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The Italian construction equipment manufacturers association, UNACEA, is calling for new controls to help prevent unfair competition and also to help boost industry by providing incentives for fleet renewal.

Work is now underway in China on a new 157.5km highway link, being constructed through one of the country's desert areas.

Tenders are opening in India for five key highway projects worth a total of US$1.48 billion.

The manufacturer Volvo Construction Equipment has major growth plans for its presence in Asia and China in particular.

Upgrading work on China's Hohhot-Baotou highway is now underway in a project worth US$1.5 billion.

Nepal is recovering from a massive earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, which has severely damaged infrastructure.

Construction work on a highway link in Tunisia will be funded by a 22 year loan being provided by the Arab Fund for Social and Economic Development (FADES).

Hill & Smith is buying Swedish firm ATA for SEK 100 million (£9.8 million).

The International Transport Forum at the OECD, an intergovernmental organisation for the transport sector that comprises 52 countries, has announced the winner of its 2011 Young Researcher of the Year Award.

The latest available data regarding the European construction equipment market suggests that the machinery market is improving.