Konecranes has received a Gold rating from EcoVadis for its ambitious sustainability work, its highest-ever placing. The company’s actions, policies and reporting put it in the top 4% of all rated companies globally, and it is in the top 1% of its general-purpose machinery peers.
Liebherr strives for long-term sustainable solutions, investigating different options centred on environmental sustainability, safety, cost, flexibility, and maintainability. Liebherr Mining already offers a range of solutions to help customers reduce emissions, and has clear targets and a roadmap to expand its current offering to achieve low carbon solutions in 2022, along with fossil fuel free solutions for the majority of applications by 2030.
A leading plant hirer has commissioned a special edition JCB backhoe loader to raise vital awareness and funds for Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity.
Manitowoc has appointed Mobile Cranes Asia (MCA) as its latest new dealer partner in the Southeast Asia region. The company is based in Singapore and will cover full parts and service operations for Grove all-terrain cranes in the bustling city state.
Allison Transmission, a leading designer and manufacturer of conventional and electrified vehicle propulsion solutions and the largest global manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty fully automatic transmissions for commercial and defense vehicles, is pleased to announce that it has signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire the transmission portfolio of India-based AVTEC Ltd.’s off-highway business and AVTEC’s Madras Export Processing Zone (MEPZ) off-highway component machining business.
elobau adds the 424S variant to its angle sensor portfolio. This means that mobile machinery designers now have an angle sensor with a combined output signal available.
As mining customers around the world show greater urgency to reduce CO2 emissions, innovative solutions such as Trolley Assist Systems present a step towards mine site electrification, paving the road for zero emission mines of the future. Liebherr Mining offers a range of solutions to help customers lower their emissions, including the Trolley Assist System for its full mining haul truck range.
Since its foundation in 1985, SAB has invested in more than 50 Liebherr machines. New Liebherr XPower wheel loaders and an R 945 G8 are the most recent additions. The SAB machines are in operation for an average of 1,500 to 2,000 hours per year in three different quarries. Production covers a quarter of the demand in the French département of Hautes-Alpes.