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May 3, 2012
Turkey recently unveiled ambitious targets towards improving its transportation infrastructure for 2023, the year the country will celebrate its…
May 3, 2012
In the UK severe winter conditions for the second year in succession have resulted in an increase in the number of pavement surface failures and…
May 3, 2012
Major repairs are required to roads and bridges in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro State following the recent spate of flooding. In all 185 bridges and five…
May 3, 2012
South Africa's Transport Ministry has set out plans for a new road improvement programme. Called S'Hambe Sonke the US$3.04 billion programme will run…
May 3, 2012
Investigations are in hand in Costa Rica over a series of faults on the highway linking capital San Jose with Caldera. The US$230 million highway has…
May 3, 2012
A new highway project in Texas will tackle peak congestion A major highway job is underway in Texas at present where contractor Northgate…
May 3, 2012
Caterpillar is introducing a revised line-up of 20-24 tonne E Series crawler excavators at Intermat 2012. The 320E, 323E and the reduced radius 320E…
May 2, 2012
A low level of investment in improvements and upgrades to Germany’s highway network is causing concern in the country’s transport sector. Some states…
May 2, 2012
CNH Global NV, a global player in the agricultural and construction equipment business, has acquired full ownership of L&T-Case Equipment, an…
May 2, 2012
Chinese construction equipment manufacturer LiuGong Machinery announced first quarter earnings of US$93.35 million (¥612 million; ?66.03 million)…
May 2, 2012
The partnership of national road research centres, FEHRL, is setting out two key strategy elements in a bid to develop an advanced and affordable…
May 2, 2012
LiuGong Construction Machinery says doubling its North American-based equipment sales in 2011, compared to the previous 12 months, reinforces the…
May 2, 2012
Volvo Construction Equipment sold a record 84,000 machines in 2011. The company believe its ascendancy in the Chinese market was a key factor behind…
May 2, 2012
Concern has been expressed in Austria over the potential costs of upgrading the country’s road network to cope with 60tonne trucks measuring up to 25…
May 2, 2012
Chinese construction equipment firm Sany is buying Putzmeister, the German manufacturer of concrete pumps. The terms of the deal have not been…
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