Sector events Archives
Updated on March 17th
- Economy:
- -10,000 projects for the construction industry (1st April 2009)
- -Payment schedules
Equipment sector opposes exemptions (17th March 2009)
- French Market: - a 30% fall over the first half of the year (3rd March 2009)
- -Iveco: Offerings for construction and public works (17th February 2009)
- -Auctions: Iron Planet sets up business in Europe (3rd February 2009)
- -Public works in France: some figures (20th January 2009)
- -Bridgestone: a network of experts in tyres for civil engineering (6th January 2009)
- -Bauer: a fleet for France (18th December 2008)
- -Liebherr: +10% in 2008 (1st December 2008)
- -Manitou’s successful takeover of Gehl (20th November 2008)
- -Wirtgen expands its plants (21th October 2008)
- -Merger of Altrad and Belle (7th October 2008)
- -Agreement between Kiloutou-Wolseley France (23th September 2008)
- -Doosan acquires Moxy (9th September 2008)
- -Combating counterfeit parts – Komatsu’s new hologram (1st September 2008)
- -Miltra: Representing Fassi in France for 30 years (15th July 2008)
- -SDLG: a low-cost brand for Volvo CE (1st July 2008)
- -JCB has a new joint venture offering finance solutions (16th June 2008)
- -Lebrero bought by Indian company Telcon (2nd June 2008)
- -3% growth for French manufacturers in 2008 (19th May 2008)
- -60 projects for France (5th May 2008)
- -Plant hiring is on a roll in France! (21st April 2008)
- -Caterpillar sets its sights on 60 billion dollars in three years (2nd April 2008)
- -Record sales for JCB with 70,000 machines sold in 2007 (17th March 2008)
- -2008 – 2009, two years of stabilization in the French market (3rd March 2008)
- -A world market of 400,000 machines (12th February 2008)
- Equipment:
- -Bell’s 45 tonner (1st April 2009)
- -The Beluga: a mobile mini-plant for innovative asphalt mixtures (17th March 2009)
- -Thwaites: a micro dumper (3rd March 2009)
- -Michelin: a new tyre for loaders (17th February 2009)
- -D-Series: Caterpillar next generation mini excavators (3rd February 2009)
- -A latest generation foundation machine (20th January 2009)
- -Wirtgen: a giant planer for quarries (6th January 2009)
- -Sprinter: the Mercedes easy 4x4 (18th December 2008)
- -The Perkins Stage IIIB engine (1st December 2008)
- -The new Liebherr Series 6 excavators (20th November 2008)
- -Road marking at 18 km/hr (21th October 2008)
- -Crush-All: a percussion bucket (7th October 2008)
- -An original crawler carrier (23th September 2008)
- -A versatile shredder (9th September 2008)
- -New electronics for Potain's self-erecting tower cranes (1st September 2008)
- -A unique form panel for Bouygues Construction worksites (15th July 2008)
- -The Sandvik DPi provides user information for improved productivity (1st July 2008)
- -TB 235, the new generation Takeuchi (16th June 2008)
- -The Terex MHL 340 D-series, a new loading machine (2nd June 2008)
- -The Bobcat T 2250: more than a handler (19th May 2008)
- -Wacker: very well equipped, compact machines! (5th May 2008)
- -Saving energy: the electric solution (21st April 2008)
- -The Massif: Iveco's new all-terrain vehicle (2nd April 2008)
- -A compact telescopic forklift from Ausa (17th March 2008)
- -JCB is expanding its range of diggers (3rd March 2008)
- -Mecalac's 8 MCR – the star of INTERMAT (12th February 2008)
- Interview:
- -Gérard Bobier, Chairman of the CNATP: "a trade show is also a source of information" (1st April 2009)
- -Didier Ridoret, chairman of the FFB (French Construction Federation): "In these difficult times, it's important for all players to show what they can do." (17th March 2009)
- Patrick Bernasconi - Chairman of France's National Federation of Public Works
"Those who think ahead will be best placed to take advantage of the recovery" (3rd March 2009)
- -Eric Etchart, President of the Manitowoc Crane Group
"The Chinese market will be moving towards more sophisticated machinery." (17th March 2009)
- -Joël Pigeon, Equipment Director at Eiffage Travaux Publics: "Manufacturers would do well to add to their selling points information about environmental protection, pollution, energy consumption and sustainable development" (3rd February 2009)
- -Jean-Claude Fayat, managing director of the Fayat Group: "We will seize any acquisitions opportunities that arise" (20th January 2009)
- -Maryvonne Lanoë, Exhibition Manager for INTERMAT: "Using every avenue to expand your network and your business at INTERMAT 2009" (6th January 2009)
