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A recent production study comparing a conventional road construction job site to a job site using Caterpillar's AccuGrade machine control and guidance products revealed outstanding improvements in terms of productivity, fuel consumption, finish quali... Read Full ArticleThe final frontier
Building a road through a rocky, mountainous Alaskan forest was never going to be easy on the construction equipment, but when the operators are novices it creates extreme demands. Brian O'Sullivan reports from the 49th state of th... Read Full ArticleSchaeffler (UK) Ltd Relaunches its Website
Bearings manufacturer Schaeffler (UK) Ltd has just revamped its UK website offering easier navigation and improved functionality for customers. The website's ‘Products' section contains more than 40,000 different standard bearing and linear ... Read Full ArticleNew Sennebogen 180 tonne dragline for Hanson Building Products Bricks Division.
Hanson Building Products have recently signed an order for delivery of a new Sennebogen 6180HD electric 180 tonne dragline. To be supplied by the Sennebogen UK distributor E. H. Hassell of Stoke on Trent this will be one of the biggest draglines sold... Read Full ArticleAtlas Copco to acquire Dynapac, expanding its presence in the construction market
Stockholm, Sweden, February 5, 2007: Atlas Copco AB has entered into an agreement with Altor 2003 Fund to acquire Dynapac AB of Sweden, a leading supplier of compaction and paving equipment for the road construction market. The acqu... Read Full ArticleCaterpillar
Caterpillar has recently announced changes to its high-production, asphalt paver line that results in a new model - the AP655D. The AP655D is a high production 2.5 m track-type asphalt paver that features a Cat® C6.6 engine with ACERT... Read Full ArticleBeating The Plant Theft Epidemic
It's a sad fact of everyday life that theft of plant and construction equipment has reached an all-time high. Theft is a major problem for everyone involved in the industry, from major civil engineering companies through to family-run building firms.... Read Full ArticleTimber Handler Boosts Productivity
Forest Garden, the UK's largest manufacturer of timber garden products, has just taken delivery of a Liebherr A 924B HD Litronic materials handler for their mill at Lockerbie. Forest Garden has run two A 904 models for around five years at the mil... Read Full ArticleAtlas Copco Airpower celebrates 50 years of success
Stockholm, Sweden, October 24, 2006: This year marks 50 years since Atlas Copco made a major expansion of its compressor business and accelerated its journey towards worldwide leadership in compressed air. It is also 50 years since Atlas Copco too... Read Full ArticleBauma 2007 - The largest Bauma ever.
At the forthcoming Bauma exhibition on 23 - 29 April 2007 in Munich, more international companies for construction, building materials and mining are expected to exhibit their current product innovations including the latest trends in technologies... Read Full ArticleJonathan Nicholls leaves Hanson.
Jonathan Nicholls, Finance Director of Hanson PLC, will be leaving the company on October 31, 2006 to become the Finance Director of Old Mutual plc. A successor will be appointed in due course.Alan Murray, Hanson Chief Executive, commented,... Read Full ArticleSpiroflow' conveyors cap 'em all!
It's not often that customers take the trouble to send unsolicited testimonials but that's exactly what Bernard Partridge, Technical Advisor for the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) at Harwell did for Spiroflow Ltd.Spiroflow s... Read Full ArticleInfrared linescanner improves cement kiln performance.
A linescanner from infrared temperature measurement specialist Land Instruments International has improved the monitoring of kiln shell temperatures at a cement factory in Cameroon.Mounted in a robust, air purged and cooled stainless steel ... Read Full Article