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The International Earth Moving, Site and Building Machinery Exhibition held in Verona opts for a four-day formula. The 29th edition of the exhibition is scheduled 27 February-2 March 2014 with a new four-day formula instead of the previous five days. This decision was taken by VeronaFiere management in response to …

Industry Leaders Directory, New Products & Technologies Preview featured Industry professionals can go online to access all the information they need to register for and participate in the upcoming AGG1 Aggregates Forum & Expo and World of Asphalt Show & Conference. The show websites offer an interactive “show planner” that …

Stronger 2011 sales expected, slower growth 2012 through 2014 Construction equipment manufacturers anticipate overall business to close out 2011 with double-digit increases over last year in the U.S., Canada and worldwide. Growth is expected to continue but at a slower pace for 2012 through 2014, according to the annual business …

Held last month at Dubai’s International Conference and Exhibition Centre, The Big 5 2011 attracted more than 49,000 participants, an increase of 6% on the previous year’s participation figures. The co-located shows Middle East Concrete, PMV Live and FM Expo as well as the newly introduced product zones created a …

Industry best practices to boost efficiencies, productivity Educational opportunities will abound at the 2012 World of Asphalt Show & Conference and 2012 AGG1 Aggregates Forum & Expo for industry professionals in the aggregates, asphalt, highway/street, pavement maintenance and traffic safety sectors. The co-located shows will be held March 13-15, 2012 …

Strong demand for German mining technology and expertise, particularly from abroad Mining section again to take up an entire hall and part of the open-air site at bauma in 2013 bauma is not only the leading trade fair for construction machinery and building material machines. 2010 showed very clearly that …

In its latest Global Competitiveness Report, the World Economic Forum (WEF) ranks Oman 32nd out of 142 countries, an improvement of two places from last year and nine places from 2009. The report highlights Oman’s excellent macroeconomic environment, high quality infrastructure and liberal tax regime as the main reasons for …

The desire of highways to run on decently is no longer present only in the minds of the drivers, plagued by the bad roads. Highways are built at low pace, with lots of stumbling and especially by using lots of money. The contentious would say that Romanian highways are some …

Between the peak recorded in 2007 and the trough of 2008-2010, the value of construction works carried out in Ukraine plunged by 70% in real terms. Residential construction was hardest hit by the crisis and, while the housing sector is yet to recover, overall market development in the country does …

Producers of the Atlantic Heavy Equipment Show, Master Promotions Ltd., are pleased to announce that this mammoth event will be returning on March 29-30, 2012 at the Moncton Coliseum Complex in Moncton, New Brunswick. This show IS the must-attend event for the heavy equipment, road building, forestry, logging, landscaping and …