The construction equipment industry is at a turning point. Topcon’s senior leaders believe that we are about to see a huge surge in the adoption of new construction technologies. The time is ripe as a new, younger and more tech-savvy generation comes to the fore. Governments could save billions, and where does the smartphone fit in?
A new airport has been constructed in the southern highlands of Papua New Guinea that will help with communications and logistics for the development of a natural gas project in the area.
Built at Komo, the airport is sufficiently large to be able to handle the massive Russian Antonov AH-124-100 transport aircraft. Construction of the airport however proved challenging as the climate in this mountainous area is known for its changeable weather and heavy seasonal rainfall.
However the airport was need
The market for earthmoving equipment is booming, according to a report by the German construction machine manufacturers association, the VDMA. In the first six months of this year, the turnover of construction equipment manufacturers was around 19% higher than the already high value of the previous year. In addition, there is an increase in orders of over 18%, as construction equipment is ordered all over the world.
Honda has developed processes that allow it to recycle the rare-earth minerals from nickel-hydrogen batteries. This is a significant step as the ability to recycle materials from hybrid vehicle batteries will help reduce production costs with the benefit of lowering the overall cost of such vehicles and also address concerns over supplies of the rare-earths. This step will also address some of the criticisms of the environmental factors with regard to hybrid vehicles batteries, due to the previous inability
