Features

Italian companies Tecnoidea and Ma-estro have collaborated on the new W-Portal automated control system for water and sludge treatment plants, which enables both increased sustainability and cost savings, Liam McLoughlin reports.

In a challenging 24/7 operating environment where downtime is out of the question, Afrigrit, a South African-based, family-owned aggregates producer, places value on not only uptime but also the longevity of its equipment. Through a proactive maintenance strategy, two of its eight LiuGong wheeled loaders have clocked over 30,000 hours and counting, while maintaining a remarkable 80% availability

Komatsu’s mining, quarrying and construction equipment trading has grown impressively in recent years, with the Japanese off-highway machine giant’s senior management team seeing the continent as a key part of the company’s future. Guy Woodford spoke to Komatsu Africa’s general manager Eric Perben to learn more about Komatsu’s African present and future.

The building of Indonesia’s new capital city and other big infrastructure projects offers exciting commercial opportunities for construction materials suppliers and off-highway equipment manufacturers