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A new Memorandum of Understanding co-signed by EMBL and HeidelbergCement aims to encourage beneficial knowledge exchange in areas related to CO2 emission reduction, avoidance and recovery, as well as driving innovation. “We are delighted to be partnering with EMBL, one of the world’s leading research institutions for molecular biology, to jointly explore innovative approaches to fight climate change,” explains Dr. Bernd Scheifele, chairman of the managing board of HeidelbergCement. “This will further

Indian tyre manufacturer BKT has unveiled its new Research and Development Centre in Bhuj where two years ago the company officially inaugurated its showpiece production site.
BKT said the site in the state of Gujarat, western India, was starting up “a real change of pace” for the Indian multi-national company in the global off-highway tyre market. The new R&D centre has been named Suresh Poddar Innovation Hub in honour of Suresh, the eldest of the Poddar brothers. It is situated within an area of ten hec

After completing a name change, Erket, a German manufacturer of excavator attachments based in Hämbach in the Thuringia region of Germany, is now KEMROC. Erket products are now sold under the KEMROC brand name and the company has completed the change process by renaming the company KEMROC. Company ownership remains unchanged and the product portfolio will be expanded. KEMROC, a manufacturer of specialist milling products on an international scale, can call on over 15 years’ experience in the development

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) continues to earn best-in-class recognition for its innovative new Tech Experience at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017. The latest honour is the Experience Design and Technology Awards’ top prize for Best Outdoor Event in 2017. The Experience Design & Technology Awards, from Event Marketer, is the said to be world’s only marketing awards programme recognising the best-designed live experiences and most powerful wired engagements delivered by brands and partners

Organisers say that the indicators seem to be turning to green for the 2018 edition of INTERMAT, as reports are that the worldwide construction market is set to record annual average growth of 3.9% between now and 2030. The report from Global Construction 2030 comes as forecasts are that in France further improvement is also forecast for 2017, with 3.4% growth (source: French Building Federation, FFB) in the building sector and 1.7% in public works (French Public Works Federation, FNTP) in volume.

Euro Auctions, worldwide auctioneers of industrial plant, construction equipment and agricultural machinery, is to hold its first timed auction to be coordinated via its new Hong Kong operation, with the hammer day, to conclude all transactions, set for 7 December 2017. By early November over 200 consignments had already been assigned to this auction by construction, rental and financial institutions in the region including significant consignments from Mitsubishi Bank and Wealth Mind, plus a number of

Cemex says that it expects to supply approximately 9,800m³ of ready-mix concrete for the reconstruction of Mezaparks Grand Open-Air Stage, an iconic venue in Riga, the Latvian capital, that hosts a wide variety of cultural and sporting events each year. The reconstruction is the work of Latvian architectural firms J.Pogas birojs and Mailītis., which together envisioned the expansion of this emblematic building, first opened to the public in 1955.
Expected to be fully completed by 2021, this venue’s

Olli-Pekka Oksanen, currently Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, and a member of Metso's executive team, has been appointed Vice President, Minerals West Europe market area as of 1 December 2017. Strategy and Business Development will move to the CFO's office, and become the responsibility of CFO, Eeva Sipilä.

Finning UK & Ireland has launched a new mobile parts team aimed at supporting customers with tailored parts, technology, service, and support solutions for individual machines or plant fleets.
The new team will visit customers across the UK and Ireland, providing a dedicated service to support machine uptime, ensure availability and expose the benefits of connectivity to a much wider customer base. “Finning has many different ways in which we can support customers to become more productive and profitable

Floating effortlessly and able to be positioned with great accuracy, drones, also referred to as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are becoming an increasingly popular tool in the construction industry. Named after stingless male bees, drones were originally a military technology, dating back to the siege of Venice in 1849, when pilotless flying machines were used as weapons. However, it wasn’t until 1935 that the first truly successful drone, the de Havilland DH82B Queen Bee, joined the service in Britain.

A team of EPC-UK employees have cycled from London to Paris to raise funds for the company’s elected charity, Hand on Heart.
EPC-UK, a leading authority in explosives and blasting services, said it was a “inspirational accomplishment.”
Forming a cycle team tagged Bike for Change, EPC-UK employees Ben Coppock, Mathew Whitmore, Ryan Ward and Brian Coultherd embarked on an exhaustive three and a half-day team cycle, with each member covering over 325 miles (523km). The journey started in London, from where t

Cheshire Demolition has taken delivery of a Terex Finlay J-1170 jaw crusher to meet increasing demand.
The company, which has its headquarters in Macclesfield, north-west England, acquired the crusher from Finlay Central, part of the Finlay Group of companies, and it joins a fleet of Terex Finlay machines at the company, including a Terex Finlay 883 screener and a Terex Finlay J-1160.

Basalto La Spicca has replaced two of its Hitachi Zaxis-3 medium excavators with two new Zaxis-6 models due to increasing demand at its basalt quarry in southern Umbria, Italy.
The new ZX350LCN-6s were delivered with five-year/10,000-hour HELP extended warranty and service contracts by the country’s official Hitachi dealer SCAI.