All-new machines are also a new size class for Volvo CE, offering a 25% boost in fuel efficiency and a range of advanced features to also deliver a 20% boost in productivity
Turkish firm E-MAK is now supplying its asphalt plants to customers in Europe. The first plant is already commissioned in Bilbao in Spain with a second being delivered shortly to a customer in the UK.
The machine going to the UK is being supplied to a Derby-based firm that has previously concentrated on the concrete precasting and readymix market but is now widening its operations to include supplying asphalt. The firm is buying one of the E-MAK Express batching plants, which will offer a rated capacity of 160tonnes/hour.
A major road project in Sri Lanka will improve connectivity and will benefit from financing supplied by the World Bank. A loan worth US$125 million from the World Bank will help with funding for the road connecting Ja-Ela and Chilaw. The project for National Road A003 will also utilise a performance-related structure for the contractors carrying out the work. The firms working on the project will be paid on the quality of their performance rather than by the quantity of work carried out. It is not clear how
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