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The next big appointment for construction players will take place online from 23 to 26 November Dubai, Sept 21, 2020: The Big 5, the international event accelerating growth in the construction industry for the past four decades, is launching the first Big 5 Digital Festival – Global this year. The …

Creating solutions capable of maximizing transport efficiency through advanced automation is the goal of an entire industry. For Volvo Autonomous Solutions, it’s likely to happen first in the controlled world of quarrying and mining. After developing steadily, step-by-careful-step, for more than 100 years, the automotive world is currently in the …

The live-streamed tour showcased SDLG’s smart manufacturing process and highlighted the reliability of the company’s range of wheel loaders, excavators and graders. With many countries’ borders still closed amid COVID-19 and the need for safe social distancing, SDLG offered a tour of its smart manufacturing process and construction equipment over …

Apprenticeship opportunities disappearing against backdrop of COVID redundancies with fears of lost generation Britain’s manufacturers, leading unions, skills training providers and industry bodies are calling today on the Government to take urgent action to safeguard the skills the country’s economy needs now and in the future by acting to save …

The 12th International Fluid Power Conference (12th IFK) will take place online as a virtual event from October 12 to 14, 2020. The IFK team headed by Prof. Jürgen Weber is thus taking up the challenge of providing an attractive platform to meet the needs of participants of one of …

Evgeny Akhtyrtsev is a heavy machine operator working for a small independent construction company based in Kaliningrad, Russia. Evgeny is also an Instagram and YouTube star, with more than 10,000 followers/subscribers, known online under the persona of ‘Brutal Digger’(@brutaldigger). Brutal Digger has become somewhat of a social media sensation and …

Volvo CE has unveiled a new project that furthers its efforts in “Building Tomorrow.” The company has partnered with professional futurists to gather their forecasts for the industries that Volvo CE’s customers work in, including construction, agriculture, mining and infrastructure. The company has also partnered with students from the Columbia …

Veronafiere, in agreement with the steering committee, has decided to reschedule the two shows Mantovani, CEO of Veronafiere: “We must now launch a promotional path shared with the community to support the recovery of these value chains. Verona in 2021 will host the first sector events on a European scale …

Originally scheduled from 3–6 November 2020, the International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Mining Machines and Construction Vehicles, bauma CONEXPO INDIA will now be hosted from February 23 to 26, 2021 in Gurugram/New Delhi. Considering the escalating pandemic as well as domestic and international travel restrictions imposed …

Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment in the UK market fell by 39% in the first six months of the year compared with the same period in 2019. Sales in the second quarter fell by 54%, reflecting the worst of the COVID crisis, after showing a 22% decline in …