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Kobelco Construction Machinery and Kobelco Cranes are to merge their European hydraulic excavator and crane sales and service operations.

Following the consolidation with Kobelco Cranes on 1 April 2016, Kobelco Construction Machinery (KCM) has been reorganising and consolidating its group companies across the globe. As part of this, KCM will implement a reorganisation of the business structure in Europe in order to improve efficiency, strengthen product development capabilities and effectively utilise

HeidelbergCement has signed an agreement with H+H International and its subsidiary H+H Deutschland H to sell its German and Swiss calcium silicate unit business, HDKS).
The enterprise value of the transaction amounts to about € 110 million, and HeidelbergCement expects the transaction to close in the first quarter of 2018.

A UK concrete company has seen its productivity boosted by more than 25% after switching to a telematics-underpinned paperless system for ordering and job scheduling. Wright Mix, a leading supplier of concrete screed and ready-mix concrete, has been able to complete up to two extra jobs per vehicle each day and reduce administration with help from an integration between the WEBFLEET fleet management solution from TomTom Telematics and routing and scheduling software AGGSMART. This digital system replace

Thomas Cement, a subsidiary of Thomas Concrete Group, has opened its new SEK 30 million (€3.02 million) 7,000tonne capacity terminal for imported binding materials in the Port of Uddevalla, north of Gothenburg. The new terminal was inaugurated on 22 November 2017 with guests from the Port of Uddevalla, the Municipality of Uddevalla as well as customers of Thomas Cement. The terminal enables the company to increase efficiency, improve customer service and reduce the need of transports, thus becoming more

Miller UK, a global market attachment manufacturer, has recently teamed up with Ward & Burke Construction, a civil engineering company, to produce a series of operator safety training videos. The videos will be used by Ward & Burke as part of its own internal operator training campaign for the safe operation and maintenance of the Miller Mate and Miller PowerLatch quick couplers across the UK, Ireland, Canada and the European Union. Jason Glynn, chief technical support for construction equipment at Ward

LafargeHolcim has ended its ongoing talks with PPC (Pretoria Portland Cement) on a possible transaction first reported on October 27, 2017.

PPC is a leading regional cement manufacturer with a major presence in southern and eastern Africa.

Ireland’s CRH, the world’s third-largest building materials supplier by market value, has also decided not to bid for PPC, leaving the field clear for rival suitors.

Miller Plant, based at Inverurie in Aberdeenshire in Scotland, has purchased new Doosan crawler excavators and a new Doosan wheeled loader from Balgownie, the local authorised Doosan and Bobcat dealer. Balgownie has supplied new Doosan DX225LC-5 22 tonne and DX255LC-5 25 tonne excavators and a new DL420-5 wheeled loader to Miller Plant. Alan Miller, managing director of Miller Plant, said: “We are very happy with the new Doosan machines – they make a good range of excavators, wheeled loaders and dump truck

Barford Equipment, a UK based manufacturer of mobile screeners, trailers, screen boxes, as well as wheeled and tracked conveyors, is poised to enter the US market in 2018 with the launch of the SR124 and the S104, two new track-mounted screeners. It is also looking to appoint agents internationally for both the new models plus the company’s existing range. Barford Equipment is using Yoder & Frey auctioneers to prelude both of the new mobile screeners to the US market at its upcoming 2018 Spring Sale in

High performance concrete from LafargeHolcim lines the 3.4 kilometre tunnel housing the world’s most powerful X-ray laser, European XFEL near Hamburg, Germany.

The European XFEL generates extremely intense X-ray flashes that are used by researchers from all over the world. The flashes produced in underground tunnels allow scientists to map atomic details of viruses, film chemical reactions, and study the processes in the interior of planets.

Miller UK, a leading global attachments manufacturer, has appointed Nick Kealy as its new business development manager for London and South East England. Kealy will be the main point of contact for current customers and will be responsible for securing new clients, with a particular emphasis on rolling out Miller UK next generation quick couplers in 2018.

Asphalt Drum Mixers president Mike Devine has issued some tips to help asphalt plant operators looking for all-important spring start-up efficiency.