Press Release

MILWAUKEE (July 14, 2015) – The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has updated its Grader Safety Manual with new “industry-recognized” pictorials that help communicate effective safety messages to equipment end-users. The pictorial graphics conform to ISO and ANSI standards and are included in the AEM Pictorial Database. The AEM Grader …

Stockholm-based MaskinExpo, Scandinavia’s #1 exhibition for Building and Construction machinery, increased last years numbers and attracted 22 185 visitors and 404 exhibitors. A new area for test driving, ATV track, test track for trucks and a huge area for digging were some of the new attractions. 133 new products were …

UK Construction Week is pleased to announce that the influential broadcast journalists John Humphrys, Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Steph McGovern have all been confirmed to host the main stage seminar programme at the event in October. Bringing their significant insight and journalistic experience to the show, the hosts will play a …

ACE EXPO Victoria is back, bigger and better than ever before. To be held 12 -14 November 2015, ACE EXPO Victoria will transform Melbourne Showgrounds into the must see biennial event for the construction and contracting industry. Showcasing products and services for the construction mining and civil construction sector, ACE …

Neumünster. – In the spirit of the 60th NordBau and 40 years of Denmark’s participation, the largest compact exhibition for construction in northern Europe is scheduled for this year. Approximately 900 exhibitors will follow the call to Neumünster from the 9th to 13th, September. The classic northern German trade fair …

Three quarters of construction professionals do not believe the industry is ready to meet mandatory BIM Level 2 requirements by 2016, according to research conducted by UK Construction Week in partnership with BRE, the leading authority on the built environment. Just over 74 per cent of respondents think the industry …

For many years, Russian producers of building machinery have allocated insignificant amounts for research into, and development of, new kinds of equipment and improvements to the existing product range, mostly because of the limited financial potential. Limited productivity and high running costs have stunted the competitiveness of Russian machinery, not …

An agreement was signed today between Veronafiere-SaMoTer and Unacea to promote and support of the Italian construction machinery industry. The sector boasts 200 companies and turnover of more than 2.5 billion euros. SaMoTer 2017: focus on the management and prevention of environmental emergencies through man-machine interaction, sustainability and bureaucratic simplification. …

Volvo Construction Equipment has been awarded a SEK 59 million grant from the Swedish Energy Agency to develop new technology connected to electromobility which could transform the construction equipment industry. Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has teamed up with its customer Skanska Sweden, the Swedish Energy Agency and two Swedish …

Skills shortages, planning restrictions and the need for cultural change were the key topics arising from a high level debate attended by leading voices from around the industry, as UK Construction Week’s expert advisory panel met for the first time. With momentum behind the exhibition building exponentially, the advisory panel …