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CNH Industrial, whose Construction Equipment division includes the CASE Construction Equipment brand, achieved consolidated revenues of US$27.361 billion in 2017, up 10% compared to 2016. Net sales of Industrial Activities were $26.168 billion in 2017, up 11% compared to 2016. In Q4 2017, consolidated revenues were $8.102 billion, up 16% compared to the same period of 2016. Net sales of Industrial Activities were $7.798 billion for the fourth quarter of 2017, up 17% compared to Q4 2016.

Italian tyre retread equipment manufacturer TRM has developed a new line of automated retreading equipment for the U.S. market and signed an agreement with Shamrock Marketing, of Louisville, Kentucky to be the authorised dealer. The new line, called ‘Latitude’, is built around a robotic style buffing machine that is designed to minimise process time, cut labour, and increase consistency in buff texture. The equipment line will be officially launched in March during the Mid-American-Truck-Show in Louisville

Making a break from tradition, Patersons Quarries has purchased a Volvo L110H loading shovel to work at the company’s Burrowine Moor Quarry in Bogside near Alloa, Scotland. While the new 19tonne L110H is the first Volvo loading shovel to join Patersons’ fleet of mobile equipment, the company already has a long association with Volvo Construction Equipment products in the guise of Volvo articulated haulers.“Over the years we’ve had a good experience operating Volvo articulated haulers in our quarrying an

Providing an advantage in swampy and slippery work sites, and better traction in its quarries, Allison fully automatic transmissions are an integral part of fleet operations for South Australia-based Garden Grove. They are also said to offer better efficiency, less driver fatigue and lower maintenance costs and less downtime. “The last four or five Isuzu trucks we’ve had are all equipped with the Allison 3000 Series and they’re performing really well,” said Brad Carraill, managing director for Garden Grove

In just five years, SDLG has grown to become a dominant brand among Oman’s value-option construction equipment. Muscat-based General Engineering Services (Genserv), who introduced SDLG to Oman’s construction equipment market in 2012, has been struck by SDLG’s ability to provide reliable and productive machines at affordable prices, along with its comprehensive aftermarket support. Genserv took a gamble on offering an unknown machine to its customers, and the bet has paid off. “It was a challenge to intro

Xylem, a leading global water technology company whose product range includes dewatering pumps for quarries, has opened a new pump rental and service business in Calamba in the province of Laguna, Philippines.

CEMEX has played a key role in the construction of the new Minden waterway junction, one of the main transport hubs for inland shipping in Germany. The Mexican building materials giant partnered with a local supplier to deliver approximately 100,000m³ of concrete. Expected to ease the traffic of 4,000 freight shippers/year, the new lock system required several specialised products, including underwater concrete, self-compacting concrete, concrete for visible surface and chamber walls, high freeze-thaw

Wincanton, the largest British logistics company, has been contracted by Aggregate Industries, a leading player in the construction and infrastructure industries, to provide 14 latest specification Ready-mix vehicles on a national basis.

The contract marks an expansion of the existing relationship between the two companies, operating bulk and packed cement distribution from the Aggregate Industries’ flagship Cauldon cement works. The deal will see Wincanton operate a fleet of Mercedes Arocs 8 x 4lb mixer

SigmaRoc, the buy-and-build construction materials group, delivered a solid underlying performance for the year ended 31 December 2017, with results in-line with management expectations. The Group is said to have achieved operational efficiencies ahead of schedule, resulting in a positive financial performance, further strengthened by the acquisition of two value accretive businesses in Southern and Eastern England. Optimisation initiatives for the newly purchased businesses have been launched. The