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Revolutionising construction

The booming construction sector is fueling a growing demand for air compressors.

Atlas Copco to set up new LEED-certified facility

Atas Copco is breaking ground on a new 180,000-sq-ft facility in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The $20-million project will serve as the new production and assembly facility for Atlas Copco?s North American Construction Technique division.

SKF office achieves IGBC?s Platinum rating

SKF's office in Pune has been awarded the highest possible LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating ? Platinum ? by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC).

Data centre certified by LEED standards

A data centre designed by CH2M HILL/IDC Architects for Grainger in Lake Forest, Illinois has been certified as the world?s first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

Atlas Copco's Sets Benchmark for Sustainable Design

When the Atlas Cocpo project team undertook the task of building a new production plant in Chakan, an industrial area near Pune, India, they also took on the challenge of building a facility that would set the benchmark for sustainable design and state-of-the-art production processes within Atlas Copco.

Bauma Breaks Records

A record 530,000 visitors from over 200 countries converged on the Messe Mnnchen exhibition centre between April 15 and 21. This, the 30th edition of bauma, broke all previous records for exhibitor numbers and exhibition space.

Improving Cost-efficiency

Improvements in cost-efficiency, noise control, environmental design and ergonomics - the construction industry is facing such demands on many fronts. The good news is that not only the OEMs.

Waiting for godot

The way things have been happening, or rather not happening, for the past couple of years, I am reminded of "Waiting for Godot" one of the most famous literary works that revolutionised theatre in the English speaking world.

bauma: Platform for innovation

Improvements in cost-efficiency, noise control, environmental design and ergonomics - the construction industry is facing demands on many fronts. The international manufacturers of construction machinery

SP Equipment at Work in Frankfurt

An SP 4800 stationary pump and the SPB 35 and SPB 30 separate placing booms are hard at work, pumping and placing the concrete in the TaunusTurm, in the heart of Frankfurt.Frankfurt, the city in Germany with the most high-rise buildings will soon be one high-rise richer.

SKF increases focus on sustainability

For the 13th successive year, the SKF Group is a member in both the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI) and the pan-European sustainability benchmark for the Industrial Engineering sector. Additionally, for the 12th consecutive year, the FTSE Group confirms that SKF has been independently assessed according to the FTSE4Good criteria, and has satisfied the requirements to become a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index Series. ?Sustainability is a long-term commitment for SKF and I am very pr

SMaRT Gold certification for Eaton 9395

Eaton Corporation announced that the Eaton 9395 UPS is the first power quality product to receive a Sustainable Materials Rating Technology (SMaRT?) Gold certification.