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KONE launches competition to connect almost anything to an elevator
KONE launches competition to connect almost anything to an elevator KONE, a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, is launching an open competition, KONE DX Experiments, to identify innovative new ideas on what to connect to KONE DX Class elevators. The mind, a wheelchair, a drone, a...
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CASE crawler excavators at work throughout Europe on demanding jobsites
CASE crawler excavators at work throughout Europe on demanding jobsites CASE Construction Equipment’s crawler excavators have recently been deployed across a diverse and challenging range of applications throughout Europe. The machines have been praised for their adaptability, efficiency, power and...
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Top five predictions for Information and Communications Technology in ASEAN
Top five predictions for Information and Communications Technology in ASEAN Enterprises across the ASEAN are reshuffling their Information and Communications Technology (ICT) priorities in 2020 to urgently address the COVID-19 impact. Against this backdrop, cloud, networking, mobility, communication...
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Liebherr new brake assistant reduces stopping distance for wheel loaders
Liebherr new brake assistant reduces stopping distance for wheel loaders Statistically speaking, accidents with wheel loaders occur most frequently when the machine operator reverses after a loading process. This reverse travel is particularly risky if people are located in the wheel loader’s operat...
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How Improved Data Communication can minimize the Spike in US Traffic Deaths
How Improved Data Communication can minimize the Spike in US Traffic Deaths The coronavirus pandemic has impacted so many aspects of our lives, but one of its most surprising consequences has been an actual decrease in roadway safety in the US. This decrease seems counterintuitive, considering fewer...
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Iteris unveils VantageCare for Smart Mobility Infrastructures
Iteris unveils VantageCare for Smart Mobility Infrastructures Iteris, a global leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, has announced that it has launched VantageCare™, a new managed service for smart mobility infrastructures operated by state and local transportation agencies. Van...
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Engineering a solution for Remote Working
Engineering a solution for Remote Working Like many other industries, the construction and engineering sector has been hit by coronavirus restrictions aimed at safeguarding public health. However, while many sectors curated the option for their staff to work from home when the government closed all...
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Curb Roller Manufacturing introduces custom drums for challenging concrete pours
Curb Roller Manufacturing introduces custom drums for challenging concrete pours Curb Roller Manufacturing, a world leader in shaped concrete roller screeds, makes challenging concrete pours achievable with specially designed custom drums. Leveraging the experience and success the company encountere...
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RetroTek retroreflectometer road marking scanning technology arrives in Australia
RetroTek retroreflectometer road marking scanning technology arrives in Australia Reflective Measurement Systems Ltd has launched the new RetroTek-D vehicle mounted road marking retroreflectometer in Australia and has already secured sales with the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) and appointe...
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VolvoCE delivers first Electric Compact machines ordered at bauma
VolvoCE delivers first Electric Compact machines ordered at bauma Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) and its local dealer Volvo Maskin are celebrating an important milestone in Norway’s long-term journey towards electrification and a more sustainable infrastructure. This week, longstanding cust...
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Topcon Positioning launching new podcast series for construction industry
Topcon Positioning launching new podcast series for construction industry Topcon Positioning Group announces the launch of the Topcon Talks Construction podcast series. The programming is designed to bring together a variety of guests offering unique perspectives on a wide range of topics impacting...
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Bosch puts its faith in AI and connectivity to protect people and the environment
Bosch puts its faith in AI and connectivity to protect people and the environment To improve people’s health and to protect our planet, Bosch is counting on AIoT, taking advantage of the possibilities offered by data, artificial intelligence, and the internet of things to benefit people and the envi...
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Highways England awards AECOM and Atkins places on concrete roads framework
Highways England awards AECOM and Atkins places on concrete roads framework AECOM, one of the world’s premier infrastructure consulting firm, today announced it has won a place on Highways England’s new Concrete Roads Framework, along with Atkins. The framework is part of Highways England’s five-ye...
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Sacyr wins engineering contract for Dahshour Gas Compression Station in Egypt
Sacyr wins engineering contract for Dahshour Gas Compression Station in Egypt Sacyr Fluor, a subsidiary of Sacyr Ingeniería e Infraestructuras, will be in charge of the engineering, the supply of materials and equipment, the technical assistance during the construction and the training for the expan...
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Raythink launches AR HUD for AR Intelligent Driving at CES 2021
Raythink launches AR HUD for AR Intelligent Driving at CES 2021 Raythink, the provider of the overall solution for the monitoring and display of vehicle-assisted driving, participated in the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) for the first time to showcase its latest wide-angle spatial imaging AR HUD s...
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The industries revolutionised by Smart Technologies
The industries revolutionised by Smart Technologies When we think about rapid developments in terms of wireless technology, we often automatically assume it’s in regard to telecommunications. However, with so many alternative industries taking advantage of the offerings that wireless technology and...
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Silentium Active Road Noise Cancellation technology rolls out
Silentium Active Road Noise Cancellation technology rolls out Silentium, a tech innovation company based in Israel and specialising in creating personal in-car sound environments, is ramping up global rollout of its Active Road Noise Cancellation (ARNC) technology after being selected by global auto...
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Kumho receives 2020 China Red Dot Design Award
Kumho receives 2020 China Red Dot Design Award Kumho has been honoured with a 2020 China Red Dot Design Award – the only tyre manufacturer to be so. The focus of the prize was the company’s Majesty 9 SOLUS TA93, a range-topping asymmetric summer tyre engineered specifically for the Chinese market. T...
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Womble Bond Dickinson explores navigating delay and disruption in 2021
Womble Bond Dickinson explores navigating delay and disruption in 2021 Against a backdrop of continued uncertainty due to the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic, and as the UK continues its journey as the first ever nation to exit the European Union, collaboration will continue to be key as...
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Philippi-Hagenbuch custom rear-eject hauler bodies increase safety and productivity
Philippi-Hagenbuch custom rear-eject hauler bodies increase safety and productivity The key to long-term success in any business is maximizing efficiency. For industrial operations, such as construction, aggregates and mining, achieving this might look more like a complex game of chess. The strategy...
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VolvoCE consolidates 35 tonne excavator segment with launch of EC350E
VolvoCE consolidates 35 tonne excavator segment with launch of EC350E The all-new EC350E from Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has been designed to perfectly bridge the performance profile of the company’s existing EC300E and EC380E excavator. The 35-tonne excavator is the go-to guy for gener...
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Harnessing remote drone technology for UK infrastructure will boost productivity
Harnessing remote drone technology for UK infrastructure will boost productivity Industries really don’t come any more mission-critical than infrastructure. Indeed, it is estimated that an average of $3.3 trillion in annual infrastructure investment is needed just to support current global growth r...
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RSP wins Suction Excavator Manufacturer of the Year by BUILD
RSP wins Suction Excavator Manufacturer of the Year by BUILD RSP have been awarded Suction Excavator Manufacturer of the year 2020 and the team are absolutely thrilled. RSP were approached by BUILD for their annual Construction & Engineering awards after the independent company identified them a...
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Econ Engineering steps up to fight potholes with increased Hotbox production
Econ Engineering steps up to fight potholes with increased Hotbox production Staff at the country’s leading manufacturer of gritters and snow ploughs are working around the clock making specialist vehicles to repair the near one million potholes blighting Britain’s roads. In order to keep up with de...
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CHAS urges positive action on mental health by the construction industry
CHAS urges positive action on mental health by the construction industry CHAS, the supply chain risk management expert, is urging construction companies to use Blue Monday 2021 as an opportunity to take positive action around mental health, including taking advantage of free resources such as the Li...
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Esh Construction completes affordable Housing projects in Yorkshire
Esh Construction completes affordable Housing projects in Yorkshire Esh Construction has worked in partnership with Yorkshire Housing to deliver more than 80 affordable homes across two developments totalling £11.4 million in Yorkshire. The first to complete was Bodmin Road, marking the first land-l...
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Mitigating Offshore Oil and Gas risks in the Gulf Coast with data
Mitigating Offshore Oil and Gas risks in the Gulf Coast with data In 2016, the US offshore oil and natural gas industries—which are heavily concentrated in the Gulf of Mexico— contributed 315,000 jobs and $30 billion to the US economy. These industries are lucrative, but they see their fair share of...
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How to properly maintain heavy construction equipment
How to properly maintain heavy construction equipment Heavy construction equipment is like Atlas of Greek mythology — the great titan holding up the sky, or in this case, doing all the heavy lifting for a particularly weighty industry. Each of these modern marvels needs regular maintenance to functi...
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Careers in Gaming are driving the next-generation of education
Careers in Gaming are driving the next-generation of education In 2016, the global video game market was valued at £113 billion. Today, that estimate stands at £126 billion and by 2027, the industry is expected to have a revenue forecast of £219 billion. That expected almost doubled growth in a deca...
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Britishvolt and Siemens UK collaborate on exclusive battery technologies
Britishvolt and Siemens UK collaborate on exclusive battery technologies Britishvolt, Britain’s foremost investor in battery technologies has announced that it has entered into an exclusive technology collaboration agreement with Siemens. The collaboration will see Siemens provide Britishvolt with a...
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ENWAY receives approval for Autonomous Sweepers on public roads in Singapore
ENWAY receives approval for Autonomous Sweepers on public roads in Singapore ENWAY, a Berlin-based software manufacturer for self-driving commercial vehicles and the Swiss sweeper manufacturer Bucher Municipal, along with other partners, been testing an autonomous sweeping solution for street cleani...
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ExceeD GPR and Locating in California uses new GPR Technology for Underground Utilities
ExceeD GPR and Locating in California uses new GPR Technology for Underground Utilities California based ExceeD GPR & Locating focuses on safely locating underground utilities. The company has carved out a successful niche by using state of the art equipment to help clients save time while reduc...
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Groupe Renault launches Møbilize brand dedicated to mobility and energy services
Groupe Renault launches Møbilize brand dedicated to mobility and energy services Groupe Renault has launched Mobilize, an all-new business venture targeting customers wishing to adopt more sustainable, shared forms of mobility. It will also address changing customer needs and will promote sustainabl...
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Forbes ranks Sterling Construction 15th of America’s Best Small Companies 2021
Forbes ranks Sterling Construction 15th of America’s Best Small Companies 2021 Sterling Construction has announced that the Company was ranked fifteenth on Forbes’ 2021 list of America’s Best Small Companies. Forbes complied its list of America’s Best Small-Cap Companies for companies with a market...
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Japan’s Innovation Community showcased at CES 2021
Japan’s Innovation Community showcased at CES 2021 The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) announced that 53 technology start-ups joined other global technology leaders in representing Japan at CES 2021. The number of Japanese start-ups exhibiting at this year’s J-Start-up Pavilion, whic...
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All Traffic Data acquires Traffic Research and Analysis
All Traffic Data acquires Traffic Research and Analysis All Traffic Data Services, a traffic data collection and analysis firm, recently announced that it has acquired Traffic Research & Analysis, Inc. and Intellisite Traffic Systems, LLC, a Phoenix-based provider of traffic data collection and...
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WeLink secures $185m funding to revolutionize Ultra-High Speed Wireless Broadband
WeLink secures $185m funding to revolutionize Ultra-High Speed Wireless Broadband WeLink, a rapidly-growing, next-generation fixed-wireless broadband provider, has announced a $185 million investment from Digital Alpha Advisors to expand to new markets across the United States. WeLink provides indus...
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HARMAN TBOT delivers future-ready 5G Vehicle Connectivity
HARMAN TBOT delivers future-ready 5G Vehicle Connectivity HARMAN, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., focused on connected technologies and solutions for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, has announced HARMAN Turbo Connect (TBOT), a new intelligent software agent t...
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Ntuple launches Railroad Ticketing System based in Google Maps in Korea
Ntuple launches Railroad Ticketing System based in Google Maps in Korea Ntuple, a Korean tech start-up that focuses on backend technology, announced that it launched the Korea railroad ticketing service ‘ga-G’ in Google maps. You can now book train tickets directly on Google Maps through ga-G, a sma...
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Geotab launches Geotab Energy to drive Electrification forward
Geotab launches Geotab Energy to drive Electrification forward With a commitment to sustainability, Geotab, a global leader in IoT and connected transportation, has unveiled Geotab Energy. Focused on the electric utility and electricity demand management market, Geotab Energy helps to bridge sustain...
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RoboSense SOP automotive solid-state LiDAR announced at CES 2021
RoboSense SOP automotive solid-state LiDAR announced at CES 2021 RoboSense officially announced the SOP version of the high-performance, automotive-grade, MEMS solid-state LiDAR RS-LiDAR-M1 at CES 2021. In the past five years of research and development, M1 has gone through dozens of iterations and...
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Innovation and technologies for a better future on show at CES 2021
Innovation and technologies for a better future on show at CES 2021 The first-ever, all-digital CES® 2021, owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® , opened its full digital experience to audiences around the world. Following a day of exclusive, media-only press conferences a...
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Raspberry Pi-Top robotics kit debuts at CES 2020
Raspberry Pi-Top robotics kit debuts at CES 2020 The highly versatile yet simple to use pi-top Robotics Kit was launched when the world’s largest tech event went online. Visitors around the globe watched a demo of pi-top’s brand new robotics toolset when they logged on to the ed-tech company’s virtu...
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GM launches BrightDrop to electrify the delivery of goods and services
GM launches BrightDrop to electrify the delivery of goods and services General Motors announced today a new business, BrightDrop, which will offer an ecosystem of electric first-to-last-mile products, software and services to empower delivery and logistics companies to move goods more efficiently. T...
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Sony unveils Airpeak drone at CES 2021
Sony unveils Airpeak drone at CES 2021 Today Sony launched the Airpeak brand with the goal to further develop today’s drone technology while achieving the utmost in value creation. As the first phase of this project, Sony will launch a new business targeted for professional photography and vid...
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Blickfeld launches new Automotive LiDAR Sensors at CES 2021
Blickfeld launches new Automotive LiDAR Sensors at CES 2021 LiDAR manufacturer Blickfeld will unveil its automotive LiDAR products for the first time at digital CES 2021. After commercially launching the industrial LiDAR “Cube 1” in 2020, the Munich-based company is now presenting its au...
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Skydio wins CES 2021 Best of Innovation Award for Drones and Unmanned Systems
Skydio wins CES 2021 Best of Innovation Award for Drones and Unmanned Systems Skydio, the leading U.S. drone manufacturer and world leader in autonomous flight, today announced that Skydio X2 has received the CES® 2021 Best of Innovation Award for Drones and Unmanned Systems. The announcement was ma...
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Velodyne Lidar looks at efficient, sustainable and safe transportation infrastructure
Velodyne Lidar looks at efficient, sustainable and safe transportation infrastructure Velodyne Lidar and University of Nevada, Reno’s Nevada Center for Applied Research today published a white paper that demonstrates lidar sensors’ ability to make transportation infrastructure more efficient, sustai...
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Tesla stock shot up 740 percent in 2020 and sold almost electric 500K cars
Tesla stock shot up 740 percent in 2020 and sold almost electric 500K cars Tesla has achieved meteoric growth in market value and stock price in 2020. Over the 12-month period, its market cap increased by over $500 billion year-to-date (YTD). According to the research data analysed and published by...
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Mabey Hire boosts their engineering excellence with key placements
Mabey Hire boosts their engineering excellence with key placements Renowned for its engineering excellence, Mabey Hire is dedicated to supporting and nurturing its talented workforce, while helping to inspire the next generation of engineers. As such, it is delighted to announce that it has strength...
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Sweco acquires Optiplan engineering and architecture consultancy in Finland
Sweco acquires Optiplan engineering and architecture consultancy in Finland Sweco has signed an agreement with the construction company NCC Suomi Oy to acquire Optiplan Oy, which has approximately 150 employees. The acquisition strengthens Sweco’s expertise in the area of designing sustainable and e...
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TourBox showcases the Ultimate Controller for Creators at CES 2021
TourBox showcases the Ultimate Controller for Creators at CES 2021 TourBox, the brand which has emerged in the global creative interaction field, this time brings their updated version based on TourBox original: TourBox Neo, with its optimized design and wider solution portfolio to the CES 2021. The...
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Panasonic introduces wireless mobile device charging for vehicles at CES
Panasonic introduces wireless mobile device charging for vehicles at CES At CES 2021, Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America (Panasonic Automotive) announced two variants of in-vehicle wireless charging technology (moving coil and static coil.) Both of these variants will provide efficient...
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Meet the PotholePro – JCB’s solution to tackle the scourge of potholes
Meet the PotholePro – JCB’s solution to tackle the scourge of potholes JCB has launched the PotholePro – a machine that can repair a pothole in less than eight minutes – four times quicker than standard methods and at half the cost of current solutions. It follows a vow from...
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Peterbilt 579EV Electric Truck conquers Pikes Peak
Peterbilt 579EV Electric Truck conquers Pikes Peak Peterbilt Motors Company was excited to announce that the Model 579EV is the first zero-emission, battery-electric, Class 8 truck to successfully reach the summit of Pikes Peak. This significant achievement demonstrates the superior performance of t...
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Mercedes EQS MBUX Hyperscreen driver assistant comes with artificial intelligence
Mercedes EQS MBUX Hyperscreen driver assistant comes with artificial intelligence Visually impressive, radically easy to operate and extremely eager to learn – the MBUX Hyperscreen is one of the highlights in the Mercedes EQS. It represents the emotional intelligence of the all-electric upper-...
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Amman benefits from EBRD Green Cities programme with new bus fleet
Amman benefits from EBRD Green Cities programme with new bus fleet The population of Amman will benefit from the introduction of a new bus fleet in the Jordanian capital thanks to its participation in EBRD Green Cities, the Bank’s pioneering urban sustainability programme. In a first Jordanian proje...
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CASE CE North America appoints Terry Dolan as New Head of Sales and Marketing
CASE CE North America appoints Terry Dolan as New Head of Sales and Marketing CASE Construction Equipment has introduced Terry Dolan as its new Head of Sales and Marketing for CASE in North America. Dolan is a longtime construction industry executive who previously worked in the CASE organization in...
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Eave construction hearing protection solutions chosen by VINCI
Eave construction hearing protection solutions chosen by VINCI Eave, a UK-based tech start-up which has developed a uniquely effective hearing protection system for construction workers, has partnered with VINCI through the Group’s prestigious Catalyst programme. Eave is one of just ten ‘cutting edg...
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Hong Kong showcasing solutions and technological breakthroughs at CES 2021
Hong Kong showcasing solutions and technological breakthroughs at CES 2021 Hong Kong innovation and technology expertise will be on vibrant display at CES 2021, with 22 of the region’s leading entrepreneurs and innovators exhibiting at the Hong Kong Trade Development Council’s (HKTDC) 44th annual Ho...
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