Sandvik listens to US customers

March 10, 2017

The Swedish manufacturer has produced two new machines which are specifically aimed at the US – combining existing products with new technology to show, above all, that it is listening to the market. In particular, the QS331’s hanging screen means operators can do rail ballast in one pass

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