Earthmoving & soil compaction

Italy’s A3 Highway is being upgraded, which will improve transport between Salerno and Calabria. Upgrading Italy’s A3 highway is of prime importance for developing the south of the country and is a project that has been prioritised for construction. The A3 Salerno-Reggio-Calabria highway is a non-toll road managed by ANAS, Italy’s state-owned company that constructs and maintains highways. The route runs a total of 443km, with the road having originally been built between 1966 and 1974. However, the origina

Xylem recently opened a new pump rental and service business in Calamba in the province of Laguna, Philippines. The site will serve the growing demand across the Philippines and South East Asia. It will also further expand Xylem’s footprint in the region and build on the company’s current manufacturing and sales operations in Calamba. Xylem’s proven Godwin and Flygt brands play a key role in dewatering and liquids transfer. The Philippines has mineral resources estimated at approximately $1 trillion and i

Dressta recently appointed Intraco Penta as its new dealer and service partner for the Indonesian market. This new partnership adds to Intraco Penta’s product offering Dressta’s full range of bulldozers and pipelayers. Headquartered in Stalowa Wola, Poland, Dressta is a global manufacturer of crawler dozers and pipe layers. The models have been developed over decades from one of the early contenders in the dozer market. The company was acquired by the Chinese construction machinery firm LiuGong in 2012 and

A concrete producer in Indonesia is saving on its operating costs since it started using SDLG wheeled loaders in its machine fleet. The firm, PT Varia Usaha Beton, bought 10 new SDLG wheeled loaders to help it move aggregates at both batching plants and crushing plants it owns in East Java and West Java. At the batching plants and crushing plants that concrete producer PT Varia Usaha Beton owns across East Java and Central Java in Indonesia, stockpiled stone must be transported to hoppers on-site for crus

The first Case CX245D SR minimum-swing radius excavator was delivered to contractor Terrassement Berger and is at work on a jobsite in Flémalle, Belgium. Terrassement Berger, based near Liège, Belgium, purchased the minimum-swing radius CX245D SR excavator even before it was launched. The contractor specialises in earthmoving work in urban and extra-urban jobsites. They wanted a machine that would enable them to expand the type of jobs they took on. The CX245D SR minimum-swing radius excavator is designed

SDLG reports a strong dealer success in Oman. With the help of its local partner, SDLG claims to have become a leading player in the construction equipment market in Oman. It has been five years since General Engineering Services (Genserv) introduced SDLG to Oman’s construction equipment market. “It was a challenge to introduce a new brand into an established market, but we used our name and reputation to p

Caterpillar has redesigned three of its ADT models, the 730, 730 EJ (Ejector), and 735. The firm says that the updates boost the proven features and performance of their C-Series predecessors (730C2, 730C2 EJ, and 735C). Improvements include operator stations with innovative new controls, transmission-protection features, new hoist-assist system, advanced traction control system, new stability-assist system, and a fuel saving ECO operating mode. In addition, the 730 and 730 EJ now have an automatic retarde

Volvo Construction Equipment has unveiled its new range of Volvo-branded rigid haulers. The new range consists of the 41tonne capacity R45D, 54tonne capacity R60D, 65tonne capacity R70D and the flagship 95tonne capacity R100E. The top-of-the-range R100E is a completely new rigid hauler that combines proven components, new technologies and a new design. The firm says that it offers a cost-effective and productive solution for extraction market customers. The new four-model range is initially available in l