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Shell has developed a unique dual fuel diesel Mercedes Actros on-highway truck to provide fuel performance and emissions comparisons for its research and development programs. The engine has two banks of cylinders, which can be fed with different fuels so that their performances can be measured simultaneously in the same engine.

John Deere acquired full ownership of Regen Technologies in November, a remanufacturing company located in Missouri, US that was already 50% owned by Deere.

KHL Group is launching two new awards schemes for the access and demolition sectors, plus a top-level conference for the crane and specialized transport industries in a major expansion of its new events division in 2009.

European Commission legislation means that engine manufacturers will have to comply with stricter emissions controls from 1 January 2011. Confronted with developing complex new systems, engine manufacturers are diverting huge efforts and resources into meeting the deadline. Steve Skinner reports.

Germany’s Wirtgen currently has four complete paving trains in 24-hour per day operation in Azerbaijan to construct a 200 km long motorway from the capital city of Baku to the city of Quba in the north of the Asian republic.

Terex has acquired Hydra platforms via its Bid-Well operation. The acquisition, in August of last year, will allow Terex Roadbuilding to offer contractors a leading line of inspection and road building self-erecting, under bridge access equipment in addition to bridge pavers, work bridges and texture/curing machines.

SGB’s GASS formwork has been used to reduce costs and improve concreting efficiency at the new acute hospital in Peterborough, UK.

PJ Davidson contractors of Exeter, UK, recently paved its one millionth linear meter of concrete slipform using Gomaco Commander III pavers.

Launches and upgrades aimed at enhancing performance, productivity and flexibility have shaped the concrete industry recently. Steve Skinner looks at some of the new and improved products in this well-established sector.

It is with great sadness that we report the death of our friend and colleague, Peter Sullivan.

Kubota has introduced the 1,6 tonne zero tail swing U17-3 mini excavator which replaces the U15-3 model.

CRH expects that there will be an improvement in ‘sentiment and activity’ in the second half of 2009 as lower energy costs, the step-up in interest rate cuts and an infrastructure focussed stimulus package in the US begin to influence markets.

Leighton has announced its results for the current financial year will be reduced because of write-downs on several investments.

Granite Construction has sold its remaining shares in industrial contractor TIC Holdings to Kiewit Corporation.

UK-based Zaha Hadid Architects has won an international competition to design a new library and learning centre at the University of Economics & Business in Vienna, Austria.

Burundi and Rwanda of Central and Eastern Africa have received a US$ 150 million grant from the African Development Bank (ADB) to finance the Nyamitanga-Ruhwa-Ntendezi-Mwityazo road project.

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 produce between 5 kW and 48 kW.

Abu Dhabi Municipality and Emaar Misr have agreed to develop a 2.2 million m2 city in Cairo which will provide housing for Egypt's young people, Emaar said in a statement.