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Programmable droplets give insight into future materials technology
Programmable droplets give insight into future materials technology MIT researchers have developed hardware that uses electric fields to move programmable droplets of chemical or biological solutions around a surface, mixing them in ways that could be used to test thousands of reactions in parallel,...
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Hyundai’s compact 160D-9L heavy forklift perfect for heavy duty applications
Hyundai’s compact 160D-9L heavy forklift perfect for heavy duty applications Hyundai Construction Equipment newest all-round heavy-duty diesel forklift – the compact but powerful 160D-9L, fills the gap between the 160D-9 and 180D-9 and offers an increased load capacity, extra safety, cost-effe...
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Aebi MT750 ideally suited to the extreme conditions at Profen Mine in Germany
Aebi MT750 ideally suited to the extreme conditions at Profen Mine in Germany Need a vehicle to handle extreme inclines, water, mud, deep tracks and a deployment that will test any vehicle to its limits? The Aebi MT750 can handle even this test of endurance with ease. The implement carrier with box...
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Virginia DoT selects StreetLight Data for On-Demand Traffic Intelligence
Virginia DoT selects StreetLight Data for On-Demand Traffic Intelligence StreetLight Data, Inc., the mobility analytics company that brings real-world travel patterns to light, today announced the company has been selected by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to provide on-demand traf...
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Lightwater Quarries upgrades to Volvo L260H
Lightwater Quarries upgrades to Volvo L260H The first recently introduced Volvo L260H loading shovel to be sold in Great Britain has been delivered to Lightwater Quarries Ltd, North Stainley, near Ripon. As the Ripon-based aggregates business increases its production to around 600,000 tonnes per ann...
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It’s a smooth finish for huge multi-contract road project in New Hampshire
It’s a smooth finish for huge multi-contract road project in New Hampshire New Hampshire I-93 rehab benefits from gravity-fed asphalt paver It may sound a bit over-the-top dramatic, but the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) proclaims that the widening of a 20-mile segment of I...
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Expressions of Interest open to complete Australia’s M80 Ring Road
Expressions of Interest open to complete Australia’s M80 Ring Road The M80 Ring Road upgrade has reached another important project milestone, with Expressions of Interest now open to complete the remaining sections of the project. Federal Minister for Urban Infrastructure and Cities Paul Fletc...
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Manitou Group wins Equipment and Material Prize at the Intermat Innovation Awards
Manitou Group wins Equipment and Material Prize at the Intermat Innovation Awards The Manitou group, a world leader in rough-terrain handling, earned the “Equipment and Material” prize in the “Components and Attachments” category at the “Intermat Innovation Awards....
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Shell and ITM Power to build Electrolysis plant at Rhineland Refinery
Shell and ITM Power to build Electrolysis plant at Rhineland Refinery Shell and ITM Power will build the world’s largest hydrogen electrolysis plant at Rhineland refinery, Germany. With a peak capacity of 10 megawatts the hydrogen will be used for the processing and upgrading of products at the refi...
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Costain and Tarmac first to win prestigious national collaboration award
Costain and Tarmac first to win prestigious national collaboration award Costain and Tarmac are celebrating after winning a prestigious national award recognising the success of their long-term partnership in building best-practice collaboration across the supply chain. The companies scooped the Sup...
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Caterpillar develops electric proof of concept Load Haul Dump (LHD) Loader
Caterpillar develops electric proof of concept Load Haul Dump (LHD) Loader The Underground Mining group within Caterpillar Inc. has shipped a proof of concept battery electric LHD to a mine site located in Canada. The initial build and validation testing of this R1300G test unit began in early 2017...
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Moving Kiruna in Sweden – by the numbers
Moving Kiruna in Sweden – by the numbers Why the town of Kiruna is being moved and what makes it one of the most ambitious urban planning projects in the world. 1,3 billion euros The sum, in euros, the mining company LKAB estimates it will pay when the expansion of its iron ore mine forces ...
