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Volvo launches midi-excavator for Middle East and Africa
Manufacturer’s EC75D compact model enters the Middle East and African markets
Sunbelt Rentals UK places €76m JCB order
UK rental company invests 2,100 new JCB machines, including 350 access platforms
Wacker Neuson ‘optimistic’ in 2021
Company announces a 15% decline in 2020 revenues to $1.9 billion and anticipates $2.1 billion
EU funding for innovative digital skills project
Belfast Met’s ARISE project awarded €1.1 million for technology and sustainability initiative
Sunbelt Rentals UK invests in ZTR telematics
Introduced across its powered access fleet, the solution addresses unauthorised use, theft and unsafe operation
Volvo CE pulls out of Bauma 2022
Volvo CE to focus on new marketing approach with increased emphasis on digital
GAP launches technical and environmental branch
UK company GAP Hire Solutions has launched a new Technical and Environmental Services branch
Kobelco launches short radius excavator
Manufacturer’s new 36-tonne SK380SRLC excavator is its largest short radius model in the European market
Trackunit secures funding from software investor
Telematics specialist Trackunit has attracted investment from global software investor Hg
Wacker Neuson expands and updates products
Wacker Neuson has further expanded it range of light and compact products, including a new version of its battery powered concrete vibrator
Telematics and asset tracking: Data-driven change
The transition from reactive to predictive equipment fleet management is driving telematics and asset tracking. Belinda Smart reports.
Compact excavators: Versatility as standard
The range of applications a mini excavator can cover is increasingly important to contractors
Interview: Trackunit and the future of telematics
The ePAL scheme with IPAF and Kin bluetooth tool asset tracker are just two of the latest initiatives 
The robots that will follow
Piaggio Fast Forward teams with Trimble to develop tech to help robots follow the leader
Hatz North America signs up with SmartEquip
Hatz Diesel North America  has signed up with online parts portal SmartEquip
New low vibration scarifier from VonArx
VonArx, a Bulgaria headquartered manufacturer of scarifiers for concrete, asphalt and steel, has launched a “new improved” version of its 20cm Scarifier, FR200 Genus
Hilti announces ‘major generation change’
Jahangir Doongaji will be CEO from 1 January 2023 and Michèle Frey-Hilti will join the board in April 2022
Caterpillar releases rental-friendly compactors
Caterpillar widens its 2 to 3 tonne compactor offering with three new tandem and combination compactors
Hilti maintains R&D spend through pandemic
Hilti Group reported a 9.6% decline in sales in 2020 to CHF 5.3 billion, with operating profits down 7% at CHF 728 million.
IPAF Summit technology and sustainability focus
Sustainability, digitisation and new technologies are all key to coming back from Covid-19, the summit found  
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