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Camso, formerly Camoplast Solideal, will be implementing a price increase by an average of 8% for all of its material handling and construction products, from 1 April, 2017 due to rising costs of raw materials.

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.

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

Sennebogen’s UK sales and service partner, AGD Equipment, has delivered a Sennebogen 655 HD dragline duty cycle crane to Thomas Armstrong Aggregates based in Cumbria, North West England. Fitted with a 27m boom and two powerful 160kN freefall winches, the dragline duty cycle crane is digging tonnes of gravel every day for the construction materials manufacturer.

A family business established in 1830, the Thomas Armstrong Group continues to progress as a major player in numerous sectors, ranging from extr