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How to make roads safer now and for the future
How to make roads safer now and for the future Operators across the road network from local authorities to national transport bodies, identify improving road safety as a top priority. With the number of people killed on Britain’s roads increasing from 1,730 in 2015 to 1,792 in 2016, the priority to...
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STRABAG to build rail tunnel in Canada
STRABAG to build rail tunnel in Canada STRABAG SE, the publicly listed European-based technology group for construction services, has had an infrastructure contract in Toronto awarded to its Canadian subsidiary. The scope of the work includes the construction of a 180 m long rail tunnel under Highwa...
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Volvo debuts renewed Road Product Line at World of Asphalt 2018
Volvo debuts renewed Road Product Line at World of Asphalt 2018 Volvo Construction Equipment will bring a significantly revamped road product line-up to World of Asphalt 2018, anchored by a trio of new compactors equipped with the latest intelligent machine control technology. “Over the past year Vo...
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3RD International Roads. Bridges and Tunnels Fair 2018
3RD International Roads. Bridges and Tunnels Fair 2018 Date: 3 – 6 October, 2018 Country: Turkey Location: Istanbul Congress Center , Harbiye Mahallesi, Darülbedai Caddesi No:3, 34367 Şişli/İstanbul, Turkey Website: www.road2tunnel.com Details: The 3rd International Roads, Bridges and Tunnels...
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SACYR awarded construction and operation of Waste Treatment Plant in Connecticut
SACYR awarded construction and operation of Waste Treatment Plant in Connecticut Sacyr, in partnership with the Manhattan Construction Group, has been selected as the preferred bidder for its second major contract in the United States, which will consist of the design, financing, construction and op...
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Spanish scrap recycler relies on versatile SENNEBOGEN Material Handlers
Spanish scrap recycler relies on versatile SENNEBOGEN Material Handlers As a family enterprise, the Spanish scrap metal recycling company Toferla S.L. has been growing steadily since 1953 by buying and selling scrap and metal. For their material handling, the company utilizes two SENNEBOGEN 825. Dur...
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STRABAG subsidiary ZÜBLIN starts construction of Germany’s first timber high-rise
STRABAG subsidiary ZÜBLIN starts construction of Germany’s first timber high-rise When completed, it will be the tallest timber building in Germany. The ten-storey SKAIO high-rise in Heilbronn, based on a design by Berlin-based architectural firm Kaden+Lager, is being built by Stadtsiedlung Heilbron...
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ADB finances three Infrastructure Projects in Cambodia
ADB finances three Infrastructure Projects in Cambodia The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed three project loan agreements with the Government of Cambodia to provide infrastructure support for road network improvement, provincial water supply and sanitation, and smallholder farmers developme...
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AECOM to provide site supervision services for Malaysia’s East Coast Rail Link project
AECOM to provide site supervision services for Malaysia’s East Coast Rail Link project AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, has been appointed by China Communications Construction Company to provide site supervision services for the stations, viaducts, tunnels and depots of...
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Contract awarded for $391.6 million M1 Pacific Motorway Upgrade in Australia
Contract awarded for $391.6 million M1 Pacific Motorway Upgrade in Australia Motorists will soon see major benefits as work commences on three major upgrades along the M1 Pacific Motorway following the award of the construction contract today. Federal Minister for Urban Infrastructure and Cities Pau...
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Zlompol celebrates 25th birthday with a SENNEBOGEN material handler
Zlompol celebrates 25th birthday with a SENNEBOGEN material handler Zlompol Sp.J., based in Tarczyn in Poland, has been handling scrap for 25 years. The company started off using classic earthwork diggers, moved on to material handlers, and is now using a modern SENNEBOGEN 8100 EQ balance material h...
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Valoriza wins €30m maintenance contract for lines 2 and 6 of Santiago Metro
Valoriza wins €30m maintenance contract for lines 2 and 6 of Santiago Metro Sacyr’s subsidiary, Valoriza Facilities, has won the contract to clean and maintain minor lines 2 and 6 of the Santiago de Chile Metro for €30 million. The contract includes the cleaning and maintenance of 32 stations...
