Breaking, Drilling & Blasting

EPC-UK, a specialist in the field of commercial explosives and drilling & blasting for industries including quarrying, has welcomed trained chemist and PhD graduate Michelle Miller to the Bramble Island team in the role of general manager.

Niklas Nillroth has taken over as president of European construction equipment association CECE, starting from January 1 this year. 

He succeeds Enrico Prandini, vice president of Italian construction industry association UNACEA and MD of Komatsu Italia. 

Ireland's Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development Damien English has officially launched the country's Geo Drilling Apprenticeship.

Epiroc is shortly to start work on a new test centre in Örebro, Sweden that will carry out different types of exploration drilling tests and data acquisition.

EPC Groupe showcased its latest developments in blasting techniques, products and processes at the recent EFEE (European Federation of Explosives Engineers) 10th World Conference on Explosives and Blasting.

Engcon, a leading global quarrying and construction equipment market manufacturer of tiltrotators, has achieved record financial year turnover for the ninth consecutive year. The company’s April 1 2018 to March 31 2019 turnover and operating profit stood at £102.7 million and £17.3 million respectively.

Epiroc's production plant in Essen, Germany has been certified to the ISO 50001 energy saving standard.