In this, the first in a series of top-level roundtable discussions led by World Highways, editor Mike Woof and editorial director Geoff Hadwick talk machine control technology with three world-class experts from Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, Topcon and Trimble. Find out what these key opinion leaders are thinking on six vitally important topics. Let them help you stay ahead of the game.
Emerging markets, such as North and East Africa, are developing an appetite for materials testing equipment, but suppliers need to provide expertise and training as well as a broad range of machines, as Kristina Smith finds out
Asking what sort of testing equipment is required for Africa is a little bit like asking what sort of food Europeans like to eat. The answer is that requirements vary enormously from the most basic and ancient of tests to the very cutting edge of dynamic testing.
“You have some
Volvo Construction Equipment's (VCE's) snowfighting motor graders were used to clear snow from highways in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan – which can experience arctic lows of -20° C in winter. "The lighting and visibility on these graders is excellent. As soon as it stops storming, regardless of the time of day or night, we are out working. We couldn't do that with the other grader brands the municipality has owned in the past," says Don Dancey, an operator in the rural municipality of Star City, no
VF Venieri claims that its new articulated backhoe loader, the 823E, is the only such machine on the market which is hydrostatic and multi-functional. “This machine will be ideal for local authorities and contractors who want one machine that can do many tasks,” said VF Venieri managing director Filippo Muccinelli. As with all its machines, the back hoe has hydrostatic transmission, which brings with it a number of advantages, according to Venieri.
