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The subsidiary of the French aerial platform manufacturer FE Group, FE Benelux, has changed its location after 10 years of existence. Their new building located near the city of Tournai…

Siemens