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Ritchie Bros completes SmartEquip acquisition
Move allows Ritchie Bros to offer parts and service support to customers on behalf of dealers and OEM partners
What does sustainability really mean for contractors?
Interview: expert James Cadman explains how sustainability is commercially impacting the construction plant sector
Caterpillar’s sales return to pre-covid levels
Andrew Bonfield, Cat’s CFO, discusses the company’s third quarter financial results and key takeaways
Podcast: IRN looks at data fusion with Inauro
IRN talks to Angus Kennard (co-CEO) and Max Girault CEO of Australian company Inauro about how rental companies are using digital technology to manage their data.
How Kranpunkten is becoming 100% climate neutral
Interview: Kranpunkten’s sustainability manager Petra Lampa reveals what the firm is doing to lower CO2 emissions
EquipmentShare launches digitalisation platform for construction
T3 platform will provide apps for tracking equipment, people and materials, with more functions to follow
‘World’s first’ electric piling rig hits the market
Specialist manufacturer Junttan sells first PMx2e pile driving rig to major construction company
Kiloutou launches brand for ‘green’ equipment
More than 3,500 electric, hybrid and by-energy products will be promoted in France under the IMPAKT brand
What steps are you taking to lower emissions?
CEO Suneeta Johal, Chief Exec at the CEA, publishes an open letter to the construction equipment industry
Data is King: Why construction machine data is so valuable
How equipment fleet data can make your business even smarter and help to reduce costs
Metso Outotec expands distributor network in Asia
Phu Thai Cat named an official dealer of Metso’s aggregates equipment in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
Major contractors acquire collapsed NMCN businesses
Administrators safeguard construction jobs by selling NMCN divisions to Keltbray, Svella and Galliford Try 
TÜV SÜD offers training for AI systems
Engineering services company says many firms using artificial intelligence products run into implementation problems
IRN webinar to offer cybersecurity tips as threat grows
Working from home and digitalisation mean rental companies more vulnerable 
How one equipment hirer is lowering CO2
Flannery Plant Hire reveals how it’s reducing its carbon footprint, providing insight for construction firms looking to do the same  
Komatsu Europe appoints new CEO
Tadashi Maeda takes up Managing Director and CEO role, succeeding Masatoshi Morishita 
Ritchie Bros. to acquire SmartEquip
US$175 million deal will add e-procurement tool for parts to Ritchie’s equipment auctions
Loxam accelerates environmental shift
Equipment rental company aims to halve direct emissions by 2030 and cut indirect emissions by 30%
64% of supply chain firms not ready for Net Zero
Balfour Beatty survey identifies cost, procurement difficulties and customer reluctance as major barriers to decarbonising construction
Webinar on cybersecurity in rental and construction, 4 November
IRN free webinar will have senior speakers from Loxam, Ritchie Bros and Palfinger
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