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Terex Pegson's new XV350 VSI

Stanley acquires Universal Technologies' drop hammers

Volvo has completed its HB breaker line-up

With the formal appointment of a new president and vice president, and a fiery discussion over the topics to be lobbied at a EU level, the EDA's summer conference in Bilbao had more than its share of talking points. Lindsay Gale reports

The UK's Waste & Resource Action Programme (WRAP) has funded £2.3 million (US$4.5 million) of support for recycled aggregate in the latest round of its capital support programme.

New Orleans seeks bids for demolition work

A Quality Protocol has been proposed jointly by the UK's Environment Agency and the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) that are aimed making it easier to recycle flat glass waste, 700,000 tonnes of which are created each year in the UK. Of this, only around 200,000 tonnes are currently recycled.

UK contractor General Demolition has initiated a new recycling operation through the formation of a new business unit that will specialise in the reclamation and re-use of construction bricks from its various demolition jobs in London and around the Home Counties.

Perkins announces plans for its Chinese operations

The 14th annual German Demolition Conference will take place on February 29 and March 1, 2008, once again in Berlin, Germany. About 400 international participants and 40 special exhibitors will gather at the Hotel Berlin. Some 20 technical reports will raise real world problems in demolition technique and should stimulate discussion.