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BI Conseil is aiming for Swiss watches to become as standard as hard hats in preventing injury on site.

The two Ausa forklifts shown at INTERMAT will feature the company’s FullGrip drive technology, which enables alternate use of 4x4 and 4x2, by pressing a button on its single-control joystick.

Finnish company ALLU, which manufactures screener crusher attachments and stabilisation systems, will highlight its D-Series of screener crushers for fine screening and crushing/screening.

First launched in 2001 but recently updated, Ramtec’s Robi MP19 multiprocessor can, as its title suggests, be applied to a wide range of demolition tasks.

New P-jaws make Ramtec’s Robi DG15RP demolition grapple ideal for recycling applications. The DG grapples are especially designed for light demolition projects such as wooden buildings, bricks, concrete without rebar, and for sorting and loading demolition debris in scrap yards.

On-board dust suppression for dumptrucks has been introduced by Hydrokit. Water spraying takes place in front of the truck as it drives in dusty situations such as quarries.

Atlas Copco is launching the new HB 4100 hydraulic breaker, which is lighter than its predecessor but offers better performance and higher efficiency.

Caterpillar, in cooperation with the Cat dealer in France, Bergerat Monnoyeur, says that innovative design of its 966K XE wheel loader will take centre stage at Intermat.

Hidromek’s new HMK300LC LR long reach excavator can be used for demolition work. It is part of the company’s Gen Series Excavator Range, which has secured numerous design awards in countries including the United States, Germany and the firm’s native Turkey. Along with all Gen Series machines, the 300LC has a spacious cabin for maximum operator comfort, and a hi-tech yet easy-to-handle control panel. It also comes with a six-cylinder Isuzu engine producing up to 150.6kW of power. Offering a standard model bu

A new generation of dynamic testing systems for road paving materials, Dynapave, will be unveiled by Italian testing equipment manufacturer Controls.

Chinese construction equipment firm Sany is buying Putzmeister, the German manufacturer of concrete pumps. The terms of the deal have not been revealed officially but the acquisition is said to be worth €360-500 million according to various reports.