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Engine manufacturer Deutz has notched up a five-fold increase in operating profit according to its interim report for the first quarter of 2015.
The company says that business performance is in line with expectations and that there has been a decline in unit sales and revenue due to effects of advance production of engines in the prior-year period.
The new orders received by the Deutz Group during the reporting period totalled €321.0 million, which was down by 22.5% year-on-year (Q1 2014: €414.2 million).

Lafarge and Holcim have received final approval for their proposed merger from the competition authorities in the United States and Canada.

All competition approvals necessary for closing the transaction have now been obtained ahead of the expected closing in July 2015.

Following the regulatory assessment in all key jurisdictions, Holcim and Lafarge can now present a final list of divestments to satisfy regulatory requirements (see list).

These divestments remain subject to the completion of the me

Russian construction company BaltMostStroy has been using a Sennebogen 7700 crawler crane to build bridges along a new freeway route

The 300tonne capacity crawler crane has been used to lift prefabricated parts weighing as much as 100tonnes onto the concrete foundations. LLC Lonmadi in St Petersburg is Sennebogen’s Russian sales and service partner and supplied the contractor with the 7700 crawler crane. This versatile crawler crane is being used on demanding infrastructure construction work in Russia. A

IronPlanet, the leading online marketplace for buying and selling used heavy equipment and trucks, has appointed Jeff Holmes as its vice president, government solutions.

Holmes is said by the firm to bring a unique background that combines his military service with a corporate career spent driving efficiency and growth through business and government partnerships.

“I am pleased to have Jeff join IronPlanet with his deep industry knowledge and experience in both the public and private sectors,” said Gr

EMS has been appointed as the new official dealer of articulated and rigid Terex Trucks in the Republic of Ireland.

Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, EMS will be providing sales, service and parts for Terex Trucks ADTs and RDTs .

Established in 1989 and operating with dump trucks since 1996, EMS’s team of 11 staff have gained over 30 years of experience with dump trucks in the region.

Volvo Penta has doubled the warranty on Genuine Volvo Penta Parts and Accessories that are purchased and installed at a Volvo Penta dealer — creating even better protection for customers.

The Swedish company offers a comprehensive 12-month warranty on Genuine Volvo Penta Parts. But now the company has extended that warranty to 24 months for parts and accessories that are purchased and fitted at an authorised Volvo Penta dealer. Not only is the part itself under warranty, but the labour involved in fittin

China’s cement industry profits fell by 67.6% in Q1 2015 compared to the same period of 2014 US$520.88 million (CNY 3.23 billion), while total sales value fell by a far more modest 6.86% to $28.98 billion (CNY 177.2 billion). Further figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed that the Chinese cement industry’s profit margin fell by 3.42% to 1.82%.

NBS figures by national province showed that Shanxi Province and Hebei Province recorded a loss of $94.86 million (CNY 580 million)

UK sales volumes of aggregates, ready-mixed concrete and asphalt improved again in the first quarter of 2015, says the Mineral Products Association (MPA).

Seasonally adjusted results, which provide a consistent quarter by quarter comparison, indicated that crushed rock and sand and gravel sales volumes rose by 2.2% and 3.6% respectively compared to Q4 2014, and ready-mixed concrete and asphalt sales were 1.3% and 1.2% up. Annual sales of cement grew by 7.8% in 2014.

To put these improvements into a l

Swiss cement maker Holcim has revealed that its Q1 2015 net profit almost quadrupled after the sale of its minority stake in Siam City Cement.

The sector giant, which is in the process of merging with France's Lafarge, revealed earlier today that its first-quarter net profit jumped to €295.7 million (CHF 310 million) from €76.3 million (CHF 80 million) in the same period last year.

Holcim said it expected 2015 operating profit adjusted for merger costs to be between €2.57 billion (CHF 2.7 billion) and

O’Donovan Waste Disposal, one of London’s leading construction and demolition waste management company, has scooped the renowned Health, Safety and Environmental Skills Development title at the 16th annual Environment and Energy Awards.

The award, which recognises excellence in staff development to meet industry environmental, health and safety requirements, adds to O’Donovan’s growing number of plaudits, including a National Motor Transport Award for Training and the Institute of Directors South-East a

Elaine Ball Technical Marketing (EBTM), a leading consultancy in technical marketing for the geospatial, mining and offshore industries globally, has won a major contract with Trimble Geospatial, Westminster, Colorado, USA.

EBTM will be delivering strategic and marketing workshops to Trimble’s global dealer network on behalf of Trimble’s Geospatial division. The workshops involve reviewing strategic roads maps of dealers, current marketing strategy, what works and what does not and leaving them with key

Hanson Bath & Portland Stone is planning to create a new entrance to its Hartham Park underground quarry in Corsham, County Wiltshire, southern England.

The new site off the B3109 Bradford Road will include facilities for the storage and maintenance of underground machinery and the storage of stone blocks, as well as new office and welfare accommodation. The mine access will be on a shallow incline and intercept an existing underground roadway.

A planning application for the £1 million (€1.4 million)

Volvo Penta is partnering with Italian manufacturer Tesmec on its stringing machines.
Already used in a variety of construction machines, including pumps, air compressors, crushers, drill rigs and cranes, Volvo Penta engines are soon to be available in a new construction application: power line and fiber optic cable installation.
Italian construction equipment manufacturer Tesmec is now using Volvo Penta engines in its Argano Idraulico ARS802 stringing machine.
Tesmec has already produced a prototype wi

Middle East Stone, a new exhibition dedicated to the stone product sector, will take place at the Dubai World Trade Centre next month, as industry experts tip the industry to be worth US$5.4 billion in 2015 – up from $5.1 billion in 2014.

Created by dmg, the show from 18-21 May 2015 comes as the stone market has been increasing due to the green building codes and sustainable development plans in the GCC region, according to a report.

Stone is said to be one of the most environment-friendly products

Thirty HGV drivers are being sought by Hope Construction Materials, one of Britain’s leading independent concrete and aggregates producers, to operate the company’s new fleet of Renault trucks.

Hope says it is expanding its fleet of ready-mixed concrete mixer trucks and aggregate tipper wagons to meet growing demand in the construction sector.

The company currently has 450 core fleet drivers – both directly employed and independent contractors – and is bolstering its transport work force with new driv

Trimble has announced the availability of Trimble LOADRITE 360 for loadout automation and reporting for quarry loadout activities.

The LOADRITE 360 (LR360) system consists of a wheeled loader onboard scale, an automated communications connection and a performance reporting tool. The system provides a 360° view of quarry loadout operations between the loader scales, scale house and quarry manager.

The California, US-headquartered telematics giant says the LR360 can reduce fuel and maintenance costs by

National UK plant hire specialist P Flannery Plant Hire has invested in 148 Cat machines with Caterpillar dealer Finning, in a deal worth €22.3 million (£16 million). The fleet deal includes the UK’s first purchase of two new Cat D6N dozers, and the first time the business has invested in Caterpillar general construction telehandlers.

The new equipment will be delivered throughout 2015, with each unit benefitting from the Finsight equipment monitoring solution, helping to optimise machine health and pro

Leadway Heavy Machinery (LHM) has placed an order for nine Terex Trucks TR100 rigid haulers after the contract was finalised and signed during the truck manufacturer’s first appearance at INTERMAT 2015 in Paris, France.

LHM was appointed as Terex Trucks’ official dealer in Myanmar in 2013, and has since delivered 26 TA400 articulated dump trucks into Jade mine operations in the region. Its latest purchase of nine TR100 rigid dump trucks is a good sign of the pick-up in the market, having opened up to inv

IronPlanet, the world’s leading online auction company for pre-owned construction, agricultural and materials handling equipment, says that 165 items of used machinery and parts from across Europe will be available for purchase during its online auction on 29 April 2015.

The auction is set to feature a considerable number of machines from across the Nordic region. This has been made possible due to exclusive packages from PON, the official Caterpillar dealer in the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Denma

Construction materials giant Cemex’s consolidated net sales reached US$3.4 billion during the first quarter of 2015, an increase of 7% on a like-for-like basis compared to the same period of 2014.

Operating EBITDA increased by 6% during the quarter to US$569 million versus the same period in 2014. On a like-for-like basis, operating EBITDA increased by 14% in the same period.

The Q1 2015 consolidated net sales increase was said by the Mexican headquartered company to be due to the higher prices of it