Materials

Sandvik’s Austrian dealer BAG Klöch Aufbereitungstechnik and construction material provider Staber Holding have had a mutually beneficial business relationship for over 20 years. This meant that when it came to investing in a new screen to produce aggregates for its diverse customer base, Staber had little hesitation in contacting BAG. A recent project the company has been involved in is the Tauern motorway which has been supplied materials from Staber’s Drau Valley sand and gravel pit in Pöllan. Staber’

Demand for cement and concrete additives will grow to US$4 billion by 2020.

Liebherr has handed over its 90,000th truck mixer since it began manufacturing the vehicle in 1967. Transbeton, based in the southern German town of Laupheim, collected the semi-trailer HTM 1004 ZA that has a normal 10m3 capacity but had been specially painted for the occasion. Transbeton has been a Liebherr customer for almost 50 years, using truck mixers and concrete mixing plants. “I always have two semitrailers in my fleet”, says Reinhold Brehm, “because it increases our transportation capacity fo

An innovative road trial project is now being carried out in Myanmar along Pyinmana Myo Shuang Road, close to Nay Pyi Taw International Airport. This trial section of road has been built in partnership between Shell and National Infrastructure Holdings Co (NIHC). In addition, the project is being supervised by Myanmar’s Ministry of Construction. The road trial is using Shell’s 60/70 penetration grade bitumen, which offers good heat tolerance and resistance to road deformation. This makes it suitable to cop

Now part of the Wirtgen Group, Brazilian firm CIBER produces asphalt plants for the Latin American market and has developed a series of technological innovations for this sector. The firm is now introducing its new iNOVA 2000 plant design that it will offer for Latin America. The firm has developed the machine based on its experience of the sector, while also incorporating the latest advances in asphalt plant technology. The plant has benefited from the firm’s research into the needs of different asph

Italian firm Metalgalante claimed that its latest Carmix TrailerPump 15 concrete pumps can deliver concrete higher and further than previous models. The new TrailerPump is compact in size, measuring just over 4m long by 1.5m wide and 1.5m high. This makes it easy to manoeuvre onsite and allows it to be used in applications where access may be limited. The unit has a powerful twin-cylinder piston pump with a hydraulic control, which is said to ensure a capacity of up to 15m3/hour at a pressure of 70 bars