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Digital rental – disruptive technology?
US-based online business-to-business equipment rental marketplace Kwipped is part of a new wave of digital companies shaking up the industry
Ramirent to support YIT’s Tripla project
Finnish rental company signs multi-year deal with contractor to support construction site in Pasila
Digging up new ideas
Manufacturers across the globe continue to enhance their portfolio of excavators with improvements in all areas. Joe Malone looks at some of the latest products on the market.
UK construction tumbles
Uncertainty in lead up to referendum hits latest Markit/CIPS UK Construction purchasing managers’ index
Final agreement on Stage V
European Parliament adopts final agreement on regulations to tighten emissions limits for particulate matter and nitrogen oxides for non-road mobile machinery
LiuGong expanding in Europe
Chinese Manufacturers’ acquisition of Dressta in 2012 leads to awards at China-Poland Business Forum
BIM is the future
Building Information Modelling currently used or piloted by 49% of participants surveyed by Timetric’s CIC
Balfour Beatty out of infrastructure firm
UK-based company leaves Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Partners, which is renamed and rebranded as Basalt Infrastructure Partners
US construction spend down for May
Industry suffers consecutive monthly falls in spending, according to new report
CSCEC eyes US$ 500 million projects in New Zealand
Chinese giant signs hotel contract and may bid for residential tower and road project
Salini set to build world’s tallest dam in Tajikistan
Italian contractor signs agreement for US$ 3.9 billion hydroelectric project
Point of Rental acquires Syrinx by Higher Concept Software
Merger adds Syrinx’s 2000 customers to Point of Rental’s over 2700 customer locations
Brazilian Volvo Penta production starts
Manufacture of Volvo Penta’s industrial engines launches at the Volvo Group plant in Curitiba
Indian backhoe loader sales to grow +32% by 2020
Unit sales are expected to reach 28,000 machines over the next five years as infrastructure spending and government reforms stimulate demand
‘Little or no upside’ to UK leaving EU
Major risks to growth with little or no upside predicted for UK following referendum decision to leave EU, according to research company
Gehl network grows
Compact equipment manufacturer adds STEC Outdoor Power Equipment to US dealer network
Bell Equipment expands in South America
Three new dealers appointed with own rental fleets as well as direct sales
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Euroconstruct expects GDP growth
Estimates suggest gross domestic product will grow by 1.9% per annum for the 19 Euroconstruct countries in years from 2016 to 2018
Concrete: Pumping ideas into mix
Concrete pumps are becoming lighter and mixers are becoming stronger. CE looks at the latest news from the concrete sector
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