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Chinese firms are growing their expertise in terms of products and international sales – Mike Woof reports
China’s major off-highway construction equipment manufacturers have grown in a relatively short period and now number amongst the largest players in the sector. Some of the key firms are looking to boost exports and are providing tough competition, particularly in the emergent markets.
Best known for its wheeled loaders, LiuGong has been developing its excavator range, with production of the E
Two of the leaders in the concrete paving sector are broadening their range of technology, with new systems now coming to the international market
The concrete paving market is a niche segment of the construction equipment business, with only a few specialist firms competing. North America is the home of concrete slipforming technology and it is no surprise that all but one of the leading firms in the sector are based in the US. The technology is used worldwide however and with asphalt prices at a high, c
England’s National Highways agency is using a variable message sign(VMS) to display non-regulatory messages to indicate that maintenance teams may be out of sight.
The is the first time that such messages have been displayed in an effort to better communicate to drivers that ahead lay obstacles, diversions road works. The system from SRL Traffic Systems is displaying wording not usually used, including ‘Working even out of view’, to provide an awareness of operations not within eyesight of a driver or outside of the public eye.
Trimble officially launched at bauma 2016 its Loadrite H2250 Haul Truck Monitor for rigid body haul trucks used in the aggregates extraction and process industry. It is not about just knowing how much the trucks are carrying - but also delivery times between excavator and crusher, speeds along the roads, down times and safety information.
