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CPA provides outrigger load calculator
New ground conditions guidance document – free to download from Construction Plant-hire Association – offers quick calculation guide for outrigger mats
YIT Corporation restructures
Finnish firm announces new segment structure and company board members
Hitachi uses Deutz for small wheeled loaders
Four cylinder engine to be fitted to ZW100 and ZW120 models for sale in Japan and the US
Terex sells 51% of ASV to Manitex
Deal sees manufacturer form compact tracked loaders and skid steer joint venture with Manitex
Ferrovial makes bid for Transfield
Cash offer worth US$ 885 million rejected by Australian asset management company
Rescue finance for Boart Longyear
Private equity company to inject up to US$ 352 million in loans and equity for distressed drilling equipment maker and drilling services provider
ISO to develop anti-bribery standard
Auditable standard on anti-bribery management, ISO 37001, could be published in 2016
Kramer unveils latest new models
German manufacturer presents new Stage IIIB-compliant compact wheeled loaders and telescopic handlers
New special report on earthmoving
In-depth articles on earthmoving projects, equipments and trends published together with buyers’ guide data
Rental sector to increase uptake of telematics
Research company Frost & Sullivan forecasts up to 15% increase in North American demand for telematics from construction equipment rental market
International Construction October podcast
Balfour Beatty's latest profit warning, an exclusive interview with Volvo CE CEO Martin Weissburg, our regional report on the Middle East and a preview of Bauma China feature in the October 2014 iC podcast, with editor Chris Sleight and deputy editor Neill Barston.
Bam to shake up Dutch and Belgian businesses
Consolidation of 18 companies into three entities in Belgium and the Netherlands will see the loss of 650 jobs
Venezuela misses final Holcim payment
The Venezuelan government has missed the deadline for a US$ 97.5 million compensation payment following the expropriation of Holcim’s assets in the country in 2008
Bechtel to set up global infrastructure business unit
Bechtel is to combine most of its power business with its civil engineering division to create a global business unit focussed on infrastructure
Interview: Thinking big
Cem Peksaglam has been CEO and Chairman of Wacker Neuson since 2011, and is steering the company through a new phase of growth. Helen Wright visited Munich to find out more
Doosan to close Belgian factory
Excavator plant and parts centre in Frameries to close in the face of stagnant European demand
Briggs & Stratton acquires Allmand Bros
US$62 million cash deal sees engine manufacturer diversify product range into towable lighting towers, industrial heaters and solar LED arrow boards
Wirtgen Group acquires majority stake in Benninghoven
German manufacturer buys 70% stake in Mülheim-based producer of asphalt mixing plants
Bilfinger head resigns on profit warning
Ronald Koch to depart as chairman of German contractor’s Executive Board after a second earnings downgrade and disagreements with the Supervisory Board about the way forward.
Interview: Pilosio – the 50-year old start-up
Having struggled to make it through the global financial crisis, Italian formwork maker Pilosio has been reinvented by CEO Dario Roustayan as a high-growth company with ambitious international plans.
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