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bauma China has beaten its own record: Between November 27 and 30, 2012, over 2,600 exhibitors from 39 countries will be lining up for the start of this “International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Construction Vehicles and Equipment”, taking place in the Shanghai New International Expo Centre …

Hydraulic excavator safety is focus – Reaching more equipment operators is goal The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has published its first safety manual e-book to enable equipment operators to conveniently access safety information wherever they carry their mobile devices. This first AEM e-book is an electronic version of the …

EBCD (European Bureau for Conservation and Development) Event on De-carbonising Transport – CECE (Committee for European Construction Equipment) participate at the European Parliament. The EU objective is an overall reduction of CO2 emissions of 80-95% by the year 2050, with respect to the 1990 level. Research on ways of how …

Titan Machinery Bulgaria, the recently appointed Case Construction Equipment distributor, has been awarded a Gold Medal and Diploma for innovation in construction equipment at the Plovdiv International Technical Fair 2012. The prize was awarded for the Case 721F wheeled loader, which took centre stage on the company’s stand at the …

After several years of annual growth rates in the range of 20-30%, the public building construction market slowed in 2011-2012. The market is expected to grow by some 3% to a record-high level of PLN 7.5bn (€1.8bn) in 2012. However, the public building construction market will see a correction in …

Marmomacc and Samoter join forces for an unprecedented event in Cairo. The two Veronafiere exhibitions take excellence in the building, materials, know-how, technology and machinery field to North Africa’s emerging markets. Veronafiere takes another step in its internationalisation programme for the construction industry. Cairo in Egypt will see the debut …

BRUSSELS, 10 October 2012 – CECE, CECIMO, CEMA, EUROMAP and FEM welcome the European Commission’s acknowledgement, in its Communication on Industrial Policy, of the importance of an effective market surveillance to support a competitive EU machinery industry(1). Whereas EU mechanical engineering is one of the most important providers of workplaces …

Wind energy has experienced in the last years a growth of installed capacity in Romania and according to the experts, by the end of this year over 7.5% of the electricity demand could be covered by wind energy. Today the installed power of all operating wind parks is 1000 MW. …

bauma 2013: Platform for the international building and construction industry The growth in the construction market worldwide is giving rise to a surge in demand for concrete products, concrete pipes and shafts as well as precast components. This demand is in turn boosting developments among the manufacturers of the machinery …

The construction and modernisation of the fifteen stadiums for the needs of the 2018 World Cup in Russia will cost approx. RUB 162-199bn ($5.1-6.2bn). In addition the preparation of training centres for national teams participating in the event will cost another RUB 22bn ($674.4m). According to the research company PMR’s …