Europe

Atlas Copco has introduced the new HiLight H6+ lighting tower that offers low operational costs and reduced noise levels while increasing illumination coverage.

Ammann is providing an ABP HRT mixing plant which will produce 250,000 tonnes of asphalt on-site for the project to renovate a section of the N2 Motorway in Switzerland.

Construction equipment association CECE and the European Materials Handling Federation (FEM) are among 40 European industry groups calling on the European Commission to take decisive action in solving implementation issues within the EU Waste Framework Directive (WFD).

The Norwegian government has formally proposed to the national parliament the launch of the carbon-capture project at HeidelbergCement company Norcem's Brevik cement plant.

Time is running out for the established construction equipment sector order and the winners of tomorrow will be those that bundle today’s emerging trends in the right way. Industry heavyweights Alan Berger (who has lead product development for Volvo CE and was chief technology officer of CNH Industrial) and Carl Gustaf Goransson (who was global president construction for CNH Industrial and has also worked for Cargotec’s Hiab brand and Volvo CE) signpost the way forward in a Q&A session led by Callum Sarsfield, founding partner at Pullmann Global.

LafargeHolcim has signed a net zero pledge for CO2 emissions by 2030 with the United Nations-backed Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

Engcon says it is encouraged by its summer period trading, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The director of Ukraine's cement producers association says The Big Construction programme for road and bridge building and other infrastructure projects gives hope for growth in the country's cement market.