Monthly Archives: June, 2010
BOMAG release the Asphalt Manager II – Intelligent compaction
The leaders in compaction technology, bomag, have launched a new and improved version of the Asphalt Manager, called, rather brilliantly, the Asphalt Manager II! It improves upon the target value for the vibration, which allows more precise control and increased compaction. There is a simple new menu which guides the operator through the system, a ‘compaction [...]
ACT acquire new Liebherr crane
Arabian Consolidated Trading (ACT), a crane hire company based in Saudi Arabia, has expanded its fleet of 100 cranes, by purchasing a new Liebherr LTM11200-9.1, now the the largest telescopic crane in the Kingdom. ACT, which also has offices in Riyadh, Dammam, Yanbu and Dubai, required the new crane, which is equipped with a mian [...]
Savage Plant Hire change direction and invest in four Kubota U30-3′s.
Savage Plant Hire, the Birmingham based company who are known across the Midlands for the distinctive Union Jack livery that adorns their fleet of vehicles, have broken with a company tradition by adding four Kubota U30-3 zero tail swing mini excavators to their fleet. Savage have previously stocked their fleet exclusively with JCB vehicles, but [...]
Dunedin buy-out Inverness-based crane hire firm Weldex
The Inverness crawler crane hire firm Weldex has been been purchased by Edinburgh-based private equity firm Dunedin, in a deal that has placed an ‘enterprise value’ of £100M on the business. Weldex was started in 1979 by Dougie McGilvray, and by offering used cranes for hire, instead of cranes for sale, he grew the firm into [...]
Ainscough tries to beat the recession by investment
Although the economic downturn may have it almost all industries, a company in Wigan has decided to continue to invest, as a strategy to beat the recession. Ainscough Crane Hire, co-owned by both the management and HBOS, and offering a variety of new and used cranes for hire, has invested £10M in 18 new Liebherr [...]
Burger Gruas donate use of Grove crane to help the repairs in Santiago, Chile
Chile is a country that suffers from earthquakes, and February saw one which rocked the capital Santiago, and left the 4-ton bronze statue which fronts the Metropolitan Cathedral at risk of toppling over. Such a state of affairs moved Raul Burger, owner of Burger Gruas, a company which rents used cranes, to provide a huge [...]
The new Doosan DX235LCR
June 2010 has seen the launch of the new Doosan DX235LCR crawler excavator, which is designed to be able perform heavy work in tight spaces. The vehicle has a number of features, which we will look at, but first lets assess the technical specifications. The DX235LCR is a near-zzero tail swing model, so it is [...]
Toledo gains Federal stimulus funding for new Liebherr cranes
The city port in Toledo, Ohio has reacted to the increase in freight shipping, a result of problems within the trucking industry caused by the global recession, by acquiring two new Liebherr mobile harbour cranes. The cranes were funded by federal stimulus funds allocated by the Ohio Department of Transportation, and the port authority’s Executive [...]
New Raillink academy to be built in Redbridge/Ilford.
Ilford is to benefit from a new training facility, as the Redbridge Crossrail Tunnelling Academy has been given the go ahead. Crossrail and the Skills funding Agency have come together in conjunction to fund the £12M project, which will be located between Newham and Redbridge, and their will be upwards of three thousand training positions [...]
GT Group win JCB contract
A UK company, which has been steadily growing a reputation for excellence in emission control systems, has been awarded a bumper contract by construction vehicle heavyweights JCB, makers of the jcb 3cx. GT group, based in County Durham in the North East, produces an EGR, or Exhaust Gas Recirculation system, which reduces the amount of [...]
