Weekly overview 10.7.- 14.7. 2023

Telematics for Practitioners – The Future of Telematics

“Did you know that telematics is not only used in the construction industry to monitor construction sites and machines, but also to automate accounting processes and that with  the help of telematics systems, for example, working and driving times can be recorded and automatically transferred to billing?” Read more in an article by Ulric E.J. Rechtsteiner (AREALCONTROL) on page 15!

Monthly Product Launch Overview - June 2023

LECTURA highlights the newest products of the heavy machinery industry. Check out the overview of machines and models launched in June 2023! Read more >>

Sustainable Drive Concepts for every Requirement

Kleemann uses three different drive concepts that offer the best possible solution depending on the tasks at hand. Although electric drives score very well with regard to the CO2 footprint, in some situations a fuel-saving directdrive is the better solution. E-DRIVE, D-DRIVE and H-DRIVE represent the variants diesel-electric, diesel-direct and diesel-hydraulic. Read more >>

MDS Announce Mineralteknikk AS as New Distributor for Norway

MDS, leading manufacturer of heavy-duty rock trommels and conveyors, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mineralteknikk AS as their official distributor for Norway. Read more >>

Eight Raimondi flat-top tower cranes deployed in Sharjah, UAE

Raimondi Middle East deployed eight flat-tops for the fast-growing Aljada megaproject, developed by Arada, in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Read more >>

Yokohama Off-Highway Tires launches its largest tractor tire to date

Yokohama Off-Highway Tires’ (YOHT) flagship brand Alliance recently released new sizes of the proven Agriflex+ 372 radial tire for tractors and harvesters – including a size that makes it the largest tire ever produced by Alliance. Size VF750/75R46 is for the absolute largest tractors and machines and challenges competitors with economically and qualitatively competitive tires. The VF tires are recognized as leaders in the global flotation radial market: Alliance VF technology delivers in terms of effective soil protection, efficiency gains and yield increases. Read more >>

Liebherr and Leica Geosystems: Expanded range of semi-automatic machine control systems for crawler excavators 

Liebherr, in cooperation with Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, offers various machine control systems for hydraulic excavators ex works. Machine control systems are driver assistance systems that make construction projects and processes more efficient, productive and safer. Liebherr is now extending its range of machine control systems for its Generation 8 crawler excavator models. Read more >>

Economical trenching in rock

At an industrial park at its hometown, Haiger in the German state of Hesse, the construction company Wirth secured a major contract. Before construction of a new factory and warehouse could start, they had to prepare the site and install foundations.  A 25-tonne excavator with a KEMROC EKT 100 milling attachment was used to work out the footings through solid and fissured rock – saving time and money compared to the use of hammer and bucket. Read more >>

ProEdge Construction Covers East Anglia with Bobcat Fleet

ProEdge Construction, a specialist highways maintenance and civil engineering contractor, utilises a fleet of Bobcat compact equipment, including mini-excavators, a skid-steer loader and Bobcat attachments to carry out projects throughout the East Anglia region. Read more >>

XCMG Machinery Continuously Promotes the Development of Alternative Energy Products to Serve Global Construction and Mining Projects

Lately, XCMG Machinery, the world's top three construction equipment manufacturer, has delivered an extensive number of products worldwide, with the development of alternative energy and the increasing value of brands. The company continues to propel and utilize the power transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energies, such as electric, hydrogen, and solar, in its diverse range of construction equipment products. Read more >>

HYUNDAI with large Portfolio at Steinexpo 2023

HD Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe will take part in Steinexpo 2023 with a large contingent of large equipment. The demonstration trade fair is a particularly important event for the South Korean construction equipment manufacturer, because with wheel loaders, articulated dumpers and tracked excavators with operating weights of up to 52 t, it is ideally positioned for the local hard stone mining industry as well as for gravel pits and for heavy earthmoving on large construction sites. Read more >>

Complex crane operation in the heart of Vienna – three WOLFF cranes build a new department store on the "Mahü"

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The Mariahilfer Straße, affectionately named "Mahü" by locals, is Vienna's most popular shopping boule- vard. It will soon see the opening of yet another shopping des- tination. Built on the grounds of the former Leiner furniture store, the "Lamarr" – named after the Austrian film diva Hedy Lamarr – will be a modern yet traditional-style department store including a hotel and restaurants. The highlight of the building ensemble will be a publicly accessible green roof garden. Aus- trian contractor Habau Hoch- und Tiefbaugesellschaft m.b.H. purchased a WOLFF 8033.16 Cross for the project. It is being utilized alongside two further WOLFF cranes to construct the building shell which is scheduled for completing by the end of the year. The site's location in Vienna's heavily frequented downtown area called for a unique crane solution. Read more >>