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Marini’s new eTOWER asphalt plants are said to complete the firm’s Top Tower line-up. The existing Top Tower plants offer capacities of 280-400tonnes/hour and the eTOWER machines are designed with output of 150 and 180tonnes/hour. The units benefits from features used in the Top Tower range such as the drying/filtering tower system. This features as innovative location for the filter and under-filter hopper, above the dryer drum, which is said to help reduce energy consumption. This modular plant can be sup

New Holland Construction (NHC) is unveiling at bauma the new low profile cab and FleetForce telematics system in its F Series graders which, the Italian company claims, are the best-selling graders in Europe. The new cab reduces the grader’s maximum height by 180mm, taking it down to just 3.06m. This is said to remove all transport limitations for both F106.7 and F156.7 models, whether they are fitted with 50.8cm or 63.5cm tyres.

High versatility is claimed for the new PTC 20RHV Vibrodriver piling unit, which can drive and extract profiled sections of sheet piling, H, concrete or wooden piles. This highly productive machine offers an integrated solution including the rig with its guiding pole, as well as the novel Vibrodriver, hydraulic hammer and press. The equipment is said to cut driving time is cut sharply as the rigs are fitted with powerful winches. In addition, the rigs require a comparatively small space on-site and are high

Hitachi Sumitomo Heavy Industries Construction Crane Company (HSC) says its new 150tonne capacity SCX1500A-3 hydraulic crane, being unveiled at bauma, has features to enhance its sustainability, mobility, performance and safety. Said to be suitable for construction, material handling and civil engineering applications, the SCX1500A-3 has been manufactured to comply with Stage IIIB emission regulations. Equipped with a powerful new-generation 210kW Isuzu engine, the sustainability of the 150tonne x4.5m lifti

bC India has been hailed a success after attracting more than 28,000 professional visitors – despite the show being held during tough trading times for the construction equipment industry. The four-day bauma ConExpo event at the Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai was finishing today, with 710 exhibitors from 33 countries having taken part in what was the second staging of the international show. Thomas Löffler, chief executive officer of the show’s organiser, bC Expo India, said: “The visitor numbers are satisf

MOBA says that its colour-coded compaction roller guidance system, the MCA-2000, now comes with additional functionality. This package offers wireless data transfer between the roller and the office and will allow more homogeneous and high-quality compaction of an asphalt road surface. Marketing manager Christine Seidel said, “The operator can see what has been done, where the machine has been and where it should go next. At the end of the day all this day can be taken out of the machine and used to make up