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The Terex Materials Processing (TMP) business segment within Terex Corporation saw its net sales rise by nearly 20% in the fourth quarter of 2017, with a 13.6% rise achieved in the full year. TMP – which includes Powerscreen, Terex Minerals Processing Systems, Terex Finlay, EvoQuip, Terex Washing Systems, Terex Ecotec, Terex Conveyors, and Terex Concrete and Construction Products – also reported backlog up 47% at year end. The business segment benefitted from growth in several of its product lines including

Enno Straten, head of Commercial Specialty Tires (CST) at Continental, will be talking about trends in the global off-the-road (OTR) tyre market and how Continental is coping with their linked challenges during his keynote speech at Tire Technology Expo 2018 in Hanover, Germany (20-22 February). The global OTR market is growing. According to recent studies, it is expected to show an overall compound annual growth rate of 4% in volume terms and more than 5%in value terms by 2022. Digitisation, automation an

Global demand for construction aggregates is set to grow at a healthy rate until 2024, according to a new report by a leading independent business market research company. Future Market Insights’ (FMI) new study Global Construction Aggregates Market: Industry Analysis and Opportunity Assessment, 2016–2024, says the global construction aggregates market is set to expand at a CAGR of 6.1% in the period 2016-2024, reaching a market value of US$468.2 billion by 31 December 2024. FMI’s report states that const

Sixth formers across Britain reluctant to rack up more than £50,000 worth of university debt are urged to consider building materials company Hanson UK’s higher apprenticeship programme.

Over 50 school-leavers have been through the company’s Leadership, Education and Development (LEAD) programme since 2011.

The three-year scheme offers a competitive salary as well as a fully-funded degree programme and combines practical hands on experience with a distance-learning Foundation Degree in Minerals Extra

Bell Equipment is showcasing its new range of Kobelco Excavators and introducing its Dakar Rally- winning KAMAZ range of heavy duty tipper trucks on its 2,300m² stand at bauma CONEXPO AFRICA 2018 (13-16 March, Johannesburg, South Africa). "We expect both these new partners and product ranges to generate a considerable amount of interest as they bring quality and competitive machine solutions to our local market, and all backed by the most extensive support network in southern Africa," said sales and market

Shipments of decorative aggregate within Europe are continuing to grow and evolve for leading UK manufacturer Welsh Slate, part of the Lagan Group. A total of seven shipments totalling almost 14,000tonnes were made in 2017 from Port Penrhyn at Bangor, near to the manufacturer’s main Penrhyn quarry at Bethesda in North Wales, to feed the continuing demand for decorative aggregates. There had been four shipments in 2016 - three to Redsun Garden Products, one of the largest producers of precast products in

EPC-UK, a leading British player in commercial explosives and blasting services for quarries, has started 2018 with a number of changes to its key personnel as part of an ongoing transformation and succession planning process aimed at securing long-term growth. The company’s restructuring has three main priorities: to establish area specific operating teams to ensure speed and accuracy in decision making and resolutions; enhance the development of advanced technologies; and to strengthen EPC-UK’s business