Breedon Group, a major independent UK and Ireland construction materials business, is resuming clinker production at its two cement plants this month - while also planning to "progressively" reopen some of its other sites over the "coming weeks".
JCB's 'Food for our Communities' initiative has reached a major milestone after the UK-based equipment manufacturer despatched the 10,000th meal from its kitchens for those in need in Staffordshire, central England, during the Coronavirus pandemic.
Tiltrotator and excavator accessories supplier Engcon says its French subsidiary has posted strong sales, surpassing its annual target and ranking third overall in the Engcon Group, behind far more mature markets such as Sweden and Finland.
Smiley Monroe is reopening and resuming all production at a reduced capacity at its sites in Northern Ireland from Tuesday, 5 May 2020 following the Department for the Economy's recent publication of a list of priority business sectors that need to continue to operate during the COVID-19 crisis in Northern Ireland.
The UK Construction Equipment Association (CEA) has released the results of a "snapshot survey" it has just conducted among its members on how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted their production and employment activities.
Mexican cement giant Cemex posted a like-for-like net sales increase of 2% to US$3.1bn in the first quarter of 2020 compared to the same period of 2019.
Nine out of 10 U.S. equipment manufacturers say the COVID-19 pandemic has had a very negative impact on the economy. At the same time, more than half believe it has had a very negative effect on the industry overall, according to results of a survey released today by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM).
Off-highway machine tyre giant BKT has partially restarted output from all its Indian factories, following dialogue with and approval by the local governments of the states where the plants are based.
The Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) Shippensburg site in Pennsylvania, U.S., has become the company's second site to earn zero landfill status.
On World Safety & Health at Work Day, more than 200 representatives of the cement and concrete industry joined GCCA’s (Global Cement & Concrete Association) first global Health and Safety Forum.
CEMEX has implemented more than 50 new hygiene and safety protocols to minimise the risk of COVID-19 contagion across its global cement, ready-mix concrete, and aggregates operations.
