CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT NEWS

  • Kohler goes diesel

    Kohler engines of Wisconsin, US has produced its first range of diesel powered engines. Initially available in the US and the Asia Pacific region, the seven air-cooled and six liquid-cooled models pro ...more

     

  • New site dumpers from Ausa

    Ausa has launched the 2,5 tonne D 250 AHGA articulated rotating site dumper designed specifically for the Central European and Scandinavian markets. ...more

  • Delphi ups the pressure

    Delphi has launched its first common rail fuel injection system for engines in the medium to heavy duty construction equipment sector. ...more

  • New wheeled loaders from Hitachi

    Hitachi has introduced a 96 kW ZW140 and a 107 kW ZW150 to its ZW wheeled loader range. ...more

  • Integrating safety

    Combisafe is to launch its new filigree mark II attachment for its barrier protection systems in 2009. Steve Skinner reports from the company’s safety centre in Northampton, UK. ...more

  • Liebherr reveals Russian factory plans

    Liebherr has begun construction of a 120 ha production site in Dzerzhinsk, in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region. ...more

Access EQUIPMENT NEWS

  • Autism awareness

    AirWorx Construction Equipment & Supply recently worked with JLG to design a boom for autism awareness. ...more

     

  • Zeus promotes tyre fill benefits for the access industry

    A tyre blow out on an access platform or a telehandler could have serious consequences both to safety and operating efficiency. Zeus Tyre Filling Systems offers two potential solutions: filling the ty ...more

  • Interface for easy operation and diagnostics

    Van and truck mounted access platform manufacturer Aldercote has developed an operator interface screen to monitor and control the platform. ...more

  • JLG manuals now online

    JLG now offers operator, service and parts manuals on its website, www.jlg.com. ...more

  • ‘Mud Rat' makes itself indispensible

    Since buying its first Genie Trax S-65 self-propelled telescopic boom, Australian rental company Dubbo Booms and Scissor Lifts has not had the machine off hire. The popularity of the Trax S-65 (called ...more

  • Blown away?

    In every access platform user manual there should be information about under which weather conditions it is safe to operate the machine, particularly important is wind strength and direction. Skyview ...more

Crane EQUIPMENT NEWS

Demolition EQUIPMENT NEWS

  • Recycling in the cold

    Wirtgen says that its experience in cold mixing of recycled construction material have been put to good use in the development of its new KMA 220 mobile cold mixing plant ...more

     

  • Swedish screens

    A Maskin Ls 302 mobile screen is providing an effective screening solution for Swedish contractor Hakarps Maskinstation ...more

  • UK debut for Terex TM520

    Terex has delivered the first TM250 material handler in the UK to B. Nebbett & Son Ltd, for ferrous metal handling applications at the company’s Mitcham, south London, processing plant. ...more

  • New solid body from Atlas Copco

    Atlas Copco has introduced the SB 302 solid body breaker, weighing in at 300 kg (660 lb) that is intended for use on excavators weighing up to 9 tonnes. ...more

  • Small but powerful

    The new T320 compact tracked loader from Bobcat, powered by a 67.6 kW Kubota V3800-DI-T turbo-charged, liquid-cooled diesel engine, has the highest power-to-weight ratio in its class, claims the compa ...more

  • Powerscreen offers dual power

    Powerscreen can now supply mobile screens that feature diesel-electric drive through an additional electrohydraulic drive ...more

Rental EQUIPMENT NEWS

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The uncertain economic situation prevailing in many of our core markets is a great challenge for Palfinger, especially because its ramifications cannot be predicted right now. But, at the same time, we also see numerous opportunities for the months to come and the year 2009.

Herbert Ortner, CEO, Palfinger, Austria