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Volvo sells 100 excavators to one Chinese company

Highway, mining and real estate company Tang’s Sunrise Investment Co, ordered 100 heavy excavators on the first day of a Volvo Construction Equipment sales promotion in the Chinese city of Fuquing.

Automatic oil system improves productivity

Groeneveld Australia has developed its Oilmaster automatic oil level system to meet the maintenance efficiency needs of earthmoving equipment, mining plant, road transport vehicles and stationary plant.

New excavators continue to expand Queensland contracting business

A SLOWDOWN in Queensland’s mining sector has not hampered the steady expansion plans of construction, mining and maintenance business Adept Contractors.

Mexican Volvo factory ramps up backhoes for the Americas

After a successful small scale pilot, production of centre mounted BL60 and BL70 backhoes, has been substantially increased at Volvo Construction Equipment’s new factory in Tultitlan, Mexico, about 25 km north of the Mexico City CBD.

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Westkon Precast produced the goods for Deer Park Bypass

With plants in both Melton and Sunshine in Melbourne’s north west, Westkon Precast was ideally placed to make and deliver pre stressed concrete beams, to Melbourne’s newly opened (2009) $331m Deer Park bypass bridge and road project.

Bridport’s Main Street has carbon miles lessons to pass on

The resort town of Bridport, which hugs spectacular Andersons Bay on Tasmania’s north-east coast, is currently undergoing a major revamp.

Ambulances and SuperTs cross paths on hospital busway site

Building a 1.2km elevated 2-lane designated busway in a tight corridor through Brisbane’s busiest road and rail arteries and adjacent to Queensland’s major public hospital, was an operation in controlled logistics and co-operative communication.

Acid sulfate clean up has world wide implications

Australian scientists have achieved the world’s first successful large-scale restoration of a coastal wetland being devastated by acid runoff.

Generator’s load adjuster cuts fuel use up to 40%

Yanmar has again led the world with the release of the industry leading diesel powered eG100i inverter type generator set rated up to 7.5KVA standby.

Broons to market Stehr soil stabilisers

Crushing and compaction specialist Broons, has joined forces with leading German manufacturer Stehr, to promote their complementary range of soil stabilisation equipment throughout Australia.

Volvo to sponsor AEM’s Construction Challenge

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers, which runs the triennial Conexpo exhibition at Las Vegas, and Volvo Construction Equipment, have signed an agreement which makes Volvo the presenting sponsor for AEM’s annual Construction Challenge teen competition.

Sydney desal plant loads first reverse osmosis cartridges

On Monday December 21, Sydney Water hosted the media to watch and record the loading of the first reverse osmosis cartridges, at its new $1.9bn desalination plant.

RailCorp boosts safety with digital train radio

RailCorp has awarded a contract to design, install and maintain, a digital radio system for RailCorp’s trains in NSW, to UGL Ltd.