18.05.2022

Her Majesty The Queen visits Paddington Elizabeth Line Station ahead of the transformational Railway

Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex, visited Paddington Elizabeth line station to mark the completion of the transformational new railway ahead of its opening to passengers on Tuesday 24 May. During the Royal visit, Her Majesty officially unveiled a plaque to celebrate the completion of the line named in Her honour. The plaque will be permanently mounted at Paddington station, celebrating The Queen’s connection with the railway for generations to come.  

18.05.2022

Sika opens new Plant in Bolivia and doubles Capacity

Sika has opened a new plant in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, thus doubling its production capacity for mortar and concrete admixtures in Bolivia. With this new facility in one of the country’s main industrial agglomerations, Sika is positioning itself for continued growth in the dynamic Bolivian construction market.  

17.05.2022

All Units now in Service at Renewable Energy Keeyask Generation Megaproject in Canada

Keeyask hydroelectric station can generate up to 695 MW of clean electricity

The last of seven units have been placed in service at the Keeyask Generation Project, Canada’s newest hydroelectric power station.  

Market-Place-4.0 Epiroc Group

17.05.2022

Epiroc to relocate Operations from Japan to China

Epiroc, a leading productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, will relocate the production and development of drill rigs for surface construction from Japan to its facility in Nanjing, China.

The production facility in Yokohama, Japan, has been sold and will be closed. Epiroc’s customer center will be relocated in the Yokohama area to keep supporting customers in Japan with product and application know-how as well as to provide overhauls, rebuilds, and upgrades of their existing fleets.

In Nanjing, the manufacturing will benefit from larger-scale production, sourcing, and logistics infrastructure, which will increase efficiency. The Yokohama production facility, with about 50 employees, will be closed by mid-2023.

“We continuously strive to increase operational excellence, and this move will improve our long-term competitiveness and agility,” says Helena Hedblom, Epiroc’s President and CEO. “Our facility in Nanjing provides clear benefits with its significant infrastructure for production, sourcing, and logistics. We are saddened that this will affect some of our colleagues in Japan.”

The production and development that will be relocated is part of Epiroc’s PowerROC range of equipment used for drill and blast applications in construction, such as the Powerroc T25 surface drill rig.

The net effect on operating profit from the sale of the property and the restructuring cost will be positive with approximately MSEK 250. It will be reported in the second quarter 2022.

Source: Epiroc

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16.05.2022

xtonomy - spin-off from Indurad - transforms mobile Machines into autonomous driving Systems for Use in Mining and Industry

xtonomy, a spin-off of indurad, transforms mobile machines into autonomous driving systems for use in demanding mining and industrial environments through the use of innovative software and sensor solutions. The vision is: Autonomy Everywhere.