Construction News

  • Indian equipment market to overtake Japan in two years

    The Indian construction equipment market is set to grow +14% this year according to the latest report from Off-Highway Research. Last year's record volume of 50366 units is forecast to rise to 57350 m ...more

     

  • CE Barometer August 2008: Gloom deepens

    Sentiment about the European construction sector softened further in August, with current activity falling and prospects for the future weakening. Chris Sleight reports. ...more

  • 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

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Demolition News

  • EDA makes Danish move

    The European Demolition Association has officially announced a change to its secretariat. ...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

Rental News

  • Hertz enters China

    Hertz Equipment Rental set up subsidiary Hertz Equipment Rental China and began operations in July in Shanghai. The move, according to the US-based company, makes it "the first...global equipment rent ...more

     

  • GAM to open up in Mexico and Brazil

    Spanish rental company GAM is to establish rental businesses in Mexico this month and in Brazil before the end of the year. The new openings are part of the internationalization strategy that has alre ...more

  • Ashtead still growing in US and UK

    Ashtead Group said its A-Plant and Sunbelt Rentals businesses performed well in the quarter to 31 July with revenues growing and utilisation levels maintained despite both having significantly larger ...more

  • Freek Nijdam dies after illness

    Freek Nijdam, the Atlas Copco executive and former chief executive officer of RSC Equipment Rental, has died aged 67 following an illness. ...more

  • Boels enters surveying market with POL acquisition

    Boels Verhuur BV in the Netherlands has acquired POL Geotechniek BV, a surveying equipment sales company based in Andelst, The Netherlands. POL is dealer for Leica Geosystems and sells other surveying ...more

  • Developing markets fuel Aggreko revenue growth

    Aggreko has shrugged off US and European economic problems to post a 28.4% increase revenues to £407.7 million for the first six months of the year and a rise in pre-tax profits of 41.9% to £67.9 mill ...more