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Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Case launches 570T in UAE after two-year wait

Al Shirawi Enterprises begins distribution of Case Construction Equipment’s entry-level 570T backhoe after two years in the Middle East and three years in other developing markets

Fleet of 39 Volvo machines tackles Lebanese waste

Khoury Contracting Company uses Volvo machines supplied by Amtrac to execute $100m landfill and reclamation project to hold 1.6 million tonnes of refuse

EMC delivers 27 Zetros trucks to Suhail Al Mazroui

Emirates Motor Company and Daimler have presented 27 Mercedes-Benz Zetros 6x6 tractor-head trucks to Abu Dhabi-based Suhail Al Mazroui

Robotised vehicle repair cuts costs by 25% to 30%

Italian company Symach is planning the UAE launch of Fixline, an automated bodyshop repair process that uses robotics to reduce workshop time to two days on average

Restrata appoints Botan Osman as managing director

Restrata's former country director for Kurdistan and North Iraq has broad experience in both the private and public spheres

Ford Ranger pick-up wins Middle East vehicle award

The Ford Ranger was named Best Midsize Truck at this year's Middle East Car of the Year in Abu Dhabi

Terex divests Indian compact business to Manitou

The divestment strategy will allow Terex to refocus on aerial work platforms, cranes, and materials-processing equipment

MB rolls out smallest crusher bucket model

The fourth generation of MB’s smallest model of crusher buckets, the BF60.1, crushes basalt with machines of just eight tonnes in operational weight

Michelin opens 111th Tyreplus shop in Middle East

Central Motors and Equipment, an Al Fahim Group firm, opens the 14th branch of the Michelin Tyreplus service centre franchise in Abu Dhabi

Saudi: Genset rental to grow by 3.7% until 2022

After a severe slowdown in the Saudi Arabian genset rental market, a steady improvement is now expected on the back of public backing of projects and industry

Daimler and Bosch join forces on vehicle autonomy

Automotive manufactures Daimler and systems and hardware specialist Bosch combine expertise in the delivery of automated and driverless driving technology

Iveco secures gold with Madrid manufacturing plant

Iveco’s Madrid plant becomes CNH Industrial’s first facility to achieve the Gold-rated World Class Manufacturing accolade

Liebherr crane erects first wind turbine in KSA

Dammam’s Gulf Haulage Heavy Lift Company uses Liebherr LR 1750 crawler crane to lift 410 tonnes of components for Saudi Arabia’s very first commercial wind turbine

Featured Articles
	Tyre to tyre: rubber retailers on the tyre segment Stakeholders from the tyre industry in the Middle East gather in Dubai to discuss trends in tyres, and the juxtaposition of recent challenges in the markets with the prospect of growth to come
	Forking out: on Hala Equipment Trading and Heli Mathew Abraham, managing director of Hala Equipment Trading, unravels the story of his company’s rise from speculative vendor to UAE ally to China’s largest forklift manufacturer, Heli
	Heroes of hire: firms setting benchmarks in rental PMV Middle East looks at the rental operators saving contractors from costly capital expenditure and delivering the services they need to sleep easy at night
	Talking total cost: Swaidan, DAF and Sennebogen Harris Kaladi, general manager at Swaidan Trading, discusses the distributor’s persistent pursuit of premium partnerships, its signing of DAF Trucks, and the case for Sennebogen cranes
	Train game: Alstom's Riyadh Metro trainsets PMV Middle East explores what Riyadh Metro really means for the Saudi capital as Alstom sends the first metro trainsets on their way from its plant in Katowice, Poland

COMMENT

Pursuing performance: maturing Gulf perspectives

Have motives shifted in PMV procurement in the Gulf, and has the question of price finally ceded to the question of how things perform?

Media

	Dubai’s Crown Prince saves dump truck with G-Wagon
	Video: Driverless cars need a global unified code
	Video: Volvo CE machines on Doha’s Lusail project
	Video: Nissan's Desert Camel Power empirical unit
	Video: Volvo Concept Truck with hybrid powertrain

Special Reports

	Earthy ambitions: the maturing of dirt shovelling
	Earth movers: A look at loaders, dozer and graders
	A capital L: Caterpillar's L Series wheel loaders
	New frontiers: wading into waste management
	Power through: SDLG units work round the clock

	COVER STORY Heroes of hire: firms setting benchmarks in rental
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