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SARL Maurice Vesselle, a family run wine producing business, had been considering for a long time the idea of getting a crawler excavator for work in the vines in the Champagne region. They had to convert an existing machine so that it could pass over the top of the vines. …

Leif Magnusson of CLAAS is AEM Chair MILWAUKEE (November 5, 2015) – The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) announces its 2016 officers as well as directors elected to the AEM Board of Directors and AG and CE Sector Boards. AEM Officers for 2016 are: Chair Leif J. Magnusson, President, CLAAS …

Nigeria has Africa’s largest economy and, driven by its natural resources and growing population, it’s continuing to expand at an impressive rate. That has made the country one of the continent’s busiest markets for construction and there are some ambitions projects under way – but none of them rival the …

Mammoet CEO to give keynote address at World Crane & Transport Summit (WC&TS) in Amsterdam on 4 and 5 November. Jan Kleijn, Mammoet CEO, will use his keynote address at the upcoming World Crane & Transport Summit (WCTS) to ask if the industry is fully prepared for potentially “disruptive” changes …

Terex Trucks has sold 10 new TR60 rigid dump trucks to new customer, Myanmar Thura for work on its jade mine in Kachin State. Myanmar Thura has made its first order of Terex Trucks rigid haulers, purchasing 10 new TR60s to cover expansion at the company’s jade mine in Kachin …

India is the world’s second most populous country and also has one of its fastest-growing economies, with massive expansions in manufacturing, technology and service industries that show no sign of slowing down. That’s all great news for the construction industry; India’s cities are expanding and modernising at an incredible rate, …

The first two Volvo PL3005D pipelayers ever sold in Latin America are helping to build a 48 mile pipeline, transporting gas from an offshore platform to a processing plant in Tierra del Fuego. Tierra del Fuego also known as the ‘Land of Fire’ is part of the remote southern archipelago …

Conference will be held in Brussels on September 23 and 24, 2015 EU-policy makers and business leaders in dialogue Conference focuses on “Smart Regulation for Smart Machines” Digital technologies and new business models are transforming traditional value chains in the construction equipment industry. The implications this has for the whole …

India’s economy is growing rapidly and the government is doing all it can to encourage that by investing in infrastructure. With around $1 trillion of total contracts expected to be awarded during the current five-year plan that means lots of opportunities in the booming construction sector, and the Confederation of …

East Africa is on the rise. Great infrastructure and construction projects, financed by private and public investors, brighten the future for the East African region and make the region as attractive as never before. “The vibrant East African construction sector is poised for long term growth. This is largely due …