Asphalt milling, paving & compaction

The highway authorities in Indonesia are setting a budget of US$1.79 billion to maintain 34,000km of roads in the country during 2010.

Dynapac is offering four new tandem rollers aimed at asphalt compaction duties that extends its range in the 7-13tonne class to eight models in all. These machines have been developed to provide a high quality surface finish, while being efficient to run with low maintenance needs and easy servicing.

ASI Solutions has developed a fast pothole repair technique in the shape of its Rhinopatch process. This comes with a life-time guarantee and is said to offer a fast repair solution when a pothole or other road surface defect fails. The firm says that using this technique means that there is no need for a works team to re-visit a site and further disrupt traffic. The solution is to provide a road repair using replacement material of a superior quality to the existing road surface and to eliminate any joints

Major repairs are required to roads and bridges in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro State following the recent spate of flooding.

A high production paving job has been achieved by German contractor Rask Mecklenburg on a site in Stockelsdorf, Ostholstein. A Volvo ABG7820 asphalt paver was used by the firm to surface a new road link providing construction access to a housing development.

Teknomak, along with its president Saruhan Sarioglu, will celebrate a 20-year friendship with the Ammann Group in 2011.