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CIRIA welcomes the UK Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan
CIRIA welcomes the UK Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan CIRIA welcomes the UK Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan, and we are pleased that our work has contributed towards many of the goals identified in the plan. CIRIA has a long history of championing environmental issues and our collaborati...
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Highways England announces new contract for future road improvements
Highways England announces new contract for future road improvements Highways England has released details of a new type of contract – the Regional Delivery Partnership – for future major projects for England’s motorways and major A-roads. The new model will help the company to modernise, maintain a...
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New Mabey bridges to connect rural communities in Malaysia
New Mabey bridges to connect rural communities in Malaysia Leading bridge and engineering services specialist Mabey is installing five new Compact 200 (C200)™ bridges in Sarawak, the largest state in Malaysia. This will bring the total number of bridges Mabey and local distributor CT One will...
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Ammann Mini Paver proves a popular choice
Ammann Mini Paver proves a popular choice Customer reviews of the new Ammann mini paver continue to be positive, with contractors reporting the machines are ideal for small paving applications. “The AFW 150-2 always draws a lot of attention when it shows up on jobsites or tradeshows,” said Marcus Ut...
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Morgan Sindall and BAM Nuttall JV awarded €360m motorway upgrade contracts
Morgan Sindall and BAM Nuttall JV awarded €360m motorway upgrade contracts The Morgan Sindall and BAM Nuttall joint venture, (bm JV), has been awarded two contracts worth a total of approximately €360 million (£322 million) to deliver part of Highways England’s smart motorway programme. The first co...
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Noise barriers to be installed on M40 Motorway in England
Noise barriers to be installed on M40 Motorway in England Work on a highly anticipated £3.5 million plan to cut traffic noise for many people living along a section of the M40 in Buckinghamshire has begun. Highways England is installing new noise reducing barriers at eight locations along an 11.5 mi...
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Tunnel Boring Machines on the way to build Australia’s West Gate Tunnel
Tunnel Boring Machines on the way to build Australia’s West Gate Tunnel The biggest tunnel boring machine (TBMs) in the southern hemisphere are on their way to Melbourne, with an order now placed for the two massive machines that will build the West Gate Tunnel. They will be used to build Melb...
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Ammann introduces a new line of Asphalt Pavers
Ammann introduces a new line of Asphalt Pavers Ammann Group has launched a new, technologically advanced line of premium asphalt pavers. The machines excel in applications ranging from narrow paths to city streets to wide lifts for roadways and airports. “With this launch, Ammann shows its ongoing c...
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Access to all-weather roads allow Afghan Valley residents to flourish
Access to all-weather roads allow Afghan Valley residents to flourish It is mid-afternoon and the sun is beating down hard on the flourishing Parandi valley. The weather in the lengthy valley in the Bazarak district of Panjshir Province is torrid, keeping most of the inhabitants of its 12 villages i...
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VINCI Airports selected as best bidder for Belgrade Airport
VINCI Airports selected as best bidder for Belgrade Airport The Republic of Serbia and ANT (Airport Nikola Tesla) have selected VINCI Airports, the world’s fourth-largest airport operator, as preferred bidder for the Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport concession. The 25-year concession contract covers fi...
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ClearSpan pre-Engineered Structures the perfect solution for a fast start-up
ClearSpan pre-Engineered Structures the perfect solution for a fast start-up Sometimes, the less time that needs to go into designing a fabric building, the better for businesses looking to get a structure up and running. So, while ClearSpan Structures can be completely customized to fit the smalles...
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England’s A556 Green Bridge is a winter wonderland
England’s A556 Green Bridge is a winter wonderland Stunning new pictures of an innovative Green Bridge across the new A556 Knutsford to Bowdon bypass show how the project has literally taken root – providing a winter wonderland for mammals, birds and other creatures. The £1.15 million b...
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Caterpillar haulers retrofitted for Autonomous Operation at Marandoo Mine in Australia
Caterpillar haulers retrofitted for Autonomous Operation at Marandoo Mine in Australia Caterpillar and Rio Tinto have signed an agreement for retrofitting 19 Cat® 793F mining trucks for autonomous operation at the iron ore Marandoo Mine in Western Australia. Caterpillar will also install Cat Command...
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TSL Contractors value Excavator service support from VolvoCE
TSL Contractors value Excavator service support from VolvoCE The consistent quality of after-market support offered to Argyll based TSL Contractors Ltd by SMT GB’s local home based engineer backed up by the customer support centre at Stirling has prompted another order for a Volvo ECR235E reduced sw...
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IMSCAD partners with AMD to deliver graphics virtualization solutions
IMSCAD partners with AMD to deliver graphics virtualization solutions IMSCAD Global, a specialist IT services company, have announced today that they will be teaming up with AMD, a global leader in CPU and GPU technology, to deliver advanced solutions that simplify the transition to graphics virtual...
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Ammann releases new AFW 150-2 Mini Paver for bike lanes and walkways
Ammann releases new AFW 150-2 Mini Paver for bike lanes and walkways Ammann announces the release of the AFW 150-2 Mini Paver, a compact machine capable of paving at widths as narrow as 250 mm. The machine is ideal in applications such as bike lanes, sidewalks and garden walkways. The AFW 150-2 is a...
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DP Cold Planing takes delivery of a fleet of Caterpillar Cold Planers
DP Cold Planing takes delivery of a fleet of Caterpillar Cold Planers National road planing specialist, DP Cold Planing Limited, is the first business in the UK to take delivery of a number of new Cat® PM620 Cold Planers from Finning UK & Ireland. The new units, launched in 2017, will be immedia...
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Rail Baltica announces detailed technical design tenders for Estonia and Lithuania railway
Rail Baltica announces detailed technical design tenders for Estonia and Lithuania railway The first tenders for detailed technical design of the railway line in Estonia and Lithuania have been announced in the end of December, thus making one more step further in the project’s design phase. The joi...
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Liebherr LTM 1090-4.2 mobile crane a first for BMS
Liebherr LTM 1090-4.2 mobile crane a first for BMS Danish crane and heavy haulage contractor BMS took delivery of the very first LTM 1090-4.2 in mid-December 2017. Liebherr first unveiled the 90-tonne crane in March of the same year at the Conexpo in Las Vegas. The new 4-axle crane is extremely flex...
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STRABAG wins two more sections of S7 expressway in Poland for around €200m
STRABAG wins two more sections of S7 expressway in Poland for around €200m Two subsidiaries of STRABAG SE have been awarded the contract in Poland to design and build two sections of the S7 expressway north of Warsaw. The two orders have a total value of PLN 828 million, which is equivalent to appro...
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Monitors in Scotland inform local air quality management strategy
Monitors in Scotland inform local air quality management strategy In North Ayrshire, Scotland, monitoring activities have demonstrated that the main local air quality issues are related to traffic congestion caused by a section of the High Street in Irvine, which is being used as a bus terminus, and...
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R2T Global Expo 2018
R2T Global Expo 2018 Date: 7 – 9 November 2018 Country: USA Location: Las Vegas Convention Center 3150 Paradise Rd Las Vegas, NV 89109, USA Website: www.r2t.global/ Details: The Road2Tunnel Global Expo (R2T Global Expo) is the only international tradeshow of its kind dedicated to Road,...
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Toyota launches Mobility Ecosystem and Concept Vehicle at 2018 CES
Toyota launches Mobility Ecosystem and Concept Vehicle at 2018 CES Toyota Motor Corporation President Akio Toyoda launched a new mobility service business alliance and e-Palette Concept Vehicle designed to meet the demands of future multi-mode transportation and business applications. “The automobil...
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Volvo launches own range of rigid haulers
Volvo launches own range of rigid haulers Volvo CE is set to enter the rigid hauler market with a complete Volvo-branded range. Using the expertise of its Motherwell facility in Scotland, the range consists of four machines, starting at the 45-ton R45D and extending up to the flagship 100-ton R100E....
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Hill Engineering’s TEFRA Tilt is a strong contender in attachment market
Hill Engineering’s TEFRA Tilt is a strong contender in attachment market Newry based attachment manufacturer Hill Engineering introduced its TEFRA Tilt In 2014. The TEFRA Tilt is designed for customers who need the full functionality of a Tilt bucket but see the versatility of having the 180-degree...
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Volvo to bring autonomous electric buses to Singapore
Volvo to bring autonomous electric buses to Singapore Volvo Buses and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore have signed a cooperation agreement on a research and development program for autonomous electric 12-metre buses. The program is part of the Land Transport Authority of Singapore...
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Griffiths becomes part of Tarmac
Griffiths becomes part of Tarmac Tarmac, the UK’s leading building materials and construction solutions business, has announced that Griffiths, a successful and well-respected regional construction and surfacing business operating across Wales, the Midlands and South West England, has become part of...
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New exotic phenomena seen in photonic crystals
New exotic phenomena seen in photonic crystals Topological effects, such as those found in crystals whose surfaces conduct electricity while their bulk does not, have been an exciting topic of physics research in recent years and were the subject of the 2016 Nobel Prize in physics. Now, a team of re...
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Streetlytics powers hourly traffic map of the USA
Streetlytics powers hourly traffic map of the USA Citilabs’ Streetlytics Provides Comprehensive Movement Data on Every Road in the USA Leading mobility analytics solution provider Citilabs has released the first comprehensive map of traffic flow in the USA. Streetlytics leverages information f...
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Roadtec compact milling machines – manoeuvrable, flexible and versatile
Roadtec compact milling machines – manoeuvrable, flexible and versatile Some projects have small, tight spaces that require compact equipment with maneuverability. In these cases, contractors employ small dozers, mini-excavators, and compact track loaders. Add to that mix a small milling machi...
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Technology Key to Ammann Products Showcased at World of Asphalt
Technology Key to Ammann Products Showcased at World of Asphalt Ammann’s technologically advanced asphalt-related products will be featured at the 2018 World of Asphalt Show & Conference to be held March 6-8 in Houston. Ammann has had a strong presence in Europe and other parts of the world for...
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A day in the life of a Volvo Technician in Kiruna
A day in the life of a Volvo Technician in Kiruna Working in Kiruna, a Swedish mining town above the Arctic circle, puts special requirements on a technician. One day, Anton Laitamaa is a thousand meters underground and the next, servicing machines in the new centre. Outside, snow is falling, and be...
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The Wildlife Trusts releases guidelines call for homes, people and wildlife
The Wildlife Trusts releases guidelines call for homes, people and wildlife New guidelines published by The Wildlife Trusts today show how new housing developments can be built in a way that provides people with greener, inspirational homes which help to reverse decades of wildlife and habitat decli...
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Highways England announces new people centric road design principles
Highways England announces new people centric road design principles Highways England today renewed its focus on design with the launch of a set of design principles which will inform future road schemes – to ensure its roads better serve the people who use them and the environments through which th...
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Hitachi Sumitomo SCX800A-3 crawler crane allows extra flexibility for BRUN
Hitachi Sumitomo SCX800A-3 crawler crane allows extra flexibility for BRUN A Swiss contractor, GEBR BRUN AG, has invested in a new Hitachi Sumitomo SCX800A-3 to replace one of its existing crawler cranes. With a KH180-3 now being superseded by the latest model, the company’s fleet will remain at fiv...
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VolvoCE continues expansion of asphalt compactor lineup
VolvoCE continues expansion of asphalt compactor lineup The DD110C is the latest in a series of recent double drum asphalt compactor introductions from Volvo — offering the latest in advanced technologies that have the potential to drastically improve job quality, productivity and machine uptime. Wi...
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