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Tuesday, April 4, 2017

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

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

Oman military recruits Genie GTH-4018 telehandler

The Sultan of Oman’s Armed Forces Engineers purchase Genie high-reach, rough-terrain telehandler from Al Fairuz Contracting for military construction projects

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

Riyadh Metro will use design to appeal to citizens

Arriyadh Development Authority incorporates a wide range of tactics into the planning and design of the Riyadh Metro to ensure that it appeals to the public

Iveco expands into East Africa with Kenyan partner

Iveco partners with Nairobi-based Global Motors Centre to expand its regional operations into East Africa

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

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

Caterpillar launches MD6250 blast hole drill

Caterpillar unveils MD6250 blast hole drill designed for drilling 10m and 12m benches in mining, quarrying and heavy construction applications

Volvo CE inaugurates electromobility test facility

Volvo Construction Equipment launches $21.9m testing facility in Eskilstuna, Sweden for concept electric wheel loader and driverless electric hauler

Kone reopens 350m-deep high-rise testing lab

Kone has reopened its renovated high-rise testing laboratory in Finland which, at a depth of 350m, is the deepest facility of its kind in the world

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

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

	Video: Driverless cars need a global unified code
	Video: Volvo CE machines on Doha’s Lusail project
	In Pictures: Hyperloop One's desert test site
	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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