A new Volvo Penta powered rock crusher by Screen Machine Industries will be launched at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017 Screen Machine Industries has selected Volvo Penta to supply EPA Tier 4 Final engines for its new 4043TR-series rock crushers. The new machine, powered by a Volvo Penta 360 hp TAD1171VE engine, will …
Read More »Hyundai launch the new Hyundai HL975 Wheeled Loader
Hyundai recently introduced the brand new HL975 at last week’s SaMoTer exhibition in Verona Italy. The HL975 made its world-premiere at the show. The new addition to the Hyundai range offers the very best in wheeled loader technology. The robust HL975 has been engineered to Hyundai’s high standards and designed …
Read More »Recovery Forecast For Global Construction Equipment Industry
Global sales of construction equipment are expected to increase 7 percent this year, according to updated forecasts from specialist market intelligence company Off-Highway Research. The number of machines sold in 2017 is expected to reach 695,142 units worldwide, compared to the 650,133 pieces of equipment sold in 2016, which represented …
Read More »Do you want ice with that?
Maintaining an ice road on Canada’s Knipple Glacier is the job of First Nations indigenous tribe company Tsetsaut Ventures. Designed for heavy hauling a severe off-road operations, the Volvo articulated hauler provides continuous production and superb reliability. ‘Community’ is a word that Tsetsaut Nations nomadic tribe descendant, Chief Darlene Simpson …
Read More »VDMA: Construction equipment industry increased turnover by 3 percent in 2016
Industry anticipates similar growth in 2017 Open markets and an integrated Europe are crucial for the industry’s economic performance Frankfurt, February 28, 2017 – In 2016, German manufacturers of construction equipment achieved a turnover of 9.3 billion euros which is an increase of 3 percent compared to 2015. Within the same …
Read More »Over 100 brand new exhibitors commit to PLANTWORX 2017
The PLANTWORX Construction Machinery Exhibition returns to Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground, Leicestershire, from 6 -8 June 2017. The UK’s Largest Working Construction Equipment Show, hosted by the CEA (Construction Equipment Association), will be the biggest event to date where visitors can expect to see the very latest in construction machinery and …
Read More »Giving Back to Military Veterans through Charitable Events at CONEXPO-CON/AGG & IFPE
Silent and Live Auctions, Rock Concert to Raise Funds for Call of Duty™ Endowment, Helping Get Veterans Back to Work Did you know that unemployment among post-9/11 veterans remains 2.6 times greater than the national average? However according to a CEB Corporate Leadership Council analysis, veterans, on average, perform at …
Read More »Transpotec Logitec, Samoter and Asphaltica: 84,000 visitors in Verona from 86 countries
Italy’s three landmark transport, logistics and construction & road machinery events closed today 84,000 VISITORS IN VERONA FROM 86 COUNTRIES Impressive attendance by operators, satisfaction among companies and successful business on the stands. The three shows held for the first time …
Read More »Tobroco-Giant USA premiers GIANT at 2017 ConExpo
With the famed CONEXPO-CON/AGG coming closer, Tobroco-Giant USA is gearing up for its first exhibition there. The show is held every three years in Las Vegas and is regarded as one of the world’s biggest construction equipment shows. Tobroco-Giant USA has recently settled in Des Moines (Iowa) as independent sales …
Read More »Volvo lights the way in Bulgaria
Volvo-CE equipped Bulgarian subcontractor Globus is removing three million cubic meters of overburden a year at the largest lignite mine in South Eastern Europe. On the outskirts of the Stara Zagora Province, the Maritsa Iztok coal mine is a beehive of activity. A convoy of construction equipment traverses around the …
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