Alliance Tire Americas, Inc. (ATA) launched a rugged, new line of Galaxy brand radial off-the-road (OTR) tires at Waste Expo in Las Vegas. Built for the special demands placed on loaders, dozers, backhoes, foklifts, articulated dump trucks and graders, the Galaxy radial OTR line features all-steel radial construction for puncture resistance and reduced heat buildup, as well as special compound for longer service life, according to Brian Sheehey, Vice President of Marketing for ATA. The result is a line of tires that deliver outstanding performance and a lower total cost of ownership.

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Manitowoc Cranes has marked the 90th anniversary of Potain by holding a celebration at its booth during Intermat Paris 2018. 

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Wacker Neuson is presenting its first fully electric, battery-powered mini excavator at Intermat. The EZ17e performs and handles like a diesel-powered model. Wacker Neuson's range of zero emissions solutions are extremely ergonomic and environmentally friendly – without compromising on machine performance. 

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LiuGong North America's compact 9035EZTS excavator is its first zero tail-swing model in the 3.5 metric ton class. The rig is an ideal tool for utilities work, residential construction and all other applications benefitting from a mini-excavator's compact size, ease of transportation and lower cost of operation. 

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SMS Equipment Inc. is pleased to announce that they are moving their Williams Lake branch to a new and larger location within the area to better serve their customers. The move is scheduled for Friday, April 27, 2018. The new location is a short one-minute drive from their previous office and features approximately 8,000 square feet on a level 1.5-acre lot.

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Last year, FPT Industrial signed a long-term partnership with Shantui Construction Machinery and now it is strengthening this relationship by powering two of Shantui's dozers on show at Intermat.

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Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) enjoyed a confident first financial quarter of 2018, with strong demand increases in all major markets - especially in Asia - helping the company to report strong growth in sales, profitability and order intake. 

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Per Carlsson, currently the global Senior Vice President of Strategy & Transformation Office for Volvo Trucks, has been appointed Acting President of Volvo Trucks North America.  He will on an interim basis succeed Göran Nyberg, who has decided to take a position outside the Volvo Group.

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Trimble has announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Viewpoint from Bain Capital in an all-cash transaction valued at $1.2 billion. Viewpoint is highly complementary to Trimble's e-Builder business, and will extend Trimble's ability to provide more complete and integrated project, jobsite and business workflows across the construction lifecycle

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MB Crusher's new cutting head attachment turns mini excavators and mini loaders into real milling machines. The MB-R500, the latest addition to the MB Crusher range, was launched at Intermat.

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With the growth of urban construction sites, the associated challenges of  working in confined space, and concern over environmental impact, Mecalac says that site dumpers have returned to the forefront of European city building sites, even supplanting trucks – that are more polluting, more bulky and less agile – on some sites. 

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At Intermat, Hemisphere GNSS has introduced significant achievements of its GradeMetrix OEM toolkit for high-precision GNSS-based machine control and guidance applications and systems. Hemisphere has expanded its portfolio of hardware offerings, including the recently announced A222 Scalable GNSS Smart Antenna, and made significant strides forward with its next-generation GradeMetrix OEM application software platform. Whether it is grading, mining, excavating, piling and drilling, or compaction applications, heavy equipment manufacturers can rebrand the solution and drive feature requirements to sell as their own.

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Allu Group is exhibiting equipment from its Transformer and Processor ranges at Intermat 2018. In addition to showing equipment, Allu has launched the Allu App and is giving demonstrations at the Allu stand.

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Manitowoc is celebrating a significant milestone, showcasing its newest tower cranes and highlighting several innovative tower crane components at Intermat.

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Trimble  and Kobelco have  announced  the introduction of a Trimble Ready option for select Tier 4 Final Kobelco excavator models. Select excavators that ship from the Kobelco factory are now ready for the installation of the Trimble Earthworks Grade Control Platform for excavators, which can significantly reduce the cost and complexity of the installation for the contractor.

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With big equipment for big projects, Expo Grands Travaux returns to Olympic Stadium Friday and Saturday, April 27 and 28, 2018. This mammoth heavy equipment show features tons of big iron on display from major OEMs and dealers.  

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Model LCL700 is the largest luffing-jib tower crane from manufacturer Linden Comansa. It was launched in April 2017 with two versions of maximum load (50 and 64 tonnes / 110,230 and 141,090 lb) and designed to be used mainly in jobsites with reduced space, like in very large and congested cities. Throughout the last 12 months a few units have been sold in Asia, and the very first unit in America (both North and South) has just been erected in downtown Seattle, Washington.

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In 2017, Tigercat developed and released its most compact skidder platform, the 602 series. The prototype 602 skidder was sent to France last summer to be fitted with a Belgian designed and manufactured swing boom for use in mountain regions of Europe.

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DEUTZ introduced its first off-highway hybrid concept at Intermat. Combining a TCD 2.9 diesel engine and a 55-kW electric motor, the new concept is the first tangible result of the E-DEUTZ program established in 2017, and opens up significant potential for efficiency gains in drivetrain technology. DEUTZ also presented an EU Stage V certified engine range and new in-line engines with capacities from 9 to 18 litres, while the service business presented its free service app ‘DEUTZ Connect' for remote engine diagnosis.

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It has been a relatively short few years since unmanned aerial vehicles – better known as drones – have moved out of the domain of the military and government, and down to the everyday consumer. In that time, one of the most enthusiastic industries in the adoption of this technology has been construction, which came to an early realization that aerial surveys of everything from buildings to gravel stockpiles could improve the way in which pit operators and contractors managed their businesses.

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