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Martin Knötgen, president of Doosan Bobcat in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), has engaged in a Q&A session to comment on the company’s many recent developments across the three key global sales regions.

Please could you explain the background to some of the decisions you have made in the last three years, beginning with the closure of the Doosan Heavy manufacturing plant at Frameries in Belgium?

I joined Doosan Bobcat EMEA from the automotive industry in 2010 as Vice President Operations EMEA,

In 1991, Cemex carried out its first edition of the Cemex Building Award in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon. Twenty-five years later, having expanded both nationally and internationally, the Cemex Building Award has become one of the largest recognitions in the construction industry.

On 10 November 10,2016, some 62 finalists will compete for the international edition of the 2016 Cemex Building Award.

An independent jury, made up of international professionals within the industry, will select the winne

Rubble Master is keen to continue its impressive growth after spending its first 25 years establishing itself as a leading global compact mobile crushing equipment manufacturer.

Speaking during the Austrian company’s well attended RM Xperience Days 2016 event at its Linz HQ, Gerald Hanisch, Rubble Master CEO and founder, said: “We created a company that was determined to work on an international basis. We were very ambitious in what we were doing and have always gained strength from overcoming problems.

Superior Industries expands its portable plant product line-up with the release of new standard designs for the Patriot cone crusher plant.

The plant provides options such as Vantage Automation and Level Assist that are exclusive to Superior.

New and patent-pending, Superior’s Level Assist technology automatically levels a plant once the machinery is raised to a desired height. Normally, the task requires 20-30 minutes with two workers to complete. With Level Assist, one worker can get the job done in

Cemex Poland is contributing to the construction of a new power unit in the Turow Power Plant, located in south-west Poland.

Cemex Poland is expected to provide approximately 90,000m³ of concrete for the project, and has already delivered over 15,000m³ of tailor-made concrete for the foundation of the power station, which required approximately four days (101 hours) of continuous pouring.

Cemex Poland erected two mobile concrete batch plants with a capacity of 160³ of concrete/hour to meet the deman

FLSmidth and Northern Heavy Industries Group (NHI Group), based in Shenyang, China, have signed an agreement to enter into a joint venture, with an equal amount of shares, for the design and supply of mining equipment targeting the mid-market segment.

Following the recent announcement of the opening of Datchet Quarry in county Berkshire, England, CDE is to partner with Cemex to deliver a further three new sand and aggregates washing projects across the Midlands and south of England.

Volvo Construction Equipment will pit 20 of EMEA’s finest operators against each other in the epic battle of speed, precision and technique that is the Operators Club Final.

Gary Pederson, vice president of sales at Major Wire Industries, a Haver & Boecker company, is to retire on 30 September after 17 years. From 1 October, two new vice presidents are appointed: James Siler becomes vice president of sales for North America and André Mathieu becomes vice president of global business development.

Earthmoving attachments manufacturer, Miller UK, has secured the top spot in the latest EY Manufacturers’ League in the North-East, where it was ranked number one for both efficiency and exports, and second in terms of turnover for quarter two this year.

Swiss professional drone maker, senseFly, has signed an agreement with Maptek, experts in precision measurement and visualisation for the mining industry, that enables Maptek to offer its customers a full, end-to-end data collection and analysis solution.

Lyndon Thomas, based in Northampton in the UK, has taken delivery of eight new Doosan DA30-5 articulated dump trucks (ADTs), the biggest single order for Doosan trucks in the UK, for use in projects across the country.

Rebecca McDonald has resigned from the CRH board with immediate effect.