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Haulotte Group’s net sales rise 23%
March 16, 2012
Haulotte Group (HG) recorded net sales growth of 23% to $400.3million in 2011, compared to $326million in 2010. The boom lift and lifting equipment manufacturers believe the strength of emerging markets and renewed investment by major European retail companies will also give the Group a “double-digit” growth in 2012 sales.
Switzerland to more than double road tax to tackle congestion
March 16, 2012
The cost of the Swiss road tax vignette will more than double to US$106.50 per year from just over $40 at present. With the extra money raised, the Swiss Federal Council wants to tackle congestion on the roads throughout the country and also extend the road network.
Advances in road markings
March 16, 2012
Recent months have seen many major and vital road marking projects and products completed and tested in different parts of the world. Guy Woodford looks at some of them in Europe, North America, the Middle East and Africa. The London borough of Kensington and Chelsea now has one of the most dramatic streetscape designs in Europe. Exhibition Road’s striking chequered granite design, featuring a single surface running from South Kensington Station to Hyde Park and the full width of the road from building to b
London expected to become EV capital of Europe, says Frost & Sullivan
March 16, 2012
The array of initiatives such as the ‘Plugged-in Place’ project and eco incentive programmes in diverse locations of the United Kingdom, have made the ownership and the use of electric vehicles a reasonable option.
Major tunnel project for Peru?
March 16, 2012
The authorities in the Peruvian city of Lima are planning the construction of a tunnel to connect with Huancayo. A budget of US$1.86 million has been set to pay for a feasibility study into the project.
Azerbaijan to rebuild roads
March 16, 2012
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing Azerbaijan with some US$750 million for road repairs.
Measuring night and day visibility of road markings
March 16, 2012
Box International studies have proven that relatively more accidents and fatalities happen during night-time driving compared to day-time driving. At the end of 2008, Danish company DELTA launched its latest model, the LTL-XL, a fourth generation portable retrometer for measuring night and day-time visibility of all types of road markings. "Measures are traceable to PTB (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt), Germany and NIST (National Institute of Standards), USA. LTL-XL measures according to the internat
HTS to provide LPR for Hong Kong parking project
March 16, 2012
Hi-Tech Solutions (HTS), a specialist the optical character recognition and computer vision systems market, has sold 120 licence plate recognition (LPR) systems for integration into an automatic parking system in Hong Kong.
Doubling sales of construction machines
March 16, 2012
LiuGong Construction Machinery says doubling its North American-based equipment sales in 2011, compared to the previous 12 months, reinforces the company's goal of being among the world’s top ten equipment manufacturers by 2015.
Indonesia is bauma 2013 partner nation
March 16, 2012
Indonesia has been selected as the partner nation for the bauma 2013 construction equipment exhibition from April 15 to 21, 2013 in Munich.