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Demolition success for MB crushers

Italian firm MB has supplied crushing and screening buckets for use in Brazil, with the units carrying out important demolition and sorting work for the 2014 World Cup. Through a partnership with Grupo Monte Sinai Locação, the MB units have used for the construction of the Arena Pernambuco stadium ahead of the 2014 Brazilian World Cup. The first BF90.3 was purchased by the firm in May 2011 and was used for recycling demolished material at the Atlantico Sul shipyard in the Port of Suape (Pernambuco).
November 29, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Italian firm 283 MB has supplied crushing and screening buckets for use in Brazil, with the units carrying out important demolition and sorting work for the 2014 1556 World Cup. Through a partnership with Grupo Monte Sinai Locação, the MB  units have used for the construction of the Arena Pernambuco stadium ahead of the 2014 Brazilian World Cup.
The first BF90.3 was purchased by the firm in May 2011 and was used for recycling demolished material at the Atlantico Sul shipyard in the Port of Suape (Pernambuco).

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