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TriMark Europe Ltd is a market leading manufacturer of ‘door systems’ which include handles, latches, lock systems and electronics for the agricultural, construction and leisure vehicle industries. The company, which incorporates West Alloy, is American owned but has UK factories in the Midlands in Coalville and the South in Sutton, …

With an education aid project two years in the making, Volvo Construction Equipment is poised to play a key role in remedying the shortage of skilled technicians in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) is confronting a shortage of technicians in Sub-Saharan Africa with a Sida (Swedish …

A showcase of new products and services in Irish Sustainable Building, Renewable Energy and Water Conservation sectors Dublin, Ireland, COUNTRY – 12th July 2012.  Retrofit, Renovate, Refurbish: all key buzzwords inhabiting the new economic reality facing our construction industry here in Ireland. Following on from the success of the Better …

St-Raymond, Quebec – The anticipation is growing and the buzz is getting louder for one of the most unique forestry events in North America, that happens only once every four years; DEMO International®. On June 14th, exhibitors, media and other industry stakeholders met at the Roquemont Hotel in St-Raymond for …

Volvo Construction Equipment is taking machine simulators to the next level. The company’s Technology function is busy developing a real-time, human in the loop system to simulate future technology and understand operator behavior. As technology gets ever more complex, it’s becoming more expensive to build prototype machines. Not only that; …

The 2013 World of Asphalt Show and Conference announces four industry groups to date are co-locating their annual conferences or other high-level meetings at the show, which will be held March 19-21, 2013 in San Antonio, Texas. “World of Asphalt has a solid reputation as an industry gathering place and …

‘More live demonstrations, more plant and equipment, and more exhibitors than ever before’ –– that was how one excited visitor summed up Hillhead 2012, which took place from 19–21 June at Tarmac’s Hillhead Quarry, near Buxton, in Derbyshire. In total, 17,083 visitors attended Hillhead 2012, compared with 15,558 in 2010, …

An advanced load management system, combined with best-in-class stability and lifting capacity, make the Volvo PL3005D one of the industry’s safest and most productive pipelayers yet. The revolutionary excavator-based PL3005D pipelayer from Volvo offers an unbeatable combination of superior stability with a 50 ton lifting capacity, producing not only one …

Three scientists working independently each believe they have developed 3D building printing technologies which could transform the global construction industry. The three men have each found a way to use 3D printing technology on such a large scale that entire buildings can be printed out of machines. Two of the …

Exhibit space sales are already at a record pace for CONEXPO-CON/AGG & IFPE 2014 – more than 30 percent ahead of the 2011 expositions at the same time in the show cycle. Organizers say many returning exhibitors are taking more space to bring more equipment to the shows and introduce …