Coronavirus: Big three of machinery world respond to crisis

Caterpillar, Komatsu and Hitachi, three of the biggest construction equipment manufacturers in the world, have taken several measures to deal with the...

Infrastructure

Hitachi buys ABB’s Power Grid business in $11bn deal

ABB has sold its Power Grids business to Hitachi, "an expansion of its existing partnership with Hitachi", for $11 billion. In statement...

Machinery

International heavyweights in construction machinery line-up for The Big 5 Heavy

Supplied Content International heavyweights in construction machinery will be in Dubai for one week only at The Big 5 Heavy next week,...

Construction

Hitachi claims record with ultra-high-speed elevator

Hitachi has announced that its ultra-high-speed elevator has achieved a speed of 1,260m/min, which is the world’s fastest among all elevators operating...

Analysis

The big show: Bauma 2016 in review

The 31st triennial Bauma show, held April 11-17 at the Messe Munchen in Munich, was a seven-day event of superlatives. The world’s...

Consultant

Al-Futtaim Engineering’s elevator division wins contract for Ocean Heights in Dubai

Al-Futtaim Engineering’s Elevators division has won an annual maintenance contract from Damac to maintain the Hitachi elevators in the developer’s Ocean Heights...

Infrastructure

Quarrying major ties up with Etihad Rail

Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the UAE’s national railway network, has announced yet another strategic partnership to offer logistics services...