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Wirtgen India bags IGCC award
Indo-German Chamber of Commerce (IGCC) named Wirtgen India the fastest growing company in the Chamber. Wirtgen India bagged the award for its outstanding contribution towards the promotion of Indo-German economic relations.

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Allison Transmission appoints new SVP
Allison Transmission Holdings Inc announced that John M Coll has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Global Marketing, Sales and Service, starting October 7. Coll has more than three decades of sales and marketing expertise, with significant executive and senior-level leadership experience at a number of leading industrial and commercial vehicle companies.

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Magna Tyres Group opens new Middle East And Africa office
Magna Tyres Group announced the opening of the Middle East & Africa office, based in Ras Al Khaimah, in the United Arab Emirates. Following the recent (September 2016) appointment of Vijay Nambiar as General Manager of this new office, it is the next step in the worldwide expansion of the company.

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Escorts appoints Ajay Mandahr as CEO of CE business
Escorts Ltd announced the appointment of Ajay Mandahr as the new Chief Executive Officer of its Construction Equipment Business. Mandahr brings 26 years of experience in construction equipment, material handling and manufacturing industry.

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Apollo Carmix sells 100th small mobile concrete batching plant in India
Carmix reached its first important milestone in India with the sale of its 100th small mobile concrete batching plant. Manuela Galante, Marketing Director, Carmix, commented on the occasion, ?These are definitely extraordinary results made possible thanks to good quality, major versatility, and avant-garde tools that render Carmix?s self-loading cement-mixer trucks essential to facing up to even the toughest of construction jobs and extreme work scenarios.

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Shell Lubricants organises Metals Technology Forum
Shell Lubricants organised the 5th edition of its Metals Technology Forum in Mumbai. The forum was attended by leading industry experts in the metal and steel industry, to discuss the challenges faced by the lubricants industry and find solutions for the same.

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Schwing Stetter India launches Smartec sludge pump system
Schwing Stetter India has launched the Smartec sludge pump system at IFAT 2016. This newest product can be used to recycle sewage and sludge water for municipal applications.

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Yanmar successfully exhibits at GaLaBau
After bauma in April, Yanmar Construction Equipment Europe (Yanmar CEE) also convinced in Nuremberg at GaLaBau 2016 with quality, service and originality. The construction equipment manufacturer coated two ViO excavators in matt black for their long-term official distributor M&V Veit Baumaschinen (M&V Veit).

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Raymond Excavating adds Grove GMK5200-1
In an effort to respond to customer needs in the east, central and southeast parts of Michigan, Raymond Excavating has taken delivery of a Grove GMK5200-1 all-terrain crane. The Marysville-based company received the crane in March 2016 and immediately put it to work to assist with a variety of lifting jobs, including placement of HVAC units, large concrete box culverts and installation of communication towers that stand as tall as 200 ft.

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Liebherr delivers 100th LTM 1750-9.1
Liebherr achieved the milestone of 100 units of the 750-tonne LTM 1750-9.1 mobile crane. The 100th crane of this type left the plant in Ehingen in July this year. The new crane was handed over by Liebherr?s Belgian dealer Van Der Spek to crane contractor Dufour Transports et Manutention SA based in Marquain, Belgium.