Scott Young, Director of Electromobility at Volvo Construction Equipment, talks about innovation across the focus areas of connectivity, electromobility and automation.In order to build the world we want to live in, we must continuously innovate to help drive a...
Leading family-owned equipment hire business, Kennards Hire has placed in the top 10 for 2018’s Best Places to Work Study—a catalogue of the best 50 employers nationally. The Kennards family, board and employees proudly accept this accolade, seeing the...
Dumping liquid spoils from directional drilling is highly regulated, costly and time consuming. To combat these challenges, Ditch Witch®, a Charles Machine Works Company, has partnered with MetaFLO Technologies to be the exclusive provider of SolidState™ 2 and SolidState™...
Modern road construction requires high precision and quality as well as efficient working processes. At the Wirtgen Group stand (F-Nord-245, Kieler Straße), the group of companies will be presenting leading technologies and products for the efficient implementation of new...
Air-Marine Group, one of the largest Malaysian logistic providers, recently took delivery of a new Demag® CC 3800-1 lattice boom crawler crane. This new unit will join a fleet of more than 36 other Demag cranes and enhance Air-Marine...
Komatsu’s rollout of new low-emission, more fuel-efficient engines that comply with US Tier 4 Final emissions regulations has seen it launch an unprecedented 25 new machines across excavators, loaders, trucks and graders – the largest in its history. All feature...
Flexihire recently purchased three 531-70 and four 533-105 telehandlers. These telescopic handlers are being used on construction and mining projects throughout Queensland and Northern NSW. Flexihire are equipment hire specialists with a fleet of 13 JCB telehandlers. Their new JCB telehandlers have...
Construction in Qatar will thrive as 2018 government budget allocates an estimated QAR42 billion (21% of the budget) to transport and infrastructure projects, according to the latest report by Research and Markets for Building Services Qatar by The Big...
In the tightly contested 2 tonne zero swing excavator market space, there are quite a few options worthy of consideration. There is however, only one manufacturer that pioneered and remained dedicated solely to the compact construction equipment market. That...
The revolutionary new ASV RT-40 Posi-Track Loader has officially landed to the Australian market. With a boasting 37.5 horsepower, a large and comfortable cab, and high auxiliary hydraulic flow of 50 LPM – and all this in a compact machine...
Buoyed by its souring economic success in foreign trade, luxury tourism and global business, Dubai is taking off as the Emirate’s true strategic centre of commerce with the building of the world’s largest airport and a new urban metropolis. In...
IVECO is investing heavily in the New Zealand commercial vehicle market, with works well underway on a new multimillion dollar facility in Auckland. The new site will incorporate the company’s New Zealand head office along with a Dealership offering sales,...
WESTPORT, Conn., Aug. 15, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Terex Corporation announced that John L. Garrison, Terex’s President and Chief Executive, will also assume the position of Chairman of the Board effective today. Mr. Garrison succeeds David Sachs who has...
The new Hitachi wheel loader features highly durable components and performance-enhancing technology to boost productivity, and several design improvements that result in industry-leading safety for demanding job sites. Following extensive research in Europe, the Hitachi development team has designed the...
Skid steer loaders are classified by their rated operating capacity (ROC). The ROC (not the Dwayne Johnson variety) is the weight a skid steer loader can safely pick up without flipping or nose diving and is established by the...
Problem A civil construction and specialist surfacing contractor focused on sporting infrastructure and landscaped environments has been contracted to establish 2 new multipurpose basketball courts at a large high school in Sydney Australia. The contractor primarily designs, builds and maintains...
Improved traction and performance and offering a smoother ride for machine operators are the key hallmarks of the Multi-Bar Rubber Track. The Multi-Bar Rubber Track is a rubber track high in demand by Dekk’s customers and can fit all makes...
WESTRAC UNVEILS CAT NEXT GENERATION EXCAVATOR RANGE New, industry-leading Cat® 320 GC, 320 and 323 hydraulic excavators to be launched at major events in Perth and Sydney Caterpillar and WesTrac are taking Australia’s construction and mining sectors firmly into the Digital...