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Doosan International South Africa presents a selection of products from Doosan Portable Power (DPP) and Montabert.

DPP’s portable compressor range offers free air deliveries from 2-45m³/min and operating pressures from 7-35bar, and complements the wide selection of Tier 3 high ambient models. In the range are 14 Tier 1 or Tier 2 engine-powered models, particularly suited to compressed air applications in the African market.

Bobcat Equipment South Africa’s comprehensive display includes the latest compact loaders and excavators; telescopic handlers and attachment products. Centre stage will be the new Bobcat 500 platform of compact loaders shown alongside models from the larger 800 Series. The company says that overall performance and cycle times are up by around 16% on the previous models.
The Bobcat range of telescopic handlers now offers a range of four rotary telehandlers: the TR38160, TR45190, TR50210 and TR40250 models,

In a further example of divesting, where appropriate, company-owned dealers to well-financed independent distribution partners, Volvo Construction Equipment has sold its dealership interests in Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to the Ascendum Group.

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has announced that it has divested its wholly-owned Salzburg,Austria-based Central Europe Group to long-term distribution partner Ascendum Group

British Precast Concrete Federation has relocated its offices from Charles Street, Leicester, central England, to The Old Rectory, Glenfield, Leicester after 40 years.

The Old Rectory has been carefully selected because of its geographical location as it is conveniently located close to the motorways, enabling British Precast to work for and with its members in an ideal, modern environment.

Holcim has inaugurated a new production site in Schifflange, Luxembourg, the company's first site in the country.

The company invested €6 million at the site, which created 40 direct and indirect jobs. It was designed to minimise the environmental footprint. The concrete production capacity will reach nearly 150,000m³/year.

One or two more sites may be opened in Luxembourg in the future with the second site located in the country's centre.

French pre-fabricated concrete specialist Rector Lesage has inaugurated its R&D laboratory. The 517m2 building was built using Rector Lesage concrete elements including its thermoactive prefab slabs, an element that the group created with KaRoSolar, as radiant ceiling panels.

Rector Lesage has ten patents and commits 12% of turnover to R&D and industrial development each year. The group makes €180 million in turnover with 800 employees across 14 factories (12 in France, one in Poland and one in Belgium).

Cemex is signing an agreement with the United Nations Foundation to join its Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, a public-private partnership that seeks to save lives, protect the environment and improve the quality of life of local communities, by creating a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions.

The Alliance, initiative launched in 2010 by former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, seeks to foster the adoption of clean cookstoves and fuels in 100 million house

Increasing economic indications are that the construction sector is picking up and this resurgence in demand has been particularly evident at several of the recent auctions held by Euro Auctions, says the company.

At a three-day event in Leeds, northern England, in late August, almost 4,000 lots went under the hammer, the highest number sold at its Leeds auctions to date, achieving over £26.6 million (€32 million).

AggFlow has expanded its wash and water simulation capabilities to include specific applications for washing and dewatering, water treatment and recycling, screening and scrubbing and attrition.

In addition, the program has been expanded to include manufacturer specific machines with unique control attributes for each machine, allowing users to accurately simulate and evaluate total plant operations.

A new record of operators from 143 nations marked the closure today of the 48th edition of Marmomacc, figures which the organisers say confirms the role of the Verona Exhibition Centre, Italy, as a global centre for business focusing on the natural stone, design and technology value chain.

In addition to coverage of geographic areas, the overall share of foreign operators visiting the halls grew by 6% to 55% of the 56,000 visitors in total. The top ten specialised operators came first of all from Germany

The Estonian Road Administration has commissioned the feasibility study of concrete surface roads.

Arvo Tinn, a renowned road engineer from Australia, will supply the expert opinion on concrete roads.

He has said that roads passing through cities should be best under the direct control of the Road Administration as this would ease control over road repairs.

Arvo Tinn claims the building of concrete roads could be cheaper to build than asphalt surfaced roads and repairs of concrete roads would be 20

Danish-headquartered company FLSmidth has formed a partnership with Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (VICEM), a state-owned cement manufacturer, and with DANIDA, the Danish Foreign Ministry’s development cooperation.

The partnership aims to optimise cement plant operation and maintenance in order to lower the cement sector’s impact on the environment. FLSmidth will train operation and maintenance staff on best practices for enhancing energy efficiency.

Atlas Copco has been named one of the winners of the International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) 2013 competition for the interface design of the new Rig Control System, RCS 5.

The IDEA competition is issued by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). It was established in 1980 and ranks among the most pre-eminent international design competitions. Atlas Copco’s new Rig Control System, RCS 5, received a bronze in the Digital Design category.

“We’re honoured to be the first company in the m

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has launched a landmark document for the UK cement industry: Cementing the Future – Sustaining an Essential British Industry.

The new publication sets out to explain the importance of cement and concrete to the UK economy and society and draws attention to the vulnerability of the industry to overseas competition unless the government acts to create a level playing field in terms of the cost of regulation and unilateral ‘green taxes’ that overseas competitors do no

Kolberg-Pioneer (KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens) has promoted Jeff May to company president to focus on leading and managing the activities and functions of Kolberg-Pioneer, while helping to direct its strategies in providing growth and profitability for the company and its parent corporation, Astec Industries.

May, who began working as controller for Kolberg-Pioneer. in 1996 is a 1985 graduate of the University of Iowa, where he also earned his Master of Business Administration degree in 1995. Before

Canadian mining company Polycor is reported to be holding talks with Turkish marble company Temmer Mermer for a possible acquisition.

Temmer Mermer is the world's third leading company in the field, operating five quarries and a plant over 42,000m2. It aims to reach ten quarries by 2015. Polycor will initially partner up with Temmer Mermer's US-based agency.

Lincom Pacific Equipment has joined the CDE Global Partner Network with responsibility for Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, and will be supported in its development efforts by a senior member of the CDE Board of Directors, Terry Ashby.

“Our decision to appoint a board member to assist with the development of the market in Australia demonstrates our commitment. This is central to our Global Partner programme: we focus on the development of key strategic markets through the appointment of seni

Aggregate Industries, one of the UK’s leading aggregates, construction and building materials groups, has announced a major re-brand which will consolidate 25 of its businesses under the Aggregate Industries name.

The changes, which will come into effect from the end of September, are part of a drive by the company to make it easier for customers to source products and services from across the group. The move also supports the company’s construction solutions strategy which has seen it supply multiple p

The first bauma Africa has been hailed impressive, attracting 14,700 visitors from more than 110 countries and 754 exhibitors from 38 countries, making it the biggest industry event for the sector in Africa.

The International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Mining Machines and Construction Vehicles took up 60,000m² of exhibition space (gross), 40,100 m² net at the exdhibition site in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Elaine Crewe, CEO of MMI (Messe München International) S

Holcim Indonesia is preparing to expand its ready-mix concrete products to potential markets across the country. As part of its plan, the cement producer is currently constructing a batching plant in Bandung, with a cost of €195,289 (IDR 3 billion).

The Bandung facility will be able to produce 50m³ of concrete products per hour (4,000m³ per month). At present, the firm owns a 40% stake in Bandung's concrete market.

According to Holcim Indonesia's General Manager for Ready Mix Concrete (RMX) Operation