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Volvo Construction Equipment is celebrating after collecting its prestigious ‘red dot: best of the best’ product design award, won for its innovative A40F articulated hauler. Designers and engineers from Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) walked the red carpet this week to collect the coveted ‘red dot: best of the best’ …

It’s been a great couple of weeks for PLANTWORX, the newest UK ‘live’ construction event (14th – 16th May 2013, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire). The latest company to book space is Doosan, who have secured its stand in the ‘Dig Zone’ part of the show and is promising a spectacular demonstration …

More than 150 delegates attended the Brazil Pedra de Ferro Share Fair event at the Henry Ford College in Loughborough earlier this week (11th July). The Share Fair was organised by the CEA on behalf of the UKTI (UK Trade & Investment) to promote a forthcoming $5 billion iron ore …

TriMark Europe Ltd is a market leading manufacturer of ‘door systems’ which include handles, latches, lock systems and electronics for the agricultural, construction and leisure vehicle industries. The company, which incorporates West Alloy, is American owned but has UK factories in the Midlands in Coalville and the South in Sutton, …

With an education aid project two years in the making, Volvo Construction Equipment is poised to play a key role in remedying the shortage of skilled technicians in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) is confronting a shortage of technicians in Sub-Saharan Africa with a Sida (Swedish …

A showcase of new products and services in Irish Sustainable Building, Renewable Energy and Water Conservation sectors Dublin, Ireland, COUNTRY – 12th July 2012.  Retrofit, Renovate, Refurbish: all key buzzwords inhabiting the new economic reality facing our construction industry here in Ireland. Following on from the success of the Better …

St-Raymond, Quebec – The anticipation is growing and the buzz is getting louder for one of the most unique forestry events in North America, that happens only once every four years; DEMO International®. On June 14th, exhibitors, media and other industry stakeholders met at the Roquemont Hotel in St-Raymond for …

Volvo Construction Equipment is taking machine simulators to the next level. The company’s Technology function is busy developing a real-time, human in the loop system to simulate future technology and understand operator behavior. As technology gets ever more complex, it’s becoming more expensive to build prototype machines. Not only that; …

The 2013 World of Asphalt Show and Conference announces four industry groups to date are co-locating their annual conferences or other high-level meetings at the show, which will be held March 19-21, 2013 in San Antonio, Texas. “World of Asphalt has a solid reputation as an industry gathering place and …

‘More live demonstrations, more plant and equipment, and more exhibitors than ever before’ –– that was how one excited visitor summed up Hillhead 2012, which took place from 19–21 June at Tarmac’s Hillhead Quarry, near Buxton, in Derbyshire. In total, 17,083 visitors attended Hillhead 2012, compared with 15,558 in 2010, …