“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 …
Read More »Win the Talent War by Employing These Effective Recruitment Tips and Strategies
By Julie Davis, Senior Director of Workforce Development, Association of Equipment Manufacturers MILWAUKEE – “There is a war for the most talented, dependable people to join your team versus someone else’s team.” That’s how national career search and talent acquisition expert Chris Czarnik began his “Best Practices in Employee Retention …
Read More »CESAR Reach Half-Million Landmark
The Official CESAR (Construction Equipment Security and Registration) Scheme has reached a major milestone in its rollout across the construction plant and agricultural machinery industry. In November this year, the 500,000th machine fitted with the security marking system rolled off the production line. CESAR scheme, powered by Datatag and owned …
Read More »Good Cop Bad Cop – the CEA looks at the forthcoming COP26 Climate Summit
As world leaders gather for the crucial climate summit – COP26,the CEA is committed to supporting its members on the journey to achieving net zero in the UK by 2050. Many of our member companies have already started their own roadmaps for reducing carbon emissions, however, it will be a …
Read More »An Opportunity Missed – Budget response CEA
An Opportunity Missed. Following Rishi Sunak’s Budget and Spending Review Announcements yesterday, Suneeta Johal CEO, CEA (Construction Equipment Association) comments: “The Chancellor’s pledge to invest in our economic infrastructure, innovation and skills were welcomed by the CEA…… but there were many missed opportunities to help the manufacturing sector. The government …
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