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Caterpillar enters home portable generator market
Manufacturing giant powers into home and outdoor power market with new RP Series of portable generators, available through dealers and retail
China and Thailand reach agreement on high-speed rail link
Protracted discussions over rail project appear to have concluded as two countries agree a US$ 5 billion budget for first phase
Posting ‘not addressing right priorities’
FIEC president says European Commission is not addressing the real concerns over the issue of posting of workers
Samoter takes to the road
Italian show runs four events around the country ahead of next year’s edition, and will concentrate on combating hydrogeological instability
Auctions and Used Equipment: More older machines
The market for used construction machinery is an increasingly complicated one. Sandy Guthrie talks to some of the leading players in this important and fast-moving area
'World's largest' construction project in doubt
Peruvian government baulks at China’s US$ 60 billion price tag for building a transcontinental rail link
Bilfinger confirms €1.2 billion segment sale
German company sells building and facility segment to EQT which, in turn, will re-sell it, with Bilfinger taking 49% of resale proceeds
Hochtief in German high-rise contract
Contractor signs €138 million deal to build the Marienturm – a high-rise building in Frankfurt, Germany
Construction equipment glut in US
Journal report warns of long-term problems as secondhand machinery floods US market
Doosan’s Czech consolidation
Closure of Belgian HQ for Europe, Middle East and Africa said to support key priorities of customer focus and proximity
Race hotting up for Panama canal bridge contract
Major global constructors are vying for estimated US$ 1 billion project on the newly-expanded waterway
HCME’s new warranty for wheeled loader range
ZW wheeled loaders purchased between 1 April, 2016, and 31 March, 2017, to be covered by Full Coverage programme – a three-year extended warranty scheme
Supply chain explored
Construction equipment industry supply chain to be discussed at CEA conference in London, UK, on 27 October
Doka acquires BAS
Dutch-based BAS aims to add new research methods to Doka’s formwork to increase efficiency
UK nuclear power station go-ahead
Controversial €21 billlion Hinkley Point C will be first new nuclear power station for a generation, but there will be new legal framework for future foreign investment
FIEC welcomes investment extension
Announcement of extension and reinforcement of Juncker’s Investment Plan for Europe described as ‘very good news’
Kepco set to join UK’s US$ 13 billion nuclear plant project
South Korean firm in talks with NuGen consortium to take stake in Moorside Power Station
Activity improves in September
Companies say activity increased month-on-month, but pessimism rises over future prospects
UK construction output flat in July
No month-on-month movement in output welcomed after previous decreases, but output still down 1.5% year-on-year
Portable Power: Power on demand
Efficiency, versatility and mobility are just some of the attributes required by generators, compressors and lighting towers, as Mike Hayes reports.
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