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An asphalt plant supplied by Ammann is now playing an important role in the UAE’s road construction sector The plant is producing material for major new road projects in the UAE. “We need to produce quality asphalt, and high volumes of it,” said Adnan Elmasri, operations manager for Top Link Contracting & General Transportation, based in Dubai. Top Link, a major contractor in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, is providing mix for a new highway that will help to reduce the current traffic congestion issues occurring

SDLG unveiled four new construction machines for the Russian market at the recent bauma CTT exhibition in Moscow. The excavator, wheeled loader, grader and soil compactor models have all proven successful in other markets. As a result, SDLG aims to expand its presence in Russia by offering these units in addition to other models. “Russia is one of the largest markets for SDLG worldwide,” said Aleksandr Matveenko, project manager for SDLG in Russia. “During bauma CTT Russia, we showcased four machines that

Doosan Bobcat has opened its new backhoe loader plant in India. The firm took over this plant last month, which has a site area of 80,000m2, a factory floor area of 15,000m2 and is capable of producing 8000 machines/year. Doosan Bobcat has entered this sector in a bid to expand its emerging market portfolio with the aim of exploring mid- and long-term growth. India’s compact equipment market is the third largest in the world after the US and China, with backhoe loader sales still dominating the country’s

New distribution for Terex Bid-Well Terex Bid-Well is strengthening its distribution operations with the appointment of a partner in Mexico. Sistemas Mecánicos e Hidráulicos, SA - SIMEHSA has been appointed as the distributor of Terex Bid-Well paving equipment in Mexico. Terex Bid-Well offers a full range of roller pavers for concrete - including equipment for paving bridge surfaces and coating them, airports, roads and streets, slabs, equipment for texturing and curing concrete, paving slopes and channels

Shantui (Dubai) Company has signed a sales contract for over 50 wheeled loaders with partners in North Africa. Coupled with earlier sales, this has allowed the firm to beat its annual target of 100 units/year for wheeled loaders. The order for the machines was placed at the beginning of 2018 and most of the wheeled loaders have now been delivered to the customers.

A fleet of six Volvo EC480D excavators are the key machines for an extraction operation in Madagascar. The new site is producing thousands of tonnes of Chromite ore every day. Chromium is a relatively rare mineral, with South Africa claiming up to 70% of the earth’s reserves. But neighbouring island Madagascar also has significant deposits, and it was to this, the world’s fourth largest island, that Indian exploration firm APC sent its geologists to scout for suitable mining opportunities. They struck luck

Manitowoc is setting up a new structure for its tower crane business in Africa. The firm’s self-erecting tower cranes (GMA cranes) and top-slewing cranes (GME cranes) are now being operated separately when it comes to production and product management. The company claims that this reorganisation allows for increased customer focus, market intelligence, operations efficiency and crane production. Being run independently in terms of production and product management, the new structure has the sole objectiv