The 97th Transportation Research Board meeting was held in Washington from 7-11 January this year. Nearly 13,800 visitors from 70 countries attended the event that covers all things transport-related.
“We’ve had a big increase in visitors from Asian countries in the last two years, particularly from China,” said TRB's director of communications Lisa Berardi Marflak. Controls Group, celebrating its 50th year in business, was one of the exhibitors there, showcasing four testing systems: the AsphaltQube, the
Novel safety barrier solutions are coming to market, writes Mike Woof The safety barrier market is a focus for innovative products designed to meet a range of different applications. The diverse range of vehicle types on the road poses numerous technical challenges to barrier manufacturers. At the same time, different applications such as motorcycle safety, end treatments, bridge barriers and roadside obstacle protection require novel solutions. Although motorcycles account for only a small proportion of ve
Chinese firm Zoomlion has won a significant order for Saudi Arabia in the shape of a new 174RSU concrete pump.
The machine is being supplied to a local equipment dealer through Zoomlion’s Concrete Machinery Branch Company’s overseas marketing company in Saudi Arabia. This is the first time Zoomlion has exported a concrete pump product to the Saudi Arabian market and it is expected to open up a route for the firm to sell more of the units to the country.
The deal is of note as historically there has
Manitou’s skid steer loader, the V400, is already proving popular with US road contractors. Named ‘the King’ by the manufacturer, it is the largest skid steer loader available in the world. It was launched in the US last summer and will be available in Europe from the autumn. “In the US it has been mainly road contractors that have bought the machine, because it can do so much more work,” said Kelly Moore, Manitou product and training specialist. “It can work with a wide variety of attachments, such as the
