Materials

The Fayat Group is boosting its share of the Chinese market through a series of key model launches. One key launch is for the BF800C paver, which is available in a specification to suit Chinese market needs. Sales and marketing manager Jacques Bonvallet said, “Customers are now looking for high tech solutions and they are starting to change their minds.

This month we look at how warm mix is helping to pave dirt roads, a new way to tackle potholes, and bring news of a new distribution centre for the UK - Kristina Smith reports The creation of a new mix design, incorporating MWV’s warm mix additive Evotherm, is providing cost-effective solutions for dirt roads in the US’s Charleston County. The first stretch to be paved with the new porous paving in April this year, Joseph White Road in the town of Adams Run, resulted in the estimated US$1.1 million construc

Asphalt plant manufacturers report major supply deals for highway and construction projects - Pat Smith writes International asphalt plant manufacturers have been reporting major successes with their products, which are now working on highway and airport projects worldwide.

Hydraulic breakers and compressors from Chicago Pneumatic are proving productive in India’s expanding granite building stone industry. The Kerala-based granite quarry, National Granite and Hollow Bricks, is successfully using CP1150 and RX22 hydraulic breakers as well as a CPP60E portable air compressor for its key breaking and drilling operations.

A wide array of crushing, screening and materials handling technologies have been introduced in recent months - Mike Woof writes The manufacturers of crushing and screening products have been developing an array of new systems to optimise production. The recent Hillhead show in the UK was the launch point for a number of these new products, although firms from all over the world have also been developing new designs. Productivity and wear life are two performance factors seeing major benefits from innovatio

Italian hydraulic breaker manufacturer Indeco is boosting its breaker range with the addition of a new model, the HP2750. This model features a 135mm diameter tool and weighs in at 1.69tonnes.

Skanska’s Hällevadsholm quarry is increasing production efficiency thanks to new crushing and screening systems. The quarrying facility has been supplying sized gneiss rock aggregate 1954, with production currently some 300,000tonnes/year.