XCMG, the Chinese construction equipment manufacturer, has held a ground-breaking ceremony for its manufacturing base in Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Covering an area of 800,000m² and with the total investment of US$200 million, the production facility will boast a production capability of 7,000 construction machines each year, including cranes, excavators, loaders, road rollers and graders. The Brazil manufacturing base is XCMG’s first wholly-owned production base project in its internationalisation
Trelleborg has unveiled its innovative cast-in profile sealing system at the recent 2017 Rapid Excavation & Tunnelling Conference (RETC). The firm says that its latest cast-in profile sealing systems are designed to help ensure that tunnelling projects keep to project timescales and budgets. The design of the units also helps to shorten the production process of concrete tunnel gaskets according to the firm.
A well-maintained road bridge network is vital to Denmark’s economy. David Arminas caught up with Niels Pedersen, head of bridges at the Danish Road Directorate
Denmark, being a country mainly of islands, relies on its bridges and tunnels to help unify the nation culturally. It also means that they are vastly more important to the economic well-being of the nation than in most other states.
The World Bank has classified Denmark as a high-income economy. In 2017 it ranked 16th globally in terms of gros
Sandvik Construction will highlight the Asian and Chinese focus of the total solutions product ranges at bauma China 2014.
The company is planning a number of global product launches to show Sandvik’s Chinese and Asian customers “how Sandvik is able to deal with their very specific requirements.” The company says that as Asia and China undergoes rapid economic growth the demand for construction machinery, building material machines, construction vehicles and equipment, has also increased.
“What makes bau
