14,700 visitors from more than 110 countries Biggest industry event for the sector in Africa 754 exhibitors from 38 countries bauma Africa has entered the African market with a bang: The first edition of this International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Mining Machines and Construction Vehicles …
Read More »Pushed to the limit
Anders Hedlund, who works in technical engineering at Älvsborg Roro, and Björn Nilsson, a Volvo Penta test engineer, stand beside the MAFI terminal tractor that is running a Volvo Penta Tier 4 Final D8 test engine at Älvsborg Roro’s Port of Gothenburg operation. It’s all well and good to put …
Read More »Machinery Focus – Construction
This revolutionary Lectura Guide provides a market overview of thousands manufactured equipment models. With the WEBCODE of each machinery in this printed booklet you will have access to further digital data on the internet. With Machinery Focus you get an entire library in one publication! Machinery Focus includes: Models and …
Read More »The LECTURA – Construction Machinery Guide 2/2013 is out
Purchase and sales prices at a glance The fall issue of our most traditional longest lived market review is brand new. It offers to the user, aside from technical data and value orientation, also worthwhile additional information. All types of machinery are shown as sketches, so even a layman may …
Read More »Machu Picchu: The Lost City – Part 4 : Construction Heritage Significance
Often referred to as the “Lost City of the Incas,” Machu Picchu is perhaps the most familiar icon of Inca civilisation known to man today As it appears that it was unknown to the Spanish during their conquest, it is highly significant as a relatively intact cultural site. Through its …
Read More »The domestic construction machinery market is still deep in crisis; exports down in the first four months of 2013
Analysts shift recover in Italy and Europe to 2015 Verona (Italy), 17 september 2013 – Data collected by CECE indicate that sales in Europe in the first four months of the year posted a significant drop in all Mediterranean countries (Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece), while the situation was slightly …
Read More »Residential construction accounts for 77% of the decorative paints market in Poland
The decorative paints market has strong ties to the construction market, in particular the renovation segment – on average, six out of ten wall painting projects are carried out in existing structures, most of which are residential buildings. According to PMR’s latest report entitled “Decorative paints market in Poland 2013 …
Read More »Within Geneva’s reach
In a spot overlooking the Rhone River in the heart of Geneva, construction and demolition specialist HTP is demolishing a block of former offices on the busy Rue du Stand, using the first-ever full factory specification Volvo EC480D-Series high reach excavator. A Volvo EC480D HR high-reach excavator owned by demolition …
Read More »Baltic Operators Tackle Case Rodeo Challenge
Case Construction Equipment’s famous Rodeo operator challenge has attracted the finest machine operators in competitions across Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia throughout August. More than 100 competitors took part in the challenge and tried their hand at the three competitions, with over 300 visitors attending the Case Rodeo events in the …
Read More »Campbell Contracts get Hitched with Hill on Larne A8 Project
County Fermanagh based Campbell Contracts is one of the main sub-contractors on the Larne A8 road upgrade scheme in Northern Ireland. The Larne A8 will be a new dual carriageway linking Belfast and Larne, which is on the east coast of County Antrim. The £100m project will provide a 14.4km …
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