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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 …

  Award winning Diggers & Dozers, the world's first online TV channel dedicated to the construction plant and equipment sector, will be the Official Sponsors of the Plantworx Construction Exhibition 2015 – Grand Stand Draw. Taking place on Thursday 21st November 2013 at 12.00 midday . The event, where leading …

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 …

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.  …

  With its history, architecture, culture and beaches, Marseille is now one of the most visited cities in France and ranked 86th in the world for business tourism and events. The number of congress days hosted on its territory increased threefold from 1996 to 2011. They take place over three …

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. …

With eight months to go before Hillhead 2014 opens its doors, the show is already heading towards a complete sell out. Event director Jack Berridge explained that ‘with all the major players like Terex Group, Volvo, Finning/Cat, JCB, Komatsu, Case, Sandvik, Phoenix Parker, Hyundai, Bell, Liebherr, Doosan, Bell, Atlas Copco, …

Helmut Claas, Ray O’Connor and Friedrich Schwing, Sr., honored Celebrating equipment industry innovators & leaders; a legacy for continued industry growth & achievement The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) announces the 2013 inductees into the AEM Hall of Fame, which recognizes and celebrates outstanding individuals in the off-road equipment industry, …

Indian Economy has faced the lowest GDP Growth in the year 2012-2013 in a span of Ten Years as per the Minister of State for Finance and the Indian Government is taking steps to revive the economy in which a very crucial step is infrastructural development which has lead to …

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 …