A huge tunnel formwork takes centre stage on Doka’s stand at Intermat, as the French arm of the business looks to Europe’s biggest infrastructure project, the €38.5 billion Grand Paris Express metro.
“In the last few years, Doka has become well-known in the residential sector in France. Now we want to show that we are experts in infrastructure as well,” says Doka France’s head of product management and marketing, Oscar Castilla.
The tunnel formwork, SL1, used to form the crown of a tunnel, has recently b
The UK’s CEA - Construction Equipment Association – has appointed David Bell, a director of JCB, as the trade association’s first honorary president.
Bell joined JCB in 1974 as a graduate trainee, following an engineering apprenticeship at Rolls Royce in the city of Derby.
During his 43-year career at JCB, Bell has held a variety of senior roles, including managing director of JCB sales and service, JCB agriculture, JCB’s backhoe loader and telescopic handler. He was also group human resources direct
Equipment manufacturer JCB plans to invest €179.5 million (£150 million) in its manufacturing facilities in the UK. The investment will be targeted at its operations in Staffordshire and this will add some 2,500 to the firm’s payroll by 2018. This in turn is expected to add a further 7,500 jobs in the UK component supply chain. This investment represents the single largest investment in JCB’s history and includes a brand-new purpose-built factory for JCB Cab Systems in Beamhurst, near Uttoxeter, to replace
JCB has now set up a finance programme for customers in South Africa. The firm has formed a strategic alliance with ABSA Bank, acting through its Vehicle & Asset Finance division (ABSA) under the trading name of JCB Finance in South Africa. The new JCB Finance facility will be available to all of JCB’s dealers in South Africa.
David Dolbear, general manager Financial Solutions Africa at JCB said, “The introduction of JCB Finance to the South African market will help us to deliver innovative financial so
