The 2014 edition of Hillhead, the three-day biennial flagship show for the quarrying, recycling and heavy construction industries, is set to welcome thousands of visitors, keen to see the latest leading equipment models alongside innovative machine and site management control technology. Guy Woodford reports on what a variety of major companies will be showcasing during this month’s show at Lafarge Tarmac’s Hillhead Quarry near Buxton in Derbyshire With around 450 UK and international suppliers of plant, eq
The Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA), which represents companies producing and laying the materials for asphalt roads, has welcomed the UK Government’s pledge to spend US$9.174 billion (£6bn) on local road maintenance for the period 2015/16 to 2020/21. Reacting to the spending commitment announced made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne , and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, AIA chairman Alan Mackenzie said, “The AIA has been lobbying for additional funds to tackle the lo
Slough Borough Council (SBC) in southern England has joined the growing number of UK local authorities to deploy the latest version of Comet, the advanced traffic management and information system from Siemens.
Comet aims to enable SBC to meet its policy, operational and travel information requirements including the ability to set network strategies. The solution will provide a command and control system for strategic VMS and car park guidance and will also provide dynamic content seamlessly to SBC’s plann
High wearing ceramic consumables, including blowbars, now characterise many impact crushers from Spanish manufacturer Arja. Performance of Arja impact crushers, such as the ICR-S Tauro – on display at bauma 2016 – has been boosted with the addition of parts in ceramics, high chrome, xwin, neox, martensitic and manganese.
