This year’s European Day Without A Road Death (Project EDWARD) takes place today, emphasising a theme of vulnerability. It is organised by the European Traffic Police Network (TISPOL), which offers a somewhat pessimistic view of the state of play. “We have spent time reflecting on recent results which paint a very mixed picture of progress in reducing deaths and serious injuries on Europe’s roads,” TISPOL says in a statement. “For the first few years of this decade, countries across the EU have been highly
Messe München is launching a new service for the off-highway equipment industry at bauma 2016, taking place from April 11th-April 19th at Munich’s exhibition centre. Called the bauma Open Innovation online platform this will allow industry professionals interested to solve innovation-related challenges. The platform will be able to call upon the expertise of Messe München’s cross-disciplinary network of contacts.
James Cox and Sons, based in California, has enhanced its equipment range in order to offer the complete Superpave solution. The Hamburg Wheel Tracker, Superpave Gyratory Compactor and new four point bending fatigue machine join its existing range. This move comes at a time when the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is transitioning to the Superpave method for pavement design. With the asphalt testing machine market in the States dominated by two large companies, James Cox and Sons’ general
