With more than 70 products including asphalt plants at bauma 2016, the group - which is nearly 150 years old - is aiming to increase its global footprint
Morocco has a rapidly expanding road network, which is benefiting from expertise offered by French contractor Colas. The quality of Morocco's roads is higher than in many other African countries, with much of this due to the use of the latest road construction technology by Colas. It previously took almost two days to go from Casablanca to Tan Tan in the south and this journey now takes less than eight hours. Colas has some 800 machines and vehicles in Morocco, with 70 graders, 70 wheeled loaders, 50 excava
In the area of infrastructure, the focus for Doka is its UniKit system. Under the UniKit umbrella, Doka is showing several components, the primary and secondary beam and the tower 480. As well as combining with each other, the components can be integrated with all other Doka load-bearing tower systems.
A leading asphalt plant manufacturer is playing a key role in the upgrade of a major European airport, while another is said to have created one of the most modern plants in Europe. Meanwhile, a host of new plants and plant concepts have been, or are about to be, unveiled. Guy Woodford reports Intrame says its ultra-mobile UM-280 asphalt plant has played a key role in the resurfacing of the runway and taxiways at Gatwick Airport in southern England – the busiest single runway airport in the world. Around 35
Keestrack is celebrating a record order book at the start of 2017 as the company begins a huge period of global expansion. The Belgian mobile crushing & screening manufacturer’s January-February model orders represent the highest two-month period for orders in Keestrack’s 21-year history.
