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May visits JCB India plant

During the first leg of her tour of India, The UK?s Prime Minister Theresa May met 10 of the ground-breaking women engineers at JCB who are driving the change of equal opportunity employment in heavy engineering, which is traditionally a male dominated industry.

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Chicago Pneumatic launches new hydraulic breaker

Chicago Pneumatic has launched the RX12, a powerful new rig-mounted hydraulic breaker for carriers between 9-15 tonne. Compared to its predecessor model, the RX12 offers a 10 per cent increase in output power and a 28 per cent increase in impact energy.

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Terex MPS appoints distributor for Mexico

Hercon Maquinaria SA de CV has been appointed as the full Terex MPS Line Distributor for the Central Region of Mexico. Coverage for this region is now provided by Hercon Maquinaria for new equipment purchases, support for new equipment (including servicing and spare parts). Customers? needs will be met by a fully trained team to provide the world-class levels of customer support.

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India to become cashless economy

With reference to the recent development where the government has demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes in the country, Mr Vipin Sondhi, MD & CEO, JCB India says, "The announcement by the Honourable Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes is a very bold and ambitious step by the Government to curb black money.

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TPS further strengthens business ties with?italian terminal operator

The leading Italian terminal operator, Lorenzini & C. S.r.l. (Lorenzini) will put another diesel-electric Terex Gottwald Model 7 mobile harbour crane in the G HMK 7608 two rope variant into operation mid-November. The machine is the third Terex Gottwald Model 7 crane that Lorenzini acquired in the past two years.

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Krishnapatnam Port unveils centralised control centre

In sync with its new-age initiatives, Krishnapatnam Port on the east coast of India has established a centralised state-of-the-art Command and Control Centre. Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, Minister of State for Home Affairs, visited the port to inaugurate the facility.

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Allcargo Logistics receives Logistics Award

Allcargo Logistics Ltd was felicitated with the ?Logistics Award? at Lloyd?s List Asia Awards 2016, one of the most coveted awards in the Asian shipping and logistics industry. The Lloyd?s List Award series recognises the industry?s successes, setting a benchmark for excellence while rewarding innovative ideas and concepts that have pushed the boundaries of what is possible.

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Potain conducts Partner Development Program

Manitowoc hosted a meeting for Latin America?s tower crane dealers in Panama to examine crane market opportunities and strategise over the best ways to address the region?s lifting challenges. Approximately 30 representatives from every Potain dealer in Latin America attended the event, which will now become an annual gathering.

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Raimondi Cranes appoints new south German agent

Raimondi Cranes SpA announced the appointment of Kwitek Krane GmbH (Kwitek) as the official Raimondi Cranes agent of south Germany. Founded in 1975 by Richard Kwitek Senior, Kwitek is based in Regensburg Wenzenbach, Germany, and will commence representing Raimondi Cranes as of November 1, 2016.

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4 pneumatic ship unloaders delivered to Venezuela

GENMA, the brand belonging to Rainbow Heavy Industries(RHI), delivered four pneumatic ship unloaders to Venezuela. The four HSUS400D pneumatic ship unloaders from GENMA had set sail from Taicang Zhenghe container terminal in China to Venezuela.

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