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Doosan to acquire Moxy

Doosan Infracore has acquired Norwegian articulated dump truck (ADT) manufacturer Moxy for € 55 million through its European subsidiary DIEU. The company says it wants to increase Moxy's sales fivefol ...more
Cemex to seek arbitration over Venezuelan assets

Cemex says it will submit a complaint to the World Bank's Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes following the Venezuelan Government's seizure of its assets in the country. The company says the ...more
Venezuela nationalises cement - Cemex plants siezed

Venezuela has nationalised its cement industry with the acquisition of majority stakes in Holcim and Lafarge’s operations, and the seizure of Cemex’s assets in the country. ...more
PCA sees tough 2009

The Portland Cement Association's (PCA's) summer forecast for the US cement and construction industries says there will be a -7% decline in construction activity in 2009, following on from this year's ...more
VIDEO: The CE-100 - Europe's largest construction companies

Construction Europe's league table of the region's 100 largest construction companies, the CE-100 is now available in the July-August edition of the magazine. This unique study not only provides ranki ...more
VIDEO: The world's 200 largest construction companies

International Construction's league table of the world's 200 largest construction companies is now available in the July-August edition of the magazine. This unique study not only provides rankings of ...more

Palfinger to present at Europlatform conference

Christoph Schneiderbauer, managing director of Palfinger Europe, is the latest speaker to be confirmed for the Europlatform conference in Maastricht, The Netherlands, on 16 September, the day before t ...more
Genie's Roger Brown on the AWP slowdown

Roger Brown of Genie Industries, one of the company’s founders, said it was still too early to tell how severe and long the current downturn in the AWP market would be, but said the industry – and Gen ...more
Spider climbs Denver condos

Three high rise Denver condos create interesting challenges for Spider. ...more
Ruthmann to show new T275 at APEX show

Germany’s Ruthmann will use the APEX exhibition in September for the official debut of its new STEIGER T 275, an extended version of the T 270 model, which has been on sale since 2003. ...more
Indian access renters close to merger

Recently formed Indian access rental company OnRent Pvt Ltd is close to a merger with the access rental division of Madras Tools and Tackles Ltd (mtandt). Both companies are based in Chennai in southe ...more
Tanfield subsidiary Snorkel lays off 125 in US

Tanfield Group’s US subsidiary Snorkel International is to lay off 125 workers at its plant in Elwood, Kansas. The lay-offs follow Tanfield’s announcement in early July of redundancies at its UK UpRig ...more

Tiong Woon posts record profits

Tiong Woon Corporation Holding Ltd (TWC) announced a record net profit after tax and minority interest of S$28million (US$19.7 million) for the full year ending 30 June 2008. This represented an incre ...more
Extreme crane sports

A base jumping group has used a fully rigged 200 tonne capacity all terrain crane to carry out a series of daring leaps ...more
Nine more Hiabs for Gatwick

Gatwick Group in the UK has ordered nine Hiab knuckle boom cranes to add to its fleet bringing the total to 16 ...more
AEM product support seminar

AEM to host product support seminar in October. "Teaming Up to Serve" is the theme of the 2008 product support seminar offered by the US's Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). ...more
Crane Rental Corp. recapitalization

A recapitalization program will allow Crane Rental Corp. to continue to expand and grow. ...more
Bigge orders a dozen Liebherr crawlers

Bigge Crane & Rigging has ordered 12 new crawlers for delivery in 2009, to add to its 25 Liebherr LR series crawler cranes ...more

Crushing guidance

The UK’s National Federation of Demolition Contractors (NFDC) has issued a new guidance document to all its members concerning the use of mobile crushing plant in the demolition role. ...more
In the metal

It is finally here. Lindsay Gale reports on the first time Rusch’s high reach demolition rig achieved its full 90 m working height prior to handover to Euro Demolition. ...more
Power of the jack

Ferrari SA is using the power of hydraulic jacks to bring down buildings in a similar manner to that when explosives are used. ...more
Kleeman breaks ground on new factory

German crushing equipment manufacturer Kleeman, part of the Wirtgen group, has broken ground on a new headquarters and manufacturing facility in Goppingen, Germany. ...more
EDA confirms Istanbul conference

The European Demolition Association (EDA) has released a provisional programme for its autumn conference to be held in Istanbul on 6th-8th November 2008. ...more
Changing take on PVC-U disposal

Industry figures suggest that in the UK, up to 300,000 end-of-life PVC-U window and door frames are disposed of in landfills annually. According to Merritt Plastics Ltd managing director Simon Readman ...more

Cramo signs Danish outsourcing deal

Cramo has signed an equipment outsourcing deal with regional Danish engineering contractor MSE A/S. Cramo will acquire MSE’s machine fleet and becomes MSE’s main rental supplier for the next five year ...more
Andrews Sykes pursues growth through continued specialisation

Specialist rental company Andrews Sykes Hire Ltd in the UK continues to broaden and diversify its rental offerings away from pumps and air conditioning. Paul Wood, managing director for the past three ...more
Kneeland confirmed as CEO at United Rentals

United Rentals has appointed Michael Kneeland as president and chief executive officer. Mr Kneeland, who was unanimously selected by United’s board, has been interim CEO since June 2007. ...more
Brazil's Solaris creates earthmoving rental division

Brazilian rental company Solaris Equipamentos e Serviços LTDA (Solaris) aims to capitalize on growth in Brazil’s infrastructure and construction markets by creating an earthmoving equipment rental div ...more
Remote Dynamics adds global satellite tracking

US asset tracking company Remote Dynamics has introduced a global satellite tracking capability for its Rediview construction fleet tracking software. ...more
Atlas Copco rebrands specialty rental operations

Atlas Copco’s Specialty Rental division has rebranded all its rental operations to include the Atlas Copco name. The businesses were previously operated under their original brands. ...more