BEIJING: China is intensifying its efforts to bolster intelligent construction equipment, so as to realise a leapfrog upgrade from manual construction to intelligent construction. At a construction site in Nanjing, capital of East China’s Jiangsu province, state builders from China Railway No 4 Engineering Group Co Ltd (CREC4) are using a cantilever intelligent bridge building
Marubeni-Komatsu regional sales manager Rob Wilmott (left) with Mawsley sales managers Leon Geoghegan (centre) and Luca Proietti (right) Master distributor Marubeni-Komatsu has handed Mawsley Machinery a portion of the southeast East Midlands area to sell Komatsu Utility mini and midi crawler and wheeled excavators. Mawsley will cover all LE, NN, and CV postcodes plus MK40
Crawfords group sales director Nunzio Rio with Komatsu machines Crawfords Group has been appointed as an authorised distributor of Komatsu compact equipment across Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, and South Berkshire. Crawfords will offer Komatsu’s full compact range, including excavators up to 10 tonnes, wheeled loaders, skid steers and backhoe diggers. It also plans
XUZHOU, China, May 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group Co., Ltd. – On May 20, the 7th XCMG International Customer Festival (hereinafter referred to as ICF 7) was officially launched under the theme “Solid Innovation for a Green Tomorrow,” reaffirming its commitment to sustainable development. Over 2,000 customers from more than 80 countries
New Energy Leadership, Digital Transformation, and Global Partnerships Towards Carbon Neutrality Goals XUZHOU, China, May 14, 2025 PRNewswire/– XCMG Machinery (“XCMG”, SHE: 000425) has officially released its 2024 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report, particularly highlighting the group’s achievements in sustainable practices aligned to global climate goals as well as breakthroughs in clean technologies, digital
Venieri’s VF 1.63D TL compact articulated wheel loader Conagri, a Devon-based supplier of construction and agricultural machinery, is looking to distribute equipment made by Italian manufacturer Venieri. The first machine to be showcased is Venieri’s new articulated backhoe loader, the VF 823E, which is claimed to be the only such machine on the market that
Scenes from Santa Paula Take a quick trip around downtown Santa Paula in March 2025. The project is planned on vacant land next to Teague Park. Construction is expected to begin in summer 2026. About a third of the units will be reserved for formerly homeless residents. A 111-unit affordable housing development in Santa Paula
Westerly cleans up after back-to-back storms Recent storm damage in Westerly is still being cleaned up along Atlantic Ave and the Misquamicut coastline. The property housed a water park until 2019, but also contains approximately 6 acres of undeveloped salt marsh. The Department of Environmental Management and Town of Westerly spent over $3 million to
Viki Bell The machinery manufacturers’ trade association has been without a chief executive since the departure of Suneeta Johal in March 2024 after two years with the organisation. Viki Bell joined the Construction Equipment Association (CEA) at about the same time that Johal departed, initially as business development & partnerships manager but was soon promoted
Hidehiko Matsui and Simon Wilson have been announced as the new Chairman/CEO and COO, following the retirement of former CEO Al Quinn and former Chairman Sonosuke Ishii. ATLANTA, March 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Hitachi Construction Machinery Americas announced that beginning April 1, 2025, newly appointed Hidehiko Matsui will be filling the role of Chairman and