UK company E & JW Glendinning produces more than 500,000 tonnes of limestone a year at its Linhay Quarry in Devon, thanks in part to Volvo construction equipment featuring tyre chains. Devon in the picturesque South of England reaches from the Bristol Channel at the top of the county to …
Read More »VDMA Construction Equipment and Building Material Machinery: Optimistic for 2014
Slight turnover decline in 2013 Forecast for 2014: 5-percent rise Frankfurt/Main, Germany, 21 February 2014 – Compared to the previous year, turnover in the German construction equipment and building material machinery industry declined slightly in 2013 by six percent to the current figure of 11.7 billion Euro. Nevertheless, the industry …
Read More »UK Niche Manufacturers Target CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2014
The North American construction market has traditionally been difficult to crack for European manufacturers. Competing with the American construction giants on home turf is never easy. But this year there will be a potent British presence at North America’s largest equipment show, the ConExpo Construction Exhibition, which takes place in …
Read More »BSP International Foundation at CONEXPO 2014
As one of the world’s leading manufacturers of hydraulic piling and compaction equipment BSP International Foundations (BSP) will be exhibiting at Conexpo being held at the Las Vegas Convention Centre, Nevada, USA from March 4 to 8, 2014. The company, headquartered at Ipswich in England, is using the exhibition to …
Read More »From energy-efficient to "nearly zero-energy " buildings
Buildingreen 2014 – the National Conference for Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Construction will be held for the fifth consecutive year within Bulgaria Building Week. The forum, which will be conducted on March 19 at Inter Expo Center – Sofia, Bulgaria, aims to present the new horizons and challenges during the planning, …
Read More »ECR88D wins prestigious international product design award
Volvo Construction Equipment is celebrating after its ECR88D short swing radius compact excavator received a prestigious accolade for innovative product design – the coveted iF product design award. The ECR88D short swing radius compact excavator from Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) beat thousands of international products and wowed a panel …
Read More »Good Vibrations! Executive Hire Show 2014 beats all records – with best visitor attendance ever.
The EHS team are delighted to confirm that last week’s 2014 Executive Hire Show attracted a record 1,908 relevant hire industry visitors. This net figure excludes non-exhibiting suppliers, others – like consultants and training providers, as well as Press and PR. The total number of visitors scanned was 2,472 and this …
Read More »Qatar infrastructure spend to peak at $24bn in 2014
At the 11th annual Qatar Projects Conference, over 400 local, regional and international stakeholders will find out the latest developments, timelines, and procurement requirements to successfully win contract bids in Qatar’s growing projects market. Supported by the Public Works Authority (Ashghal), the 2014 Qatar Projects Conference will feature over 90 …
Read More »Warsaw Build 2014 POLAND – latest trends and technologies used in the construction and interiors industry
Poland is a perfect place for investment and business expansion. According to the report of European Attractiveness prepared by Ernst & Young, in the next three years Poland will be the second in Europe (after Germany) most attractive country for investment, overtaking UK, France and Russia. New perspective of EU …
Read More »The Earth Moved for Arenacross thanks to Molson and Hyundai
Molson Group is the UK’s biggest independent construction equipment dealer representing a long list of major international brands including Hyundai Heavy Industries. A number of Molson’s Hyundai machines are busy taking care of track maintenance at all rounds of the 2014 Arenacross Motorcross tour. The biggest single job when it …
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