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Construction output in the 27 EU countries was down -6,7% in December 2008, compared to December 2007, according to new figures from Eurostat.

The European equipment rental industry was worth €33.6 billion in 2008, a 2.8% decrease on the previous year, according to new research commissioned by the European Rental Association. The figure comprises €24.4 billion for rental of equipment without operators and €9.2 billion with operators.

Construction projects linked to the Euro 2012 football tournament will add an estimated PLN 94,7 billion (€ 20,0 billion) to the Polish construction market.

Manitowoc increased sales by 20% in 2008 but will reduce its workforce by about 22% in 2009. The report came from company executives during a fourth quarter earnings call to investors

Liebherr says it has increased its market share of the mobile harbour crane market. Gottwald was also looking back on a successful 2008, despite the global economic environment.

Demand for cement in China is forecast to rise by +6% annually through 2012 to 1.8 billion tonnes, according to Cement in China, the latest study by US-based research company The Freedonia Group.

Research by iC shows that stimulus package spending could add US$ 375 billion per year to the world's construction output in this year and a similar amount again in 2010.

Growth in China’s construction output will be strong in 2009 compared to the rest of the world, but it will be down on the double-digit rises the industry is used to. Chris Sleight looks at how the government’s US$ 585 billion stimulus package should help.

Construction output in the 27 EU countries was down -4.2% in November, compared to a year previously according to new data from Eurostat.

Prices for house building materials fell -6% in December compared to a year ago.

The German government will invest up to an extra € 18 billion in construction over the next two years, as part of its new € 50 billion stimulus package.

Crane manufacturer Manitowoc has updated its financial forecast for 2009 and for its 2008 full-year financial results

Frank Scarborough former president of Snorkel warns that 2009 may see closures of one or two of the third tier, access manufacturers.

Murray Pollok's presentation at last year's Europlatform conference, on Access Hot-Spots around the world, is now available to view on the www.khl.com website, including a voice-over by the author.

International Construction editor Chris Sleight looks at the prospects for the global construction market, which is expected to grow +1.9% this year, despite the global economic slowdown.

The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) trade association says 65% of US non-residential construction companies expect to lay-off workers in the next six to 12 months if the business climate does not improve.

Fassi estimates that worldwide sales of knuckle boom cranes in 2007 were 54,350 units, a rise of 15,164 from the 39,186 units that entered service in 2003

Russian access rental company LTECH has just celebrated five years in the business and it plans to keep growing.

Mathew Taylor, CEO of JCB believes the construction equipment market could recover quickly if credit became more widely available.

Worldwide demand for cement and concrete additives will rise +6.0% per year to US$ 16.2 billion in 2012, according to the latest report by US-based Freedonia Group.