Council reaches its common position – Czech Presidency to lead negotiations with Parliament Conformity assessment procedures: Council improves Commission proposal Criteria and timeline related to modification of Annex I remain inconsistent and must be improved Industry calls for maximum transparency by legislators in the trialogue process The Committee of Permanent …
Read More »Five Excavator Technologies to Improve Your Bottom Line
MILWAUKEE – While technology has been enhancing excavator performance for more than a decade, end-user demand for certain features has accelerated in the past few years. We talked with leading manufacturers to get their take on those innovations that provide the typical construction company with the best bang for the …
Read More »When it Comes to Safe and Sustainable Infrastructure, Better Won’t Arrive Out of the Blue
MILWAUKEE – If you are not trying to do something different, are you really doing anything at all? It’s been almost eight years since the Georgia Legislature dedicated a stretch of highway in the southwestern part of the state to Ray C. Anderson, founder of Interface, the first company in the …
Read More »UK Imports and Exports of Construction and Earthmoving equipment – Q1 2022
Summary In the first quarter of 2022, imports and exports of construction and earthmoving equipment both recorded very high levels of trade, but showed different patterns compared with the previous quarter. Imports showed an exceptional 54% increase on the previous quarter and matched the “record” quarterly level seen in Q2 …
Read More »Suneeta Johal CEO of the CEA (Construction Equipment Association) Response to the Spring Statement
“This mini-budget was an opportunity for Rishi Sunak to take significant action to help businesses to minimise the impact of rising inflation, which is at a 30-year high and continues to rise. This Spring Fiscal Statement comes at a critical time for manufacturing in the UK – and as expected …
Read More »European construction equipment industry staged a grand comeback in 2021
CECE releases its Annual Economic Report & tailor-made video 2021 was the year of recovery and comeback, 2022 started with a very positive perspective The CECE Business Climate Index is at optimistic levels in early 2022 Performance 2021 The CECE Annual Economic Report shows that the demand for construction equipment …
Read More »Enhancing Collaboration and Trade relations in Construction Machinery between Europe and India
CECE President Alexandre Marchetta and ICEMA President Dimitrov Krishnan have signed today a Memorandum of Understanding extending the cooperation between the two continental organisations. The signature was announced at the end of the first of its kind CECE-ICEMA Summit held yesterday virtually. Memorandum of Understanding The Memorandum of Understanding extends …
Read More »31ST Edition of Samoter now Scheduled 3-7 MAY 2023
The Veronafiere event will focus on construction machinery of the future: h2m and m2m technologies, efficiency, safety and sustainability. The road map of run-up events in 2022 gets going with a new SaMoTer Day appointment in Rome. Verona, 23 February 2022 – The dates for SaMoTer as an attended show at Veronafiere have been …
Read More »Construction equipment industry stands on solid ground
Turnover in 2021 compensates for pandemic-related dip 2022 turnover expectations muted due to supply chain disruptions Most important markets still the USA, Europe and China Frankfurt am Main, 17 February 2022 – The order intake in the construction equipment industry allows manufacturers with production sites in Germany to look forward …
Read More »UK Construction equipment sales showed a 48% increase in 2021 compared with 2020
Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment maintained their strength in the final quarter of 2021, and showed an increase of just under 18% compared with Q4 2020. As a result, sales for the whole of 2021 finished the year at 48% above 2020 levels, reaching over 36,000 units for …
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