MILWAUKEE (May 14, 2020) — It was right around the time of the Chinese New Year that Paul Reitz knew he had a serious problem on his hands. Titan International’s China-based employees had just taken three weeks off to participate in New Year festivities, and word began to surface that a …
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Building on Mars
Extraterrestrial life fascinates us all; we look up in the sky and imagine the world out there. Many questions arise and then we get busy in our daily life with unanswered queries. All of us have heard stories, watched movies, and read fiction novels about extraterrestrial life. Hollywood movies strengthen …
Read More »AEM Webinars Tackle COVID-19’s Economic Impact on Ag, Construction
MILWAUKEE – (May 11, 2020) — In an effort to support its members as they continue to navigate COVID-19, AEM is pleased to offer a pair of informative webinars to provide timely, relevant and impactful information during these challenging times. The webinars are set to take place in the coming days. …
Read More »Modernisation and Expansion on the Gold and Silver Mining Sector in Latin America
Mining is one of the main sectors boosting Latin American countries. Perú, Mexico and Brazil’s economic growth in recent years due to one of the highest percentages of foreign investments, showing stable growth over the past 20 years. Latin America is an emerging economy in a diversity of sectors, but …
Read More »RK Plant Engineers set new heights with GKD
Established in 2015, Stockport based RK Plant Engineers is a family business run by father and son team, Ryan and Kenny Andres, who together have over 30 years’ experience in the rail and construction sectors. The company specialises in installing machine control and safety products including Rated Capacity Indicators, Height …
Read More »Encarna invests in Hyundai Material Handling and expands its forklift training courses
Encarna Formation specialises in operator training for a wide range of construction machinery, which includes, forklift operators and truck mounted aerial platform drivers. The company, which began trading in 2012, has recently relocated from Albertville in the French department of Savoie to the Tétrapôle, commercial centre at Tournon, also in …
Read More »THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY = GOOD BUSINESS
How do we go from society’s current ‘take-make-waste’ linear approach to a circular economy that reuses resources and leaves no waste – but still fosters prosperity? Volvo CE’s Nele Van Campfort describes the construction equipment industry of the future… For almost 200 years the company I work for – Volvo …
Read More »Introducing Trime’s X-MIST ST 300 personal sanitising tunnel
With the current requirement to extensively sanitise exposed skin and clothes, Trime, a leading manufacturer of environmentally centred equipment, have designed and developed a unique automatic sanitising access control tunnel. Their X-Mist ST300 is an easily transportable walk-through sanitising tunnel which automatically sprays a fine mist of water-based hypoallergenic nebulised …
Read More »CEA survey results – understanding the impact of Covid-19 on production and employment
Last week the CEA (Construction Equipment Association) conducted a “snapshot survey” of its members to establish how the current crisis is impacting on members’ activities. The survey asked about production and employment during the current COVID-19 pandemic. The results of the survey revealed that 10% of respondents reported that their …
Read More »Construction equipment sales fell by 22% in Q1 2020
Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment in the UK market fell by 21.8% in the first quarter of the year compared with the same quarter in 2019. The pattern of monthly sales during Q1 shows that the impact of the Covid-19 crisis in March caused a sharp fall. Equipment …
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