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The 31st SaMoTer construction machinery exhibition and co-located Asphaltica held at the Veronafiere Exhibition Centre in Verona attracted more than 40,000 specialist visitors from 91 countries over the event's five days (3-7 May 2023). Guy Woodford was among the world's many trade media in attendance. He sat down with SaMoTer event manager Sara Quotti Tubi to get the inside track on this year's event and the evolution of the Italian industry showpiece.

The Structures Moonshot project in England is focusing on bridge maintenance, in particular steel tendons in post-tensioned structures and reinforcement within concrete half-joints.

Bitumen is changing,” says Massimo Menestrina, CEO of Menestrina, which manufactures specialist bitumen processing plants. Menestrina is at the forefront of these changes. Its air-blowing and polymer modification technologies are being used to improve the performance of poor-quality bitumen, and it has invented a new process which promises to transform recycled tyre rubber into a binder which can be used instead of bitumen.

Important new Chinese road works are being carried out.

Tanzanian transport infrastructure development works are planned.

Outset is a pioneer in onboard weighing and tyre-pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) for industrial and commercial vehicles, earthmoving machinery, logistics and the mining industry.

In late 2022, one of Massenza’s long-standing customers approached the bitumen equipment manufacturer with a special request: it needed a high-capacity emulsion plant which would be located in a remote area of the Middle East. Additionally, the plant needed enhanced levels of flexibility, security and safety.

Attachment specialist Indeco notes a growing demand for products compatible with smaller-sized excavators, with the company looking to increase its range in response to this market trend.

FAE, which manufactures attachments for skid steers and excavators, is expanding its offering for road construction. The latest addition is to its family of asphalt planers was unveiled for the first time at SaMoTer 2023 in May: a 1m-wide attachment for skid steers, RPL/SSL/DT, which joins FAE’s existing three planers which are 450mm, 600mm and 750mm wide.

As the adoption of artificial intelligence-based technology sweeps across various industrial sectors, concerns have surfaced about the potential displacement of human labour and professional expertise. In response, Ma-estro is championing AI-driven innovation as a means of bucking the trend, placing people back at the core of the quarrying sector with tools designed to enhance and improve human labour rather than supplant it.