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Hilti Group grew sales by 4.3 percent in 2019
The Hilti Group grew sales by 4.3 percent in the 2019 business year to CHF 5.9 billion. In local currencies, growth was 6.3 percent against the previous year.
"2019 was another successful year for us with exclusively organic growth. The...
Building Products
High-tech, low-carbon concrete project a Canadian first at Calgary International Airport
Canadian cleantech company CarbonCure Technologies has completed a major new installation at YYC Calgary International Airport. The new deicing pad, the East Deicing Apron, was built with CarbonCure Technologies' reduced-carbon concrete in August and September of 2019. The first...
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Sterling and Granite Joint Venture Awarded $348 Million Progressive Design-Build Project in Utah
Sterling Construction Company, Inc announced that Oak Hills Constructors, a joint venture between Sterling’s wholly owned subsidiary, Ralph L. Wadsworth, and Granite Construction Company, Inc. has been awarded a $348 million progressive design-build contract by the Utah Department of...
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Semtech’s LoRa Devices Enable Vertical M2M’s Flexible Utility Management Platform
Semtech Corporation , a leading supplier of high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, announced that Vertical M2M, the leading French Software Editor of CommonSense IoT Platform®, has developed new Smart Water Applications for Utilities based on Semtech’s...
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Soilmec has released the SR-75 hydraulic drilling rig, the first model of the new Blue Tech line
The rig is carefully designed to increase efficiency and reduce emissions, saving approximately 10 litres (2.6 gal) of fuel per hour. The calibrated hydraulic controls also provide smooth performance for day-to-day rig operations.
Increased torque on the rotary head and...
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Elkon wins concrete plants contract from Katerra for Saudi homes
Turkish concrete batching plants manufacturing firm Elkon has won a supply contract from American construction technology company Katerra to provide five concrete plants for the construction of 4,101 housing units in Saudi Arabia.
As part of the contract, Elkon will...
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UNStudio awards VolkerWessels task of building smartest neighbourhood in the world
Architecture technology company UNSense has commissioned two subsidiaries of Dutch contractor VolkerWessels to build a housing scheme in the Netherlands that will test the latest systems for housing, energy, mobility and health.
UNSense, an offshoot of Amsterdam architect UNStudio, was...
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