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Despite temperatures of over 1,000 degrees, a fleet of modified Volvo wheel loaders is keeping its cool at Detlef Hegemann’s molten steel mill in Northern Germany. Lying 60km south of the North Sea coast, Bremen – with a major port on the River Weser – is a city in northwestern …

With an impressive total of 17,559 trade visitors in attendance, this year’s Hillhead show, held from 24–26 June at Lafarge Tarmac’s Hillhead Quarry, near Buxton, Derbyshire, once again underlined its status as the world’s premier event for the mineral products, construction and recycling industries. Around 450 of the world’s leading …

There was a positive response to the new Amsterdam venue for the APEX 2014 access equipment exhibition held on 24 – 26 June, with good visitor numbers and a busy feel to the event. More than 4400 people attended the eighth edition of the APEX exhibition – which was held …

The third International Rental Exhibition (IRE) in Amsterdam attracted a high quality audience of rental delegates including around 300 senior industry figures attending the European Rental Association (ERA) convention. The exhibition had 1035 attendees in total, a figure that does not include the 4400 attendees at the adjoining APEX aerial …

With funding available of up to SEK 500,000 academic submissions are now being invited for pre-studies or similar projects that support the aims of the Construction Climate Challenge. Submissions are now being invited for funding of pre-studies or similar projects as part of the Volvo Construction Equipment-hosted Construction Climate Challenge. …

Alongside celebrating its 20th Anniversary at Hillhead, Hill Engineering launched two new products at the show – the new TEFRA Tilt Coupler and the new TiltRotate which made its world-debut at the event. The stand was exceptionally busy with some significant deals being closed across all three days! Hill reported …

CECE, the Committee for European construction equipment industry, has hired a new Secretary General as of the first of July. It secured the commitment of Sigrid de Vries, partner in the public relations agency Quick Communications, to represent the sector towards the EU institutions and manage the association’s Brussels office. …

Since 1985, Hyundai has been delivering construction equipment and industrial vehicles to customers around the world. Today, the company’s state-of the-art automated manufacturing facilities in Korea, China, India, and Brazil produce equipment that is sold and serviced through a global network of over 480 dealers in some 134 countries worldwide. …

In 2013, the CPA’s (Construction Plant-hire Association) Strategic Forum Plant Safety Group published a revised guidance intended to help industry reduce the risk of accident and injury when working with telehandlers.  Additional new guidance on suspended loads on the ‘Safe Use of Telehandlers in Construction’ has been written to give clarification on …

Wonju is a popular holiday destination thanks to its picturesque landscape, golf courses and woodland. The beauty is just not skin deep; the region also boasts mineral-rich ground and is a haven for extracting granite. Wonju is the capital city of Gangwon Province – the north-easternmost province of South Korea …