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Doosan Bobcat has announced a swath of investments in new technology, machinery and processes at the company’s Innovation Center in Dobris in the Czech Republic. The Innovation Center is the R&D hub of an integrated site at Dobris that also includes manufacturing, sourcing and training at the same location. Doosan …

In a year of multiple significant milestones for Cat®mining and infrastructure trucks, Caterpillar announces delivery of its 50,000tharticulated truck from its Peterlee, U.K. manufacturing facility. Since the start of Cat branded articulated truck manufacturing in 1985, Caterpillar has become an industry leader of the articulated truck design. “The articulated truck …

New addition to African distribution channel serves Zambia and Zimbabwe Screening and crushing industry leader McCloskey International has recently welcomed equipment dealer BL&D Plant Hire & Sales to its global network of distributors. The company serves Zambia and Zimbabwe. Representatives of the company were present at CAMINEX 2018 to launch …

Kohler will be the first shirt sleeve partner for both Manchester United men’s and women’s teams Manchester United and Kohler, a global lifestyle brand headquartered in Kohler, Wisconsin-USA, have agreed to a multi-year global partnership. The KOHLER brand logo will feature on the sleeve of the most iconic and best …

With the predicted growth in the US and Canadian construction industries, Terex Trucks is strengthening its presence and investing in these key markets. This year, the US construction industry is expected to grow by 5%, owing to positive trends in housing and large-scale infrastructure projects. It is also predicted that …

Doosan Bobcat has opened its new backhoe loader plant in India, thus marking its entrance into one of the world’s three largest markets for the compact construction equipment industry. On 4 June 2018, Doosan Bobcat President and CEO, Scott Park, visited the new backhoe loader plant in India, where he …

CASE Construction Equipment invites equipment operators from across Europe, Africa and the Middle East (EMEA) to take part in the action-packed events and compete for the title of Case Rodeo Champion 2018. The competition kicked off in February, with the first heat in the Czech Republic followed by events in …

Earlier in May, Miller UK hosted their Icelandic dealer Kraftvélar and their seventy two Icelandic guests. The visitors travelled direct from Reykjavik on a private charter flight into Newcastle International Airport on Monday morning and were welcomed by glorious sunshine. Their trip which coincided with a visit to the Komatsu …

Plantworx – the UK’s largest ‘working’ construction equipment machinery exhibition is just 3-weeks away (6th – 8th June Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground, Leicestershire).  The Plantworx team and the show’s hosts, the CEA (Construction Equipment Association) have confirmed the show is 99% sold out – with only a few stands remaining and …

Caldwell Construction Ltd of Stoke on Trent has taken delivery of 28 more Volvo crawler excavators since March of this year, as it continues to expand its groundworks and civil engineering business within the house building sector In all, a total of 22 fourteen tonne EC140E’s and 6 twenty two …