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Volvo Construction Equipment has been presented with the Marketing Agility award for the launch of the company’s new websites, by Sitecore in the company’s annual Experience Awards.

The award recognises brands that have made significant and measurable gains in productivity and marketing ROI.

“Volvo CE successfully built and launched more than 120 new websites in over 30 languages in record time, with each and every milestone of the project delivered on time,” says Eva Bärnheim, digital UX project ma

Messe München is further expanding its international expertise in the construction machinery sector and getting involved for the first time in Brazil.

As part of a Iong-term cooperative partnership with the Brazilian Association of Technology for Construction and Mining (Sobratema), the Munich, Germany-based company will also be a partner of M&T Expo, the second-largest trade fair in South America.

“Cooperation with this construction machinery trade fair allows us access to what is the most important

CASE Construction Equipment has launched its new website which it says is designed to deliver seamless support and information to customers when they need it, wherever they are and on any device.

The company says the new site delivers a clean, modular layout with pages that are easy to navigate and product information that is readily available.

A distinct, vertical navigation allows for easy browsing and opens up the main area of the screen to view more information at one time. Responsive design det

Indian-based tyre group BKT has launched its new website with the main goal of enhancing users’ experience by involving them through more interaction and innovative graphics.

The tyre, along with its many facetted shapes, is at the centre of the site.

This tool enables anyone interested to quickly spot the product that best suits the specific user requirements, says BKT.

“However, it is also an opportunity to go into topics all around tyres and their usage to find out more and be always up to date.

FLSmidth has been awarded an order from El Sewedy Cement Company for engineering, procurement and supply of equipment for the expansion of a cement production line.

The plant will be built at Ain Soukhna in Suez Governorate, Egypt.

The order is for a complete range of equipment, including planetary gear units from FLSmidth MAAG Gear; electrostatic precipitators and fabric filters from FLSmidth Airtech; a control system and plant automation from FLSmidth Automation, and weighing and metering systems f

Caterpillar Venture Capital, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Caterpillar, has made a strategic investment in busybusy, a software development company that helps customers optimise operations, specifically addressing real-time tracking of jobsite labour costs.

The software application developed by busybusy, which is based in Saint George, Utah, USA, helps drive efficiencies and productivity on customers’ jobsites.

“While we will continue to focus on driving productivity gains from equipment on the jobsit

A new Volvo Penta-powered rock crusher from Screen Machine Industries is being launched at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017. The 4043TR-series model on show at the Las Vegas construction, quarrying and mining industry showpiece event (7-11 March) is powered by Volvo Penta’s EPA Tier 4 Final 268kW TAD1171VE engine.

Volvo Penta’s emission-reduction technology and service support are rapidly winning converts in the industrial engine marketplace, according to Darren Tasker, vice president of industrial sales at Volvo Pe

Exergen Global, an award-winning thermal solutions provider, says TomTom-Tools, a Swiss-based company providing state-of-the-art measurement tools for the cement industry, is employing Exergen’s micro IRt/c-K as part of a customised solution to help its cement manufacturing customers maintain ideal operating temperatures and increase production.

Rotary kilns, used in cement manufacturing, must maintain a very specific temperature range to prevent damage to the refractory stones inside the kiln and to ens