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LafargeHolcim secured strong Q4 2016 earnings and cashflow growth, despite a decline of 12.3% in net sales from CHF 7.441 billion (€6.99bn) to CHF 6.526 billion (€6.13bn).

The PLANTWORX Construction Machinery Exhibition returns to Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground, county Leicestershire, central England, from 6 -8 June 2017 The UK’s largest working construction equipment show, hosted by the Construction Equipment Association (CEA), will be the biggest event to date where visitors can expect to see the latest in construction machinery and equipment innovation.

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has developed a new Charter for its producer members, founded on a new vision for 2025. The Charter will be the vehicle for achieving the new vision by ‘Driving Change, Raising Standards and Improving Perceptions’.

Building materials giant CRH continued to grow its profits in 2016, with the firm’s margins and returns ahead in all divisions. CRH saw sales of €27.1 billion, 15% up on of 2015; and EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation) rose 41% to €3.1 billion. The company’s 2016 EBITDA margin of 11.5% was up from 9.4% in 2015. CRH had a 2016 cash inflow of €2.3 billion from operating activities.

Italian company Laurini Officine Meccaniche is prototyping new sizes of its best-selling machine, the Vulcano 2.0, a self-propelled radio-controlled vibrating screen on a tracked vehicle.

Volvo Construction Equipment-equipped Bulgarian subcontractor Globus is removing 3 million m³ of overburden a year at the largest lignite mine in South Eastern Europe.

On the outskirts of the Stara Zagora Province, the Maritsa Iztok coal mine is a beehive of activity. A convoy of construction equipment traverses around the enormous 240km² site day and night – and for good reason. The millions of coal extracted each year accounts for approximately 30% of Bulgaria’s electricity output.

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Simex has this week been exhibiting a very special attachment at the 3739 SaMoTer 2017 exhibition in Verona, Italy (22-25 February). To mark the production of the company’s 30,000th PL range planer, a limited ten unit series of PL1000 models are being be available to all Simex global distributors while stocks last. These limited series planers will be identifiable thanks to a special colour marking them as one-of-a-kind.

Hanson Contracting has re-secured its strategic partnership contract with Dorset Highways for maintenance of the county’s road network. The agreement, which starts on 1 April 2017, has a potential duration of 10 years and a total value of more than £100 million.

Hanson has worked as the main supply contractor for Dorset Highways since 2002, laying over one million tonnes of asphalt and delivering high profile projects including the Olympic transport package in Weymouth, Swanage recycling centre and most

The three events inaugurated at Veronafiere are key areas for the development of Italy, which can resume growth by resuming public works.

This was the comment by Umberto Del Basso De Caro, the Secretary State at the Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport, during the inauguration of the 30th edition of Samoter, the international earthmoving, site and building machinery exhibition today in Verona, Italy, alongside Asphaltica and, for the first time, Transpotec Logitec, organised by Fiera Milano.

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Terex Trucks has appointed ICP (International Construction Parts) as its official dealer in Costa Rica.

Strengthening its capacity to aid customers in the Americas, the Scottish manufacturer’s collaboration with ICP will ensure that the requirements for the acquisition and maintenance of machines are met to a high standard.

“The reliable and robust articulated haulers from Terex Trucks are a welcome addition to ICP’s facility in Heredia, Costa Rica, and we’re confident that the expansion of our offeri

At CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017 Caterpillar will launch new Cat Connect hardware and software to enable equipment managers to connect all of their assets—from the largest earthmover to the smallest generator, and including both light and heavy-duty trucks and utility vehicles.

New Cat Product Link technologies connect any brand and type of equipment, powered or non-powered, and all report through a single system, VisionLink.

The new technologies are said to offer multiple communications channels—cellular, sa