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Monsieur Bernard Accoyer, the president of the French National Assembly, officially opened INTERMAT 2012 with a traditional ribbon cutting ceremony. Equipped with gold-plated scissors, M Accoyer paused for the media before slicing through the tricolour ribbon on his way to an extensive 90-minute tour of the show’s exhibition halls, to savour all that the construction industry has to offer.

Northern Ireland manufacturer Telestack is launching the newest design in the TC range of track mobile conveyors, the TC 421 Automatic Radial. According to Telestack, the TC421 increases safety of sites, facilitates less site traffic movements and improves efficiency of operations.

Guntert & Zimmerman (G&Z) has launched the new S600 multi-purpose concrete slipform paver at INTERMAT. According to company spokesperson David Lipari, the S600 is designed to address the markets shift from large dual lane, mainline paving jobs to smaller cut-up projects. “The S600 is designed to fulfill the need for a small or medium, versatile, multi-purpose paver that retains the ability to achieve good smoothness numbers,” said Lipari.

Unic Cranes Europe has added a 10tonne lift machine to its line-up. The URW-1006 offers a 30.7m lift height and a 24.3m working radius. However, at just 2m wide, the machine remains capable of accessing restricted working areas. The spider platform has configurable outriggers to provide greater stability when lifting on uneven surfaces. The crane also uses a Wylie i4500 safe load indicator to provide lifting information to the operator on a colour LCD screen.

The Warrior 2400 is the largest machine in Powerscreen’s Warrior range and is designed for large-scale operators in the quarrying and mining sectors. It is capable of handling larger feed sizes and has an output potential of up to 800tonnes per hour. It features a heavy-duty incline screen with a high amplitude triple shaft drive mechanism, lending it to screening, scalping, two or three-way splitting and stockpiling materials like aggregates, topsoil, coal, construction, demolition waste and iron ore.

Urban artists Mr Shiz and Foundry are spray-painting two 7m by 5m canvasses during the show to help IPAF highlight the safe and effective use of powered access equipment. Both have been trained and licensed to operate the equipment safely and visitors can see them at work in the IPAF Safety Zone, which also features information and guidance for managers and operators.

INTERMAT sees the world release of the Master Mix 1000 compact mobile asphalt plant by German manufacturer Benninghoven. The Master Mix 1000 is designed with smaller asphalt operations in mind. With the entire asphalt plant constructed on one chassis, customers can expect to be producing asphalt within a day of delivery. “Flexibility and transportability were the key design criteria,” said company spokesman Bernd Benninghoven.

Yanmar Construction Equipment chose INTERMAT to reveal its latest tracked dumper development – the prototype C30R-2R – complete with swivel skip body. The 2,500kg skip can be slewed through 180 degrees, allowing material to be discharged anywhere around the front of the machine. In addition, the C30R-2R also uses a reverse drive console. With dual controls, the reverse drive platform allows the operator to spin the seat through180 degrees to remain facing forward when driving the machine in either direction

American firm E-Z Drill is keen to make the most of its INTERMAT debut by securing more European dealers for its range of drilling and dowelling systems. “We have a very good dealer in the UK, one in the Netherlands and one in Spain and we hope to talk to French equipment dealers this week,” said E-Z Drill vice president Randy Stevens. E-Z Drill has had previous experience of major European construction shows after attending previous Bauma events, although its plans to exhibit at the 2010 show were thwarte

XCMG is believed to be in advanced negotiations over the purchase of major concrete machinery manufacturer Schwing as part of its ambitious plans to break into the top three companies for construction machine sales by 2015. One company source said the acquisition of Germany-based Schwing would be a “big thing” for the global construction machinery industry. “We feel they can contribute to our competitiveness in the concrete machinery sector. Our lower manufacturing costs and their high level technology make

Allison Transmission is offering a wide range of fully-automatic transmissions aimed at the construction market. The company claims that fully-automatic transmissions deliver driving precision and reduce driver distraction in heavy-duty construction vehicles, when operating on difficult terrain and on steep slopes. The Allison 3000 and 6000 series units suit duties in a wide range of construction applications. The smallest Allison 1000 Series is used in heavy-duty pickup trucks, while the largest 9000 Ser

Indeco has added a full range of demolition sorting grabs to its product line-up. The company started out in 1976 making breakers and has continued to add new types of attachment as operators increasingly look to use specific equipment for each application to cut times and costs. “Hammers still represent our core business but dealers have been asking for a wider range of Indeco demolition attachments to serve customers,” said commercial director Michele Vitulano, who is the son of the company’s founder.

Dynapac’s innovative new six-strong tracked asphalt paver range has been engineered to meet future exhaust emission regulations. The SD2500CS, SD2550C and SD2550CS are powered by Cummins QSB 6.7 water-cooled turbo-diesel engines and meet the Tier 4 interim / Stage IIIB regulations.

New CNH Construction president Mario Gasparri says the firm is keen to build on its “strong, sustainable growth opportunities in every major region”. Speaking to the Daily News Gasparri, a Fiat veteran who took on his prestigious new role last month, said, “In 2011, we saw the highest growth in North America, where demand increased by 38%. The European, African, Middle Eastern and CIS markets were not far behind with a 35% increase. In Latin America, the strong demand from projects in the private and public

McCloskey International has added the option of a recirculating conveyor and screen box to its I44 impact bar mobile crusher, creating the I44R. After the material passes through the crusher, anything over a nominal 20mm is recirculated back into the crusher to be reduced further. This removes the need for a secondary crusher or screen, saving money for the operator and cutting the number of machines on site. McCloskey will also offer a recirculating screen box on its C38 cone crusher, to be called the C38