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Tarmac is marking National Apprenticeship Week (8 to 14 February) by allowing its current group of apprentices to take over its social media channels to share first-hand insights into what life is like as an apprentice working within the construction industry.

Proterra, a supplier of commercial vehicle electrification technology, and Komatsu, will work on the equipment maker’s first battery-electric middle-weight excavator.

Volvo Group says it has created a "business area" to offer its clients battery life-cycle options including disposal and repurposing and to develop charging infrastructure.

Xylem, a leading water and pump technology provider for global industries including quarrying, reported fourth-quarter revenue of US$1.37 billion, and full-year 2020 revenue of $4.88 billion. The figures exceeded expectations on strengthening end-market performance, despite COVID-19 related impacts.

Atlas Copco has announced Mikael Andersson’s appointment as president of Power Technique’s Power & Flow division, effective from 1 February 2021. In this new role, Andersson will lead the global business to strengthen the market position of the division in its three core pillars: power, light, and flow.

Major off-highway diesel engine maker Cummins expects good growth in key regional market sales in 2021 after reporting resilient trading in COVID-19-hit 2020.

Cemex is optimising its supply chain to address cement shortages in California, Arizona and Nevada.

Aggregates producer Hanson is marking 20 years of its wetland project with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) at Ouse Fen in Cambridgeshire, UK with the transfer of a further 80 hectares of restored land from its Needingworth quarry to the nature reserve.

Caterpillar is introducing four new next-generation large excavators – the 352, 374 and 395 for Europe, North America, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand customers; and the 345 GC, 374 and 395 for the Africa, Middle East and Eurasian markets.

MAJOR has appointed Haver & Boecker Middle East as its new aggregate and mining screen media authorised dealer.

The Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) CEO Brian P. McGuire has issued a statement upon the US Senate’s confirmation of Pete Buttigieg as secretary of transportation.

A leading UK concrete block manufacturer is making a six-figure investment in research and development to enhance its premium products' environmental impact.