transport uses a SENNEBOGEN 880 EQ to position stone blocks w...
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Atlas Copco adds three new LED models to HiLight tower range
Atlas Copco adds three new LED models to HiLight tower range Atlas Copco has expanded its HiLight tower range with the launch of three new advanced LED plug-and-light models: the P2+ together with the V2+ and V3+, which can all be powered directly from an auxiliary power source, the grid or a portab...
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