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Smit board member resigns following Boskalis deal
A Smit Internationale supervisory board member has stepped down following the company's decision to merge with Boskalis Westm ...more
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Red-D-Arc owner Airgas ponders second offer from Air Products
Airgas, Inc in the US, owner of Red-D-Arc Welderentals, has rejected an unsolicited acquisition proposal from Air Products & ...more
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Votorantim Cimentos takes interest in Cimpor
Brazil’s Votorantim Cimentos has agreed a stock swap with Lafarge that will see it take a 17.28% stake in Cimpor. ...more
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Vinci and Qatari Diar deal signed
Following completion of the consultation process involving Vinci’s and Cegelec’s employee representative bodies, Qatari Diar ...more
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Camargo withdraws from Cimpor merger
Brazil’s Camargo Corrêa has withdrawn its proposal to merge with Portugal’s Cimpor. ...more
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AFI-Uplift expands in Wakefield
UK powered access rental specialist AFI-Uplift has relocated its Wakefield depot to larger premises. ...more
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High Level Platforms opens in Bristol
UK powered access rental company, High Level Platforms is opening a new branch in Bristol: the company already has branches i ...more
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Euro Rent expands access
Since March of last year Belgian general rental company Euro Rent has increased its access fleet by adding €1.5 million worth ...more
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NES Rentals logs high customer loyalty
NES Rentals Holdings, one of the largest aerial equipment rental providers in the US, has announced that its 12-month Net Pro ...more
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Cramo names Kubota top supplier
Kubota Europe was chosen as ‘Number 1 Supplier" in 2007 to the Cramo Group. The rental company's fleet management and individ ...more
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Australian construction industry expands
A boost in house building contributed to an expansion in Australia's construction industry for January according to the lates ...more
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Global cement demand to reach 3.5 billion tonnes in 2013
Global cement demand is forecast to rise +4.1% per year to 3.5 billion tonnes, or US$ 246 billion, in 2013, according to a ne ...more
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Q&A with Peter Schrader of MVS Zeppelin
As part of IRN's Bauma preview we talk to Peter Schrader, managing director of MVS Zeppelin, about the German rental market ...more
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AGC members see tough 2010
Survey shows low expectations for US construction in 2010 although stimulus spending will continue to help. ...more
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LiuGong cranes on the move
Chinese crane and construction equipment manufacturer LiuGong opened a new crane factory and relocated its operations on 19 D ...more
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Eiffage on the level
Eiffage reported 2009 Group sales of € 13,2 billion, matching its 2008 figures, although sales in its construction businesses ...more
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Volvo CE sales fall –36,7%
Soft conditions seen continuing this year in Europe and North America, with more robust growth elsewhere, particularly China. ...more
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Manitou inventory sales helps final quarter figures
Manitou said it expected to see “mid to high single digit growth” in 2010 compared to 2009, although the first half of the ye ...more
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United Rentals stems losses but conditions unchanged
United Rentals has managed to dramatically reduce its losses, reporting a US$26 million net loss for the final quarter of 200 ...more
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Skanska optimistic after profitable 2009
Skanska reported sales in 2009 of SEK 136,8 billion (€ 13,3 billion), down -4,7% on the SEK 143,6 billion (€ 14 billion) reco ...more
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Brazil's Ecorodovias plans IPO
Brazil’s Ecorodovias Infraestructura e Logistica is planning an initial public offering (IPO) on the country’s Bovespa stock ...more
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VIDEO: Record gains for construction shares in 2009
Shares in the European construction sector enjoyed their best year for more than a decade in 2009 as stock markets bounced ba ...more
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XCMG plans share placement
XCMG Construction machinery Company plans to raise CNY 5 billion (US$ 732 million) through a private share placement. ...more
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Boskalis raises funds for takeover
Royal Boskalis Westminster is to launch an equity offering to raise up to € 230 million. ...more
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Hochtief drops Concessions IPO
Floatation postponed as Dubai debt crisis disrupts capital markets. ...more
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ASC shipyard takes Scheuerle SPMT
Scheuerle Fahrzeugfabrik in Germany has delivered 24 axle lines of SPMT (self propelled modular transporter) to the ASC shipy ...more
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Sri Lanka Ports Authority buys UpRight scissor
AT&E Ltd (Allied Trading & Engineering), UpRight's Sri Lankan distributor has recently delivered a new X33RT compact rough te ...more
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Astec signs-up licensees in China and India
Manufacturing agreements signed for hot mix asphalt plants in two of the world’s most significant road building markets. ...more
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Schmidbauer puts new 600 tonner straight to work
German lifting and transport company Schmidbauer put its new 600 tonne capacity Liebherr crawler crane straight to work when ...more
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Maeda to Azerbaijan
AB Kranlyft, Maeda mini cranes distributor, has sold the first unit in the Caspian region, to JSC MQS in Azerbaijan ...more
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Strabag wins Polish motorway contract
Strabag has won a € 260 million contract to build a 36,5 km long section of the S7 Expressway between Kalsk and Milomlyn in P ...more
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Halcrow wins in Poland
A Halcrow, BRL Ingénierie, Scott Wilson consortium has won the contract to improve the flow capacity of the River Odra throug ...more
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FCC wins € 1,99 billion Slovakian concession
Consortium will build, finance and operate a 25 km section of the D1 motorway in mountainous terrain. ...more
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Lend Lease preferred bidder for Alkimos development
Lend Lease chosen as the preferred bidder for the first stage of the Alkimos Community development. ...more
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Granite Construction wins US bridge demolition contract
Granite Construction wins a US$ 22.4 million contract to demolish the US 82 Greenville Bridge near Jackson, Mississippi. ...more
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