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YIT names Juhani Pitkäkoski as CEO
YIT has appointed Juhani Pitkäkoski as its new president and CEO, replacing Hannu Leinonen with immediate effect ...more
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Work on JLG's Chinese factory begins
JLG Industries and its parent company, Oshkosh Corporation has broken ground for a new manufacturing facility in Tianjin, China. The new facility will produce JLG access equipment specifically for the ...more
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Hydro Mobile makes distribution changes
Hydro Mobile has ended its dealership agreement with TNT Equipment because TNT has entered a business partnership with Hydek to create and produce the Hydek Pro Series. ...more
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Leading lights
Demolition & Recycling International has announced the creation of the Demolition Awards, which are intended in future to become a highlight of the year for the demolition industry. ...more
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Hewden reorganises as revenues fall
Hewden is restructuring its operations in the UK, replacing the current five-region and five product divisions with a simple, three-region structure that will rent all products. ...more
Equipment News
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Hinowa's Light-Lift 23.12 now available from Access Platform Sales
Access Platform Sales Ltd, the UK distributor for Hinowa's tracked access platforms, has taken delivery of its first Hinowa Light Lift 23.12 tracked access platform. ...more
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Genesis introduces Recycler attachment
The 2,495 kg (5,500 lb) Genesis Demolition Recycler (GDR) is the latest demolition tool to come from this North American attachment supplier and is intended for use in both the primary and secondary d ...more
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Jewell delivers modified Kobelco SK485
US equipment specialist Jewell Attachments has supplied a modified Kobelco SK845 with a 27 m (90 ft) high reach demolition boom to CLM Equipment, who operates out of Lafayette and Sulphur, Louisiana, ...more
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Sellick introduces STT80 tow forklift
The company's new tow forklift is made for towing large loads in rough terrain environments. ...more
Project News
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Mast climbers' delicate touch
The Church of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception in Guelph, Ontario, is undergoing a three-year restoration expected to cost $10 million. The 120-year old gothic-style church is more than a place of w ...more
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Sculpture takes flight
Resoration and relocation of Massimo Scolari's architechtural sculpture Aliante on top of the School of Architecture in S. Marta, Venice, was carried out by Italian company Unitecnica. The company re ...more
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Working with the elements
PGC Demolition, a UK-based contractor, has employed five Haulotte machines to help remove the Riverdance ferry from the Lancashire coast where it was beached due to severe storms earlier this year. Th ...more
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Atlas Copco supplies office solution
A Liebherr R954 high reach carrying an Atlas Copco Combi Cutter made short work of a German office building ...more
Other News
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Flintco hosts first signal person certification exam
Flintco, Inc. hosted the first US Signal Person Certification Examination on Saturday 15 November at the company's Oklahoma City office ...more
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The great glass elevation
Negotiating the Energy Forum at Stralauler Platz in Berlin-Friedrichshain sounds like a puzzle put to the hero in an ancient myth. ...more
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Greener in just one month
US scaffold and access platform manufacturer, Bil-Jax has released the first report from its Go Green Committee. The company has announced a reduction in solid waste and a substantial increase in mat ...more
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Leading US associations urge Congress to extend incentives
Twenty-three leading national trade associations in the US have called on Congress and the President to extend the capital investment incentives included in the 2008 Economic Stimulus Act ...more
Craig E Paylor, president of JLG Industries and executive vice president of the Oshkosh Corporation
