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The 2016 event hosted a record 476 exhibitors and enjoyed a 7.1% show-on-show increase in attendance with 18,601* unique visitors from 71 countries making the trip to Hillhead Quarry, near Buxton, Derbyshire. Against this backdrop, Hillhead 2018 is set to expand once again. Rebookings for 2018 are already under way …

Conexpo Fair was an opportunity for us to underline our presence on American market, one relatively new market for rotating telescopic handlers, but a market that has developed and expanded to a great extent over the last few years. The greatest innovation we launched at this fair is the brand …

Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 20 March 2017 – MEED has announced the national winners of the highest quality projects in the GCC. A total of 87 projects were recognised as the best at the national level with the United Arab Emirates leading all countries with 43 national winners, followed by …

Sweden’s coolest holiday venue – the Icehotel – is now open 365 days a year thanks to a fleet of Volvo wheel loaders working in sub-zero temperatures. Typically, when the mercury drops, holidaymakers often fly to sun-kissed shorelines and sandy beaches, but for those who crave a colder climate, the …

Three SDLG wheel loaders are working day and night feeding crushing and screening equipment in Qatar, without any significant downtime. Three SDLG LG958L wheel loaders have racked up almost 2,000 operational hours in four months at a quarry in Qatar. The site is owned by Doha-based contracting company Al Maram …

Speakers at Construction Climate Challenge seminar, Reducing Carbon in Infrastructure Construction, call for coordinated industry value chain analysis to deliver step change in sustainable performance. The CONEXPO-CON/AGG exhibition in Las Vegas was the venue for the latest gathering of the Construction Climate Challenge. Tackling issues such as calculating the whole …

  CECE releases Annual Economic Report 2017 Europe among the top growth regions in 2016 Slight upward tendency forecast for 2017 The European construction equipment sector saw sound growth of 10% in 2016. Building construction equipment experienced better demand than the civil engineering equipment sub-sectors. Overall, the market is at …

The 3rd biennial Plantworx Construction Machinery exhibition is just weeks away. The show takes place at its established home at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground in Leicestershire from 6-8th June 2017. Over 320 exhibitors have signed up for the ‘all action’ event and of these 100 exhibitors will be making their show …

Canada world’s seventh biggest construction machinery market Construction and mining industries generate 15 per cent of Canada’s gross domestic product Frankfurt, March 10, 2017 – Canada is one of the world’s most important markets for the international construction machinery, building material plant and mining machine industry. It is the world’s …

Would you travel in a pod at 671 miles per hour? It could become a reality sooner than most people think according to a Tech Talk at CONEXPO-CON/AGG. Hyperloop Vice President for Strategic Communications Bruce Upbin described how the high-speed transit concept could not only revolutionize not only transportation, but …