Holcim's good trading continued in Q3 2021, with the building materials giant posting net sales worth CHF 7.286bn (€6.837bn), up 5% on a like-for-like basis.
Inventory management company Firmatek has acquired Kespry's drone-based aerial intelligence solution in a move which expands its services in the aggregates mining industry.
Innovative zero-cement concrete firm Wagners is celebrating the use of its Earth Friendly Concrete (EFC) for Wonder Reef, the world’s first buoyant dive attraction on Australia’s Gold Coast.
Austrian companies Strabag and Peri have collaborated on what is claimed to be the first building in Austria to be constructed using 3D concrete printing technology
Liebherr Group says it had a positive performance for the first half of 2021 with a sharp increase in turnover, a high level of incoming orders and increasing investments.
Rishi Sunak’s Budget and Spending Review Announcements this week have missed many opportunities to help the manufacturing sector, according to the chief executive of the UK's Construction Equipment Association (CEA).
NED (National Equipment Dealers) has expanded into the US state of Georgia through the acquisition of heavy equipment dealership Grove River Machinery.
Hitachi is now reorganising its business in the US to reflect changes in its wheeled loader operations. The firm’s subsidiary, Hitachi Construction Machinery Loaders America, is now being renamed as Hitachi Construction Machinery Americas.
The Irish Times reports that a managing director of a quarrying business is seeking High Court of Ireland orders to reverse the company’s alleged unilateral and unlawful decision to cut his salary from €236,000 to €94,600.
Lafarge Canada has installed energy-efficient machinery and LED lights at its Dawson Road location – saving nearly half a million kWh of electricity over five years.
HeidelbergCement has signed an agreement to acquire 68% of shares in the Tanzanian cement producer Tanga Cement. With this step, the German building materials giant further strengthens its local business and creates significant synergies with its existing assets in Tanzania.
The global machinery market - including materials handling equipment used in quarrying and aggregates - is predicted to bounce back this year after the impact of Covid with a 6.2% increase from 2020.
