Weekly quiz: Fayat Group acquires Mecalac | Coates celebrates milestone | Mateco sets up used equipment centre

Mecalac’s e12 wheel loader, eS1000 swing loader and eMDX dumper deployed close to the company’s headquarters. Photo: Mecalac

1) The Fayat Group this week announced the signing of an agreement to acquire the entire share capital of Mecalac Group. In which lakeside town is Mecalac headquartered?

• Annency-le-Vieux
• Aix-les-Bains
• Lausanne

2) Australian rental company Coates is celebrating 140 years in business this year. What was the company, founded in 1885 by John Coates, originally established to supply?

• Farming equipment destined for New South Wales sheep and cattle ranchers
• Mining machinery for Victoria’s gold-rush towns
• Cranes and winches for use in the rapidly expanding ports in Sydney

3) European MEWP specialist Mateco revealed this week that the company is setting up a used equipment centre in which country?

• Indonesia
• Vietnam
• Mexico

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