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With the aid of WIDOS – as well as experienced technical consultants from the Wirtgen Group – customers are never alone (image courtesy Wirtgen Group)
April 4, 2024
Wirtgen Group spare parts service
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pavers built at the plant
April 10, 2012
Asphalt paver production benefits from major investment
German firm Vögele has built the world's largest and most sophisticated paver manufacturing facility - Mike Woof writes. Part of the Wirtgen Group,…
SMPOPYC
April 10, 2012
Outstanding success of international SMOPYC show
Organisers of the International Show of Public Works, Construction and Mining Machinery have made every effort to assist the sector on the road to…
The A7 Motorway at Sneek, Friesland, Netherlands, and the new Lemmerweg interchange
April 10, 2012
Innovative reinforcement for weak roads
An innovative solution was put forward to support slip roads on a Dutch motorway. Patrick Smith reports The 2010 opening of the A7 motorway…
Ammann upgraded Italian Antec range
April 10, 2012
Developments in asphalt paving machines increases competition
With the asphalt paving segment split broadly into two methods, American or European,. it is no surprise that manufacturers. from these countries…
The Hvalfjordur Tunnel in Iceland gained EuroTAP's poorest test result. Plans for a new tube have been hit by the financial crisis. (EuroTAP, Johann Kristjansson, photographer)
April 10, 2012
Briefly, and to the point
Duplex A86 tunnel. The low risk found for driving through the tunnel is primarily due to the low volume of traffic of around 11,000 vehicles/day and…
Darktronics' HD12 LED video displays
April 10, 2012
Variable message signs deliver real time travel information
Variable Message Sign systems are helping ease traffic congestion and keeping drivers better informed on key highways across Europe and the rest of…
Karl Haeusgen, CEO of HAWE Hydraulik
April 10, 2012
CECE Congress focuses on future of construction
The bi-annual CECE Congress was held in Spain when participants looked forward in a bid to see what will happen in the next ten years Growth markets…
The Pennsylvania Turnpike
April 10, 2012
New US toll road regulation criticised
High road toll increases bring threat of new regulation in US - *Bob Poole reports. Large toll rate increases have been implemented recently by the…
double-deck Duplex A86 tunnel near Paris
April 10, 2012
Tunnel inspections reveal safety compliance need
Results show the state of Europe's tunnel infrastructure at its 'most sublime and most depressing quality' as Patrick Smith reports
Award-winner: the Sheikh Zayed Bridge
April 10, 2012
Award winning bridge a' masterpiece of architecture'
Mega project of “extreme beauty” receives top award from the IRF, writes Patrick Smith.The Sheikh Zayed Bridge, which was constructed for the…
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