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Investigators gathering evidence over alleged cement price fixing in the UK have been boosted by Heidelberg, Lafarge, Holcim, Cemex and three other cement producers losing their court bid in Germany to throw out a lawsuit over a price-fixing carte... Read Full Article

Where wind power stations, marine drives or drives with high loads in process engineering are concerned, shaft couplings have a significant influence on the service life and ease of operation of high-quality drives. KTR has extended its po... Read Full Article

Volvo Construction Equipment Ltd is the distribution organisation in Great Britain (GB) for the full range of Volvo Construction Products. The company has confirmed its presence at SED 2008 and will be bringing some new machines. At SED 2008 ... Read Full Article

One of the premier events at any Olympic games is the marathon race, and in 2008 Beijing will play host to the world's best distance runners. Not only will those world-class runners be making history in front of Beijing's historic Forbidden City and ... Read Full Article

There is a growing role for waterborne freight transport in today's logistics, particularly for the bulk handling industry, writes Frank Worsford. As a student I advanced the argument th... Read Full Article

A specialist Scottish plant hirer and earthworks contractor is using a pair of track-mounted mobile crushers in preparatory works for what is scheduled to become Europe's largest onshore windfarm when it comes online next year. Gl... Read Full Article

Since 1996, Canada-based CMLabs Simulations has been engaged in delivering superior simulation products designed for training needs, with attention paid to both the software and the hardware. The company has devoted significant resources to developin... Read Full Article

A high-grade martensitic steel has been developed for rolling bearings, offering very high hardness characteristics, as well as maximum corrosion resistance against aggressive media.  A  new high-grade martensitic hardening stee... Read Full Article

Today the greater number of operators using materials handling equipment and workplace transport are increasing the risk of accidents and making it harder to administer an efficient and eff... Read Full Article

Adding further to their range of Titan motor oils, Fuchs Lubricants has now introduced the Titan GT1 PRO C-1 SAE 5W-30 which is a premium synthetic engine oil for today's engines fitted with exhaust treatment systems such as particulate filters or CR... Read Full Article

Metso Minerals (UK) Ltd, the sole UK importer of Rammer products for the past 10 years, has decided to relinquish the franchise following the rebranding of Rammer's range of hydraulic hammers and attachments as Sandvik Mining and Construction product... Read Full Article

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 Article

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 Article

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 Article

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 Article

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 Article

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 Article

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 Article

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 Article

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 Article