With no end to its war with Russia in sight, Ukraine is also fighting hard to cope with a growing backlog of major infrastructure projects, especially in terms of rebuilding the country’s roads and bridges. David Arminas reports.
European construction sales grew by 15% in 2017, according to the Annual Economic Report 2018* from the CECE - Committee for European Construction Equipment.
After a very strong first quarter, growth slowed down in the second quarter, before taking off again in Q3 and Q4. Current levels of sales are on par with the levels seen in 2006 and 2008, but the industry is still 20% below the 2007 peak.
Marini has been involved for some years in supplying asphalt plants to Indian companies involved in road and airport construction programmes.
Through Marini India, the Fayat Group company installed what it claims is India's "greenest asphalt plant" for Navayuga Engineering Company, which chose a Marini MAC plant for work on the PPP Armur-Adloor Yellareddy road project on the Nagpur-Hyderabad section in central India.
Marini says that its new generation of energy-efficient asphalt plants has been devel
