The Construction & Quarry Machinery Show took place in Punchestown racecourse on the 21st and 22nd of June. The sun shone and the machines looked magnificent. Darren Scully takes an overall view of the show and what the future holds. I am wearing two hats as I write this article. …

Plant and tool hire company Hire2K operates a large and diverse fleet, covering everything from tools and small equipment to diggers, dumpers, telehandlers and generators. The company recently added some Manitou telehandlers to the fleet. Managing director Rory O’Connor says this has been a successful decision. “We had done a …

JCB’s world-first electric mini excavator has scooped one of the automotive industry’s most prestigious honours. The Royal Automobile Club presented JCB with the Dewar Trophy for ‘Outstanding Technical Achievement in the British Automotive Industry’ for the 19C-1E – the construction industry’s first fully electric mini digger. The Trophy – only …

Registration open until the end of February Demand even higher than for the previous event Trade fair venue in Shanghai expected to be fully booked again With around one year to go before the start of the trade fair, preparations for bauma CHINA are progressing at full speed. The 10th …

How to transform your construction site in a profitable and competitive business   UAE’s construction sector will thrive beyond 2020. And the MB Crusher market is highly correlatedto overall infrastructure development. With MB Crusher attachments contractors have the advantage of crushing and screening the existing materials onsite, eliminating the need to …

Owned by Kinross Tasiast Company and operated through its subsidiary Tasiast Mauritania Limited S.A. (TMLSA or Tasiast), the Tasiast mine in the Inchiri region of north-west Mauritania is one of the largest gold mines in Africa. To assist in work at height applications in relation with its mining operations, Tasiast …

Caterpillar launches several new design enhancements for its Small Wheel Loader (SWL) line – Cat® 926M, 930M and 938M models – centered on improving attachment visibility, operator comfort and machine performance. Integrating large wheel loader features into the Cat SWL models, these new machines deliver improved operating efficiency, reduced maintenance …

Terex Ecotec—industry leader in the design and manufacture of wood processing, biomass and recycling equipment—is pleased to announce the appointment of Cimertex – Sociedade de Máquinas e Equipamentos SA for Portugal. Founded in Porto in 1964, Cimertex is now a leading distributor of industrial equipment, representing several world-renowned brands across …

Four of the largest construction companies in the world are based in China, with French-owned Vinci coming in fifth place. Volvo Construction Equipment takes a look at these Chinese giants and explores their influence on the world of construction. Since the 1950s, China has moved away from the agriculture sector …

Rapid International Ltd, celebrates its 50th anniversary on 1 September 2019. Established in County Armagh, Northern Ireland in 1969, the company is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of mixing technology for the concrete, construction, environmental, nuclear, mining and tunnelling industries. In 1969, at a period in Northern Ireland’s history …