Capital Equipment News March 2024

CONTENTS Capital Equipment News is published monthly by Crown Publications Editor: Adriaan Roets

capnews@crown.co.za Advertising manager: Lizelle Francis lizellef@crown.co.za Design: Ano Shumba

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS 04 A new CEO for DTSA

FEATURES 02 COMMENT The future of construction is now 08 COVER STORY Liebherr expands its rough-terrain crane range 10 Compaction Equipment Comprehensive solutions for soil and asphalt compaction 14 Wheel Loaders JCB keeps production going at plant 22 DEMOLITION TECHNOLOGY Robots can unlock efficiency and ensure safety 24 INDUSTRY DIVERSITY Encouraging women in the workshop 26 ROADMAKING How to build net-zero roads THOUGHT LEADERSHIP 13 Positive news for the construction industry 17 How to ensure reliable results when testing for drugs 32 Efficient uptime recovers the cost of lithium-ion in equipment

Publisher: Karen Grant

Deputy publisher: Wilhelm du Plessis

04 Bolt and Engineering celebrates 40 years 04 How fuel increases will affect logistics 05 Potain cranes building India's new airport

Circulation: Karen Smith

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CONSTRUCTION NEWS 06 Sustainable development at the forefront of symposium 06 MBSA’s reaction to this year’s budget speech 08 Building SA’s largest private renewable energy plant

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MINING NEWS 28 Man-on-site services at mines 29 SANY's mining solutions 29 Kito hoists are a hit in SA TRANSPORT NEWS 30 Seabourne now offers ORS 31 Trends at Automechanika JHB 2024 31 The top Volvo Trucks dealers

Total circulation Q3 2024: 13 711

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