Designing machinery to have a lower carbon footprint is becoming increasingly important. Niklas Nillroth, Vice President Environment & Sustainability at Volvo Construction Equipment tells us how we must have high ambitions and be clear about the objectives when it...
Topcon Positioning Group and JCB announce a collaboration to provide the Topcon X-53x as a plug-and-play option for the new JCB 220X crawler excavators — the first models in the next generation of JCB tracked machines for the global...
With more than 170 branches across Australia and New Zealand, Kennards Hire is the #1 family-owned supplier of high quality, hire equipment. From DIY through small-medium projects to large construction sites, their equipment range is available to hire and...
From September 12th – 15th in Nürnberg the 23rd GaLaBau Show is taking place as a major meeting point of the branch. With 1400 exhibitors who show solutions and ideas regarding planning, building and maintaining of urban areas, sports fields...
Brendan Walsh and his team at Ground Technique have been working on a 20-lot Tran Civil development in Diamond Creek, Victoria. This project is on a large sloping block that is very undulating and requires a substantial amount of...
Wacker Neuson positioned itself as a leader in the area of emission-free compaction technology already in 2015 with the introduction of the first battery-powered rammer models. In 2018, the company is expanding the solutions of its zero emissions series...
Hi̇dromek has been the market leader in Turkey for the last nine years for backhoe loader sales and for the last six years for excavator sales (As per figures declared by IMDER (The Construction Equipment Distributors and Manufacturers Association...
Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines (KCGM) is one of Australia’s largest gold producers. KCGM is the managing company of the world famous Super Pit in the Goldfields of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. KCGM’s Fimiston Open Pit is a massive operation, popularly...
HİDROMEK has now entered the Australian construction equipment market by partnering with Onetrak HİDROMEK has been the market leader in Turkey for the last nine years for backhoe loader sales and for the last six years for excavator sales (As...
Sandvik acquires privately-owned Inrock, a leading supplier of rock drilling tools and services for Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) in North America. Headquartered in Houston, USA, Inrock is a market leader in pilot hole bits, reamers, guidance systems, accessories and...
After solid growth in 2017, investment in equipment and software should remain strong in 2018 and is projected to expand 7.0 percent (down from 8.5 percent in the Q2 Economic Outlook published in April) according to the Q3 update...
LiuGong is proud to announce that it has successfully signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United Overseas Bank Limited for partnership in Machinery Financing in Southeast Asia. The MoU between Guangxi LiuGong Machinery Co., Ltd and UOB was...
Dana Incorporated (NYSE: DAN) today announced that the company has been collaborating with Mecalac to develop a customized e-Drivetrain system for the new Mecalac e12 electric compact wheeled excavator.  This vehicle earned the Energy Transition Award earlier this year as part of the 2018 Intermat Innovation Awards. With...
Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) has officially opened its renovated mini and compact excavator factory in Oosterhout, The Netherlands. The new 8,000m2 facility was unveiled in a special ceremony on 21 June, which was attended by key Hitachi...
SDLG has seen three consecutive years of growth in wheel loader sales in Indonesia and is expecting another strong year ahead. Between 2014 and 2017, SDLG wheel loader sales rose 40% in Indonesia — the company was also the...
The Cummins-powered 55-tonner is a further development of DRA’s Australian designed and manufactured Humma range which started with an 18-tonne lift capacity model in 1996. “We’ve broken new ground,” says Peter Dalla Riva (Jnr), manager of DRA’s crane and...
Rio Tinto chief executive J-S Jacques said “Operational performance was solid across most commodities, rounding out a strong first half performance for the Group. Our increasingly flexible Pilbara iron ore system continued to perform well. Our bauxite and copper...
  Built for the construction industry, the Dieci Icarus 40.17 features an impressive 17m reach height and 4-tonne lift capacity with a 93kW FPT – NEF engine. The high-quality Italian made Icarus has been designed for Australian safety and compliance standards...