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Thailand’s revolutionary plastic road
August 7, 2024
Thailand’s revolutionary use of plastic waste for road repairs.
Holcim to deploy AI to reinforce manufacturing capacity for customers
July 1, 2024
Holcim is scaling up the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in manufacturing across more than 100 plants worldwide over the next four years, improving efficiency and reinforcing customer capacity.
The UK’s AIA appoints David Giles as new chair
June 20, 2024
Giles, with Continental Bitumen, was previously with Shell for more than 36 years and was UK general manager of Eurobitume between 2018 and 2021.
Sripath leads the charge on sustainability
June 12, 2024
Sustainability may be the paving industry’s current buzzword, but key elements of sustainability have been ingrained in the Sripath ethos since the company’s inception.
Bitumen tech: innovation for decarbonisation
June 4, 2024
Kristina Smith examines four new products and processes, including bio-bitumen produced from algae, designed to lower the carbon footprint of asphalt mixes.
Powerscreen success in India
April 30, 2024

Powerscreen has made over 1,000 Warrior machines at its state-of-the-art facility in Hosur, India. The firm established its manufacturing presence in India 15 years ago, contributing to the growth and development of the country’s industrial sector. The 1000th machine, a Warrior 600 (now known as a Titan 600), represents the culmination of years of research, development, and engineering expertise.

EAPA’s data shows Europe’s asphalt use in 2022
February 20, 2024
EAPA’s latest data reveals a picture of Europe’s asphalt use in 2022.
Innovative road construction
February 19, 2024
Wirtgen is introducing an innovative concept for road construction in the shape of its new WRC 240(i) rock crusher. The machine has been developed from the firm’s proven soil stabiliser technology and is designed to break coarse rocks in-situ, as found in hand-packed pavement layers.
Lintec asphalt plant for Guatemala
February 7, 2024

A customer in Guatemala has bought a second Lintec & Linnhoff continuous asphalt mixing plant from equipment dealer Guasueca. The new Lintec CDP14001M plant joins the customer’s existing Lintec CDP5001M, the smallest in this range. As soon as the new plant had been delivered to the customer, it was sent to support road improvement projects in Cobán, central Guatemala, over 200km from Guasueca’s HQ in Guatemala City.

New generation concrete plant from Liebherr
February 7, 2024

The first of the new generation Liebherr concrete batching plants is going into operation at a+b Asphalt- und Betonmischwerke in Germany. The novel Betomix and Mobilmix batching plants from Liebherr benefit from a modular design. Plug-in modules are said to allow greater mobility when relocating the plant. The modular design means that customers benefit from are range of configuration options, short lead times, fast assembly and high parts availability.