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New machines from Dynapac have played an important role in tackling a stretch of Canadian highway with safety issues. The machines have been used to meet experimental compaction standards specified by highway engineers, so as to withstand Canada's harsh winter conditions. Canadian contractors InterCite Construction and Pavex of St Felicien have used the new Dynapac machines for work on upgrading Route 175, one of Canada's most dangerous highways, located in the Province of Quebec. Route 175 is a 174km long

In Australia local authorities are facing increasing pressure to keep roads properly maintained while cutting costs at the same time. This presents a major problem, however two local authorities have begun using a novel solution to road maintenance and repairs, based around using the latest version of Caterpillar's RM300 rotary mixer.

The project to build a new orbital motorway to bypass the Spanish city of Barcelona has benefited from the use of the world's largest asphalt paver. This represents one of the first jobs in Europe for the power paver, Vögele's SUPER 3000-2, which was first launched at the Bauma exhibition in Munich in 2010.

Italian access equipment specialist Barin has supplied one of its novel ABCLS units to a customer in Germany. The underbridge inspection machine is being used by rental firm Theo in Tecklenburg. Barin previously supplied two similar units for bridge inspection to Germany, with one being bought by Munich-Kirchheim firm Roggermaier Arbeitsbuhnen and another by Berlin company Easy Lift. Versatile and compact this latest machine has been mounted on a Mercedes Axor 1829 truck chassis with a GVW of 18tonnes.

Atlas Copco says that the third generation of its COPROD drilling system offers even better performance than before.

The new CNH Industrial Complex in Brazil, which comprises a Case factory and a modern CNH parts logistics and distribution centre, has opened in the city of Sorocaba, São Paulo state. The opening of the complex will generate 3,000 direct jobs (up to 6,000 including indirect jobs) in the region according to a forecast of up to two years, when the factory reaches it full production capacity.

Caterpillar claims customers can cut costs on earthmoving contracts when employing the latest D6R bulldozer. The machine is said to offer low fuel consumption and reduced downtime due to ease of maintenance and is aimed at contractors operating in developing nations.

The new BTS 630 and BTS 635 cut-off saws from Wacker Neuson are said to ensure high productivity. The firm says that the BTS 630 and BTS 635 models can be used for longer due to their novel filter system

Atlas Copco has launched its smallest portable air compressor, the XAS27. This unit is said to offer power, reliability and durability and delivers 27litres/s at pressures of up to 7bars.

Flip Screen Australia has developed the EX80 screening attachment. The offers a simple and robust design and is said to be durable enough to stand up to the most demanding industries including aggregates and roadbuilding, construction and recycling.

Ammann is following last year's launch of its 17.5tonne ASC170 compactor with models weighing from 11-16tonnes. The ASC110, ASC130 and ASC150 share features with the bigger machine as well as having a reduced drum frame width and a revised weight distribution over the models they replace. The firm says that the design changes improve efficiency making them comparable in productivity with conventional products in the next higher weight category. Compact dimensions increase manoeuvrability and stability of th