One Call Hire like to live up to their name by providing the customer with a plant hire solution and they are well placed to maintain this objective with over 3,000 machines in the hire fleet, national coverage with 23 depot locations in all the major population centres and 40 …
Read More »Volvo parks up in Qatar
Al-Princess construction & Quarry (ACQ), was contracted to excavate 99,000 m3 of earth to pave the way for the West Side Park project in Qatar. Qatar's ever expanding capital of Doha, is located on the coast of the Persian Gulf and home to an area devoted to research and education …
Read More »The European construction industry is still a world leader despite the crisis
CECE presents a 10-point manifesto to the European Parliament to support the sector: the aim is to get the continental market going again The crisis in the construction market, and the consequent negative effects on the related machinery industry, seems only to affect Europe. This is one of the most …
Read More »Pipeline work starts to flow in Canada
Surerus Pipeline Inc. is working at the Long Lake Kinosis project installing three 10km pipelines, two of which use thermal traced technology, using Volvo construction equipment. Just south of Fort McMurray, 60 km west of the Saskatchewan border, the province of Alberta is recognized as the oil capital of Canada. …
Read More »GreenMech – Preview for Executive Hire Show
Over the last two decades, GreenMech has revolutionised the world of wood chippers and green waste shredders with innovations in design and technology. Within the ever expanding range of products, the company’s Arborist and ArbTrak 150 wood chippers finds a niche in the hire market. Visitors to the Executive Hire …
Read More »Martin Weissburg new President of Volvo CE
Martin Weissburg, 51, has been appointed new President of Volvo Construction Equipment. Weissburg is currently President of the Volvo Group’s customer finance company, Volvo Financial Services, VFS, and a member of the Group Executive Team. He will assume his new position on January 1, 2014, and replaces Pat Olney. Martin …
Read More »Indian coal giant depends on Volvo
More than a hundred Volvo machines are working at the biggest open cast coal mine in Asia. Korba is the industrial hub of Chhattisgarh state and the power capital of Central India. Its landscape plays host to a number of giant power projects, but its show piece – the Gevra …
Read More »TEREX FINLAY LAUNCH NEW I-100RS IMPACT CRUSHER.
The NEW Terex® Finlay I-100RS direct drive ø860mm x 860mm (Ø34” x 34”) horizontal impact crusher with variable speed gives operators unprecedented levels of fuel efficiency and production in both recycling and quarrying applications. The robust and proven Terex chamber gives excellent reduction ratios and high consistency of product shape. …
Read More »Rolling out concrete plans with Volvo
Tennessee based highway contractor, Robert Smith Inc., recently laid more than 49,000 m2 of compacted concrete at a Jack Daniels distillery site. The official nickname for Chattanooga in the USA is the Scenic City – reinforced by the city’s growing reputation as a haven for all kinds of outdoor activity. …
Read More »Anyone got a (tonne of) nickel?
Nickel Asia Corporation is one of the world's largest producers of limonite nickel. Its four mines in the Philippines extracts over 60 million tonnes of nickel a year – with help from Volvo construction equipment. The L150G-Series stands tall and proud, ready to work Lying between the South China …
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