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Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Caterpillar to launch new excavator range in Middle East in Q2 2018

Caterpillar has expanded its hydraulic excavator range with the addition of three new models, which will be available in the Middle East in the second quarter of 2018

Al-Futtaim Motors opens first UAE hydrogen re-fuelling station

Al-Futtaim Motors opens the UAE’s first hydrogen re-fuelling station in partnership with France’s Air Liquide, as part of a pilot for the Toyota Mirai fuel cell vehicle

Himoinsa installs 48-hour standby power unit for Algerian water plant

Himoinsa delivers a standby generator capable of providing 48 hours of uninterrupted backup power for a municipal wastewater treatment plant for 260,000 people in Algeria

Morris Site Machinery launches ‘Halo’ anti-glare lighting tower

UK-based equipment manufacturer Morris Site Machinery debuts powerful anti-glare lighting tower lamp head hailed as a game changer for the industry

Volvo Buses launches 7900 Electric vehicles with extended range

Volvo Buses next gen all-electric bus, the Volvo 7900 Electric, boasts extended range with 150 kWh, 200 kWh and 250kWh battery units and two charging methods for greater operational flexibility

Raimondi Cranes appoints Middle East commercial manager

Raimondi Cranes, an Italian crane company owned by UAE-based KBW Investments, names Wael Hasan as its Dubai-based commercial manager for the region

Caterpillar simplifies excavation product line, cuts cabin types

Caterpillar is reducing the number of cabin types across its whole excavator product line from 16 to three, allowing operators to switch models and size classes while still using the same controls

Experts assess the impact of Dubai’s decree on standby power

Six months on from the power failure at the Dubai Mall, PMV Middle East asks Himoinsa, JCB Power Products and SDMO-dealer GENAVCO about the potential impact of Dubai’s genset decree

Swisslog begins $21m automated warehouse project in Dubai

Swisslog is executing a $21m fully automated warehouse project for UAE water-bottling company Mai Dubai that will see it deliver two warehouses and a monorail by 2018

Gulf contractors increasingly favour cordless tools on jobsites

Hilti’s Konstantin Fedin explores the rise of battery-powered cordless hand tools on the jobsite, within the context of “double digit” growth within the hand tools market

LNG-powered Volvo heavy truck slashes emissions by 20%

Volvo Trucks debuts LNG heavy truck with the same 460hp power output as a diesel Volvo FH, but 20% lower carbon emissions than other diesel- or gas-powered vehicles

Featured Articles
	PMV Roundtable: Himoinsa, JCB & GENAVCO on temporary power PMV Middle East sits down with Himoinsa, JCB, and SDMO distributor GENAVCO to discuss the back up and temporary power industry, the segment’s key drivers and the future of the market
	Hilti's Konstantin Fedin uses hand tool batteries to power a vehicle Konstantin Fedin demonstrates the power of Hilti’s cordless hand tool batteries by using them to power an electrified Hilti vehicle
	Robot uprising: Swisslog on automation and robotisation in logistics PMV sits down with Swisslog’s Alain Khaddoum to discuss the advance of automation in logistics
	March of the apps: Yalla Pickup, Trukker and Trukkin on digital trucking PMV Middle East meets the men behind three startups, Yalla Pickup, Trukker and Trukkin, looking to storm the transport segment with their cloud-based service aggregation apps
	A lifting revolution: Wessel Helmens on Mammoet’s wind turbine cranes PMV Middle East catches up with Wessel Helmens, Mammoet’s director of innovations, to discuss the heavy lifter’s radical new proposal for wind turbine work

COMMENT

Breaking the loop of short-term budgeting and poor efficiency

How the short-term budgeting of project procurement impacts the efficiency of operations, and how systemic change is needed to break the vicious cycle

Joining the dots: on the rising interconnectivity of on-site equipment

PMV Middle East points to the growing signs of the increasing interconnectivity of plant, machinery and vehicles on the jobsite

	COVER STORY PMV Roundtable: Himoinsa, JCB & GENAVCO on temporary power
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	Top 10 plant, machinery and vehicles deals in the Gulf in H1 2017

Media

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	In pictures: The Gulf’s Top 10 real estate developers of 2017
	Video: Volvo's emission-busting LNG-powered heavy truck
	In Pictures: Latest images of Abu Dhabi's Midfield Terminal project
	Video: How will the region's built environment look in 50 years?
	Video: The Gulf’s top 50 real estate developers of 2017

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