There are always road to be built and repairs to be done: with its unique JPaver patent, the Japanese firm is looking to expand into the growing paver market
A contractor in Nigeria has used concrete paving equipment from Wirtgen to construct a road surface in the south-west of the country
AG-Dangote Construction Company used an SP 500 model to repave the road connecting Itori with Ibese, In Nigeria’s Ogun State.
For this project, the contractor, a joint venture between the Brazilian company Andrade Gutierrez Company and Nigeria’s Dangote Group, relied on the Wirtgen slipform paver in inset application.
New developments in concrete paving will increase working efficiency for contractors - Mike Woof writes
The concrete paving market is a fiercely competitive segment of the off-highway construction machinery business. Although there are only a few key players in this niche market, the firms are constantly developing new systems, equipment and methods in a bid to help improve working efficiencies for contractors working in the sector. It is of note that the majority of the key players in the concrete pavin
Using the latest paving technology has allowed contractors to carry out difficult projects
Contractors in Germany and Italy have been able to carry out very difficult asphalt paving applications, using the latest machines from Vögele and Volvo Construction Equipment respectively. In both instances these projects benefited greatly from the use of the latest generation equipment and it is debatable as to whether such high quality results could have been achieved with older machines.
The year 2012 has been a milestone for Chinese construction equipment manufacturer LiuGong.
In January it announced completion of the purchase of Polish company HSW (Huta Stalowa Wola) and its distribution subsidiary Dressta, LiuGong’s first outright acquisition outside its domestic market. HSW produces bulldozers and other crawler machines, while LiuGong is ranked as the largest wheel loader manufacturer in the world, and is also said to be among the world’s fastest growing CE companies.
