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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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Special Report: Bridges now available
Special Report: Bridges, a new yearbook from KHL Group, is now available to buy at a special introductory offer price. ...more
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Topcon introduces new software
Topcon has introduced the Layout and LayoutMaster software designed to help contractors with construction staking and layout ...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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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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Snorkel teams up with PopUp to bring low-level access to market
At ARA's The Rental Show Snorkel announced that it is working with UK manufacturer of push around scissors, Pop-Up Products, ...more
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Youngman extends line of X-series push-arounds
Youngman exhibited two new X-Series machines, the BoSS X2 and BoSS X3X together with the latest specification, auto-braked Bo ...more
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Pop-Up reveals next generation
Pop-Up Products revealed Push, the next generation of push-around scissors, at the Executive Hire Show in Coventry. ...more
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Outrigger pads for tough conditions
US company Composite Advantage LLC has developed FiberRigg, a fiberglass composite crane outrigger pad for use in extreme con ...more
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r2 shows refined Eazzi-lifts
r2 Access Platforms, the Wales based distributor of Manitou and Custom Equipment's Hybrid scissors, was able to show the fina ...more
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Lightlift keeps Welsh Assembly building in order
The purchase of a Hinowa Lightlift 23.12 tracked spider platform has helped Welsh cleaning company, Ultima Cleaning win the c ...more
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China crane conference launched
International Cranes and Specialized Transport will hold a major new conference for the global crane industry in China later ...more
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Hydralift celebrates with Liebherr
Mobile crane company Hydralift Cranes in Australia has shared a joint celebration with Liebherr Australia ...more
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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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ESTA 2010 awards attract record number of entries
A record number of firms from around Europe have entered the 2010 ESTA Awards of Excellence to be held at the Hilton Munich P ...more
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Manitowoc 2009 sales down, order intake positive
Sales for 2009 at the Manitowoc Company were down 16% but there was still a net positive order flow in the crane segment at t ...more
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Cargotec's tumultuous 2009 concludes on positive note
Finland-based Cargotec saw sales drop 24% during its 2009 financial year, which was marked by job cuts, factory reorganisatio ...more
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Demolition at a distance - new demolition robots from Husqvarna
bauma will be the venue for the European launch of the DXR250 and DXR140 robots from Husqvarna ...more
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FRD rips into demolition with new concept
Furukawa Rock Drill will show a new concept demolition tool in the shape of its XCENTRIC Ripper series of attachments that ar ...more
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European Demolition Association heads into eastern Europe
The EDA Spring Conference will this year be held in the Polish city of Warsaw at the end of May ...more
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Dates and programme announced for Berlin Demolition Conference
Berlin is once again the venue (as always) for the German Demolition Conference, which again is staged at the Hotel Berlin Be ...more
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Sidhwani to lead Chicago Pneumatic sales effort
Kishore Sidhwani has been appointed vice president of Chicago Pneumatic Construction Equipment. He is currently general manag ...more
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NDA confirms Las Vegas programme for its 37th Annual Convention
March 20-23 will see the 37th National Demolition Association annual convention, once again at the favourite venue of the Mir ...more
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Masterpac to open European sales office
Compaction and light equipment manufacturer Masterpac is to establish a new European sales office in Paris, France on 1 March ...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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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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Xtreme shows four new telehandlers at WoC
Xtreme introduces four new telehandlers - the XR630, XR621 low pivot, XR2050 and XR3034 - at the 2010 World of Concrete exhib ...more
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Hertz forms joint venture in Saudi Arabia
Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation (HERC) is to start renting equipment in Saudi Arabia through a joint venture with Saudi ba ...more
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