Europe

Leading ecologists have identified Panshanger Park in Hertfordshire as one of the most important habitats for a group of beetles in the UK, including recording a significant number of rare species.

Construction materials provider Holcim has invested in neustark, a cleantech startup that offers innovative technology to capture and mineralise CO2 within construction demolition materials, thereby removing and permanently storing CO2 from the atmosphere.

UK-based Flexicon has launched the new BFF Series Bulk Bag Discharger which contains dust when connecting bag spouts and feeding material into vacuum conveying lines, preventing contamination of the product and plant environment.

French low-carbon cement manufacturer Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies has become a corporate member of the World Cement Association (WCA).

Off-road engine manufacturer Deutz has welcomed a new intake of apprentices, with three young women and 33 young men embarking on apprenticeships in six vocations.

Off-road tyre manufacturer Continental has added recovered carbon black (rCB) to its newly-produced Super Elastic solid tyres at its plant in Korbach, Germany.

Off-highway equipment power solutions giant Cummins and Terex Advance, a major manufacturer of front-discharge concrete mixer trucks, have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to integrate Cummins' X15H hydrogen internal combustion engines into the Terex Advance Commander Series.

Perkins says it is addressing evolving off-highway machinery industry demands for improved fuel efficiency and performance with its new next-generation 13-litre diesel engine.