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The contractors Arabian Electrical Equipment Company and Mohamad Al-Ali Al-Suwailem Company are to build a combined road and power substation project in Saudi Arabia's Al-Kharj Industrial City.

Skanska is preferred bidder to develop the Antofagasta Toll Road in Chile under a PPP model. The firm has beaten tough competition for this project and says it will not require government subsidies for the work, which is due to commence in 2011.

Hydrokit has introduced a new hydraulic automated greasing system that has been developed for situations where an electric supply isn’t available.

Engine manufacturer Scania is to supply diesels to the Terex Corporation. The deal will start in 2011 and is timed to coincide with the introduction of new emission requirements for North America and Europe.

Morocco is spending 2.8% of its annual budget on maintaining and building roads as part of its 2008-2012 plan. For 2010, the state will allocate a budget of US$777 million on roads, a significant increase over the $413.6 million spent in 2006.

GA will be introducing a new family of parts at INTERMAT as well as a new range of gaskets. The company makes and sells aftermarket parts for earthmoving machines. It has extended its range to cover Komatsu, Hitachi, Volvo and Liebherr equipment in addition to the parts for Caterpillar machines that it already supplied.

Iran's congested capital Tehran is now benefiting from a new underground road tunnel that carries traffic under the city.

German-based construction equipment manufacturer Wacker Neuson is celebrating record annual revenue and earnings.

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) is voicing opposition to a proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to tighten ozone standards.

Iraqi capital Baghdad looks to benefit from a series of key road improvement works. A budget of nearly US$69 million has been allotted by the central government for the work.

Yanmar Europe is using INTERMAT to reveal a new series of water-cooled industrial diesel engines that meet the new EPA Tier 4 and EU Stage IIIB off-highway emission regulations up to 56kW. Based on its TNV series, the new range includes 10 models in three- and four-cylinder formats with indirect and direct injection, and ranging from 10kW to 56kW. Four of these new engines, the 3TNV80F, 3TNV88C, 3TNV86CT and 4TNV98C, are at INTERMAT 2012. Engines over 19kW use an ECU-controlled common rail fuel injection, c

Volvo Construction Equipment believes its ascendancy in the Chinese market is behind its record annual sale of 84,000 machines in 2011.