Caterpillar launches data division to help reduce machine downtime

Caterpillar has launched a new division, Analytics & Innovation (AI), which will work on using machine data to improve productivity by optimising performance...

Construction

Hitachi Sumitomo Cranes eyes Middle East rental sector

Hitachi Sumitomo Cranes (HSC) is focusing on Middle Eastern rental companies as a key group of customers for its crawler cranes, a senior...

Infrastructure

Italy’s Pramac supplies 44 gensets to Losail motor circuit in Qatar

The Italian genset manufacturer Pramac has renewed a generator-supply agreement with the Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) and management at the Losail...

Construction

China’s Zoomlion signs tower-crane agent for Saudi Arabia

Chinese construction-machinery manufacturer Zoomlion has signed an agreement with Al Shawaf International to appoint subsidiary Al Bawani Trading Company as its sales...

Construction

FAMCO showcases Volvo CE road machinery in Abu Dhabi

Al-Futtaim Auto and Machinery Co. (FAMCO), the distributor for Volvo Construction Equipment (CE) in UAE and Saudi Arabia, organised a road machinery event...

Construction

IronPlanet equipment, truck sales hit $46m in March auctions

IronPlanet, an online marketplace for heavy equipment and trucks, has sold over $46 million in equipment at auctions held across its marketplaces from...

Construction

Ritchie Bros sells $3.35m Liebherr crane in auction record

An equipment sale by Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers has netted $54 million, including the disposal of an all-terrain crane sold for a record price...

Construction

Kuwait’s ILC buys 10 Grove GMK4100L cranes

Kuwait’s Integrated Logistics Company (ILC), one of the largest heavy-lift companies in the Gulf, has purchased ten new Grove GMK4100L all-terrain cranes....