- -Jean-Claude Gomez, president of Ammann France: "An upturn in mid-2010?" (18th December 2008)
- -Michel Gable, Chairman of the DLR*: “Our two fields, hire and retail, are both affected by the crisis, but in different ways” (1st December 2008)
- -Frédéric Durand, public works manager for BPLG: "We are experiencing a return to normal" (20th November 2008)
- -Jean-Paul Buvat, CEO of Simpra: "Our customers follow us from site to site" (21th October 2008)
- -Jean-François Torrès, CEO of Altéad "We are ready to make new acquisitions" (7th October 2008)
- -Gerard Déprez, Chairman of the European Rental Association: "Despite the property crisis there is still a lot of work for hire companies in Europe." (23th September 2008)
- -Alexandre Saubot, Chief Operating Officer of the Haulotte Group: "We will be manufacturing in China by the end of 2010." (9th September 2008)
- -Monica Pelliciari, chairman of Fiori, and Enrico Santini, Fiori managing director: "The technical nature of our equipment is responsible for our progress" (1st September 2008)
- -Robert Murdoch, Chairman of Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers: "When it comes to auction sales, we have a big task in front of us in Europe" (15th July 2008)
- -Lei Sun, Director of Sany France: "Sany is now expanding westward" (1st July 2008)
- -Marc Wilson, CEO of Komatsu France:
"We gain ground through innovation and technology but also services" (16th June 2008)
- -Pascal Ragois, General Manager of Wacker Neuson SAS: " With our product lines, we provide entrepreneurs with everything they need for their worksites." (2nd June 2008)
- -Eric Etchart, Manitowoc Crane Group CEO: "We’ve become even more global" (19th May 2008)
- -Scott R. Nelson, Bobcat Company CEO: "There is no question of us abandoning our brand, no matter what happens."
- -Ron DeFeo, Chairman and CEO of Terex Corp.: "The United States' reign as the leading global market for equipment is at an end" (21st April 2008)
- -Jean-Marie Osdoit, CEO of Volvo CE Europe SAS: "2009 is the time to launch new products" (2nd April 2008)
- -Silvano Bencini, President of The Imer Group: “We’re planning to begin production in Eastern Europe and Central America.” (17th March 2008)
- -Steve Filipov, President of Terex Cranes: “We are the third “Chinese” manufacturer of lorry-mounted cranes” (3rd March 2008)
- -Tim Leverton, President of the CECE: "A stable market..." (12th February 2008)
- Worksites:
- -Seguin island on the Seine: getting 23 cranes onto a 17 ha space (1st April 2009)
- -A church tower stabilized via jet grouting (17th March 2009)
- Coteg crushes its rubble and uses barges to evacuate it (3rd March 2009)
- -2.5 million cu.m in 8 months with 4 levels (17th February 2009)
- -Unconventional convoys for a gas turbine (3rd February 2009)
- -Shovel plus crushing bucket: production and energy savings (20th January 2009)
- A fully re-equipped quarry with no shutdown in production (6th January 2009)
- -Serving companies: a technique, a product and a machine (18th December 2008)
- -Brest: the crane, the key factor on the site of the new port (1st December 2008)
- -First test for the Pocket Pata spreading machine (20th November 2008)
- -First French site for the Terex TG15 (21th October 2008)
- -A first for the 29-tonne Komatsu demolition special (7th October 2008)
- -CMA-CGM Tower in Marseilles - maximum automatic climbing tools (23th September 2008)
- -Eiffage's SC 113 quarry is processing its tailings and increasing its production by 20% (9th September 2008)
- -Moving toward wood-free scaffolding in nuclear power plants (1st September 2008)
- -Complex logistics and an array of equipment for renovating a building facade (15th July 2008)
- -Two related ground-reinforcement techniques (1st July 2008)
- -A silent, dust-free concrete mixing plant in Paris. (16th June 2008)
- -A building in several forms (2nd June 2008)
- -Small-scale equipment designed for controlled demolitions (19th May 2008)
- -Pushing a 1200-t bridge on the A31 (2nd May 2008)
- -The slip-form paver at work under the Pyrenees (21st April 2008)
- -A hydraulic quick-coupling system eliminates the need for a second excavator (2nd April 2008)
- -A special application for the Volvo L 350 F (17th March 2008)
- -Eight cranes and two concrete mixing plants for 150,000 m² of offices (3rd March 2008)
- -Using a scraper to extract chalk (12th February 2008)
This section has been written in partnership with the Groupe Moniteur. Photo credit: Groupe Moniteur / DR
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