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ADFORS is the new name for Saint-Gobain Technical Fabrics, part of the French-based Saint-Gobain Group, a global producer and distributor of construction materials. ADFORS offers reinforcement products and solutions, mainly based on glass fibre, for a range of construction and infrastructure applications.

The Hungarian Government is lining up an impressive plan for infrastructure investment in the coming years. A total of €11.14 billion will be used for developing the country’s road infrastructure from the present until 2027. The plans include building 500km of highway and 1,000km of dual carriageway in all. At present the funding sources have not been revealed. It seems likely that European banks will provide some of the funds but private sources are also likely to be used. The build operate transfer and pu

Iron technology company Saint-Gobain PAM UK has been awarded certification to the world-class, ISO-accredited CEMARS (Certified Emissions Measurement And Reduction Scheme) standard by the Achilles carbonReduction programme. CEMARS certification confirms the company has measured its greenhouse gas emissions in

As the world joins hands to make 2011-2020 the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety, the Transport Research Foundation (TRF), the parent of TRL, has been selected as a new Centre of Excellence. It was appointed by iRAP (the International Roads Assessment Programme), a UK charity that co-chairs the work on infrastructure for the UN Decade of Action, and which has established a new way to inspect and measure the safety of roads. It recommends high priority improvements which will save the most lives for the m

Construction work has started on Albania’s latest highway project, which will connect the capital Tirana with the city of Elbasan in the centre of the country. Construction work on a 32km stretch of the highway, including a 4.3km tunnel, is being carried out by Greek contractor Aktor.

In Bosnia, delays have affected the construction work on the country’s key Corridor 5c highway project. So far 37km of the 336km Corridor 5c highway has been built, with 21km under construction and a further 43km section being cleared for work to commence. Construction work on a section of the Corridor 5c highway is set to commence by the end of September 2011. The section of highway being built is located in Ljubuska and Capljina, with work staring on the 4km Kravica-Bijaca and due for completion in 10 mon

Ringway Wiltshire, UK, has secured a seven-year contract for maintenance services on the A417/419 road which runs from the M4 motorway in north County Wiltshire to the M5 motorway in County Gloucestershire. It is worth an estimated

Euro Auctions’ May sale in Dormagen, Germany, saw 1,400 lots (30% up on the February sale) go under the hammer, with 20tonne-plus hydraulic excavators being the most popular type of machine sold. Over 250 Internet bidders registered, and Internet bids were placed on 71% of lots with 27% of all final successful hammer bids being received electronically.

Another stage has been reached in the informal negotiations between the European Parliament, the European Commission and the Council to revise the Eurovignette Directive. The Directive involves charging heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures, and an informal compromise has to be endorsed by the European Parliament and Council.

New Holland Construction has donated a LS180 skid steer loader to the Italian Red Cross at a ceremony at its headquarters in Legnano, Lombardy. Giampiero Biglia, Italy’s business director for New Holland Construction officially presented the machine, which will become part of the Italian Red Cross earth working fleet used in missions in Italy and elsewhere. He said: “New Holland Construction has always supported public organisations that are committed to civil protection, the protection of our territory a