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A new campaign has been launched to highlight the essential role women play in the global cement and concrete industry, featuring video testimonials from more than 100 women globally.

Breedon, a major independent construction materials group in Great Britain and Ireland, saw its 2022 revenue rise 13% to £1.396bn, and group profits increased by 19% to £135mn.

Our three roundtable experts all emphasise that sustainable powertrain solutions are very much a case of “horses for courses.” There is no clear winner yet. Different outcomes are going to be needed for different parts of the world, or for different applications. Diesel has “spoiled us” they say. In the future, choosing the best sustainable powertrain is going to be a far more complex decision.

August Lücking GmbH & Co. KG is a 123-year-old building materials producer based in northwest Germany. About two years ago, the company purchased a Doosan DL420CVT-5 wheeled loader to feed materials for the brick production process. The purchase decision was based on trials that showed enormous fuel savings of more than 9 l/h, confirmed when the new machine began operation. As a result, when the time came for a new wheeled loader to be bought, the decision was made: the new machine should also be a Doosan DL420CVT, this time the next generation DL420CVT-7 model.

Torsten Ahr is the new vice president of the hydraulic attachment tools business line at Sweden-headquartered Epiroc. 

US trade association Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has released its fifth annual Top Performers publication, which lists its contractor members that build the country’s most enduring, innovative, high-quality construction projects, ranked by work hours. 

Cummins sees a sustainable future that is “fuel agnostic,” because different circumstances will require different solutions to achieve the best outcomes. Trimble agrees, warning the construction sector “not to put all of its eggs in one basket.” For Volvo, the future is electric. The company is committed to making 35% of its fleet electric by 2030. Innovation, collaboration, and efficiency are where it’s at.

Epiroc's extensive CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2023 showcase includes two new surface drill rigs demonstrating recent advances in the SmartROC series, two smart grouting systems, a new DTH (down-the-hole) top hammer, a new V-shaped drum cutter, new digital tools and related aftermarket solutions. 

Hoffmann Green Cement says it has been granted a patent in China for its H-EVA clinker-free cement based on activated clay.

For Cummins, sustainability is all about “the most efficient transfer of energy into power,” a goal that the US engine giant has spent its entire history working towards. Volvo wants to help “build a world we all want to live in,” and Trimble likes to think about “transforming the way the world works.” It all sounds very aspirational but, with sustainable technology taking centre stage, it’s happening now.

At the beginning of the year, orders from Germany's mechanical and plant engineering sector fell significantly. In January, incoming orders were 18% below the previous year's level in real terms. Orders from Germany were down 16%, while foreign orders were down 19% compared to the same month last year. At 8%, the decline in orders from the euro countries was significantly less than the drop from the non-euro countries, from where orders fell by 23%. 

CDE, one of the leading suppliers of sand and aggregate washing solutions for the waste recycling and natural processing sectors, has promoted Sarah Corr as its new vice president in the Americas.

Despite economic and geopolitical uncertainties, the European construction equipment industry reports a stable market performance for 2022. The CECE Business Climate Index is again optimistic after the bauma exhibition in Munich, Germany (24-30 October 2022).

The CEMEX and VeryNile initiative is expanding the scope of its partnership to reach Assiut, CEMEX's Egyptian hometown. 

Keestrack has appointed Song Yik Chong as its new area sales manager for Southeast Asia.

CEMEX has updated its Green Financing Framework to align it with its more ambitious decarbonization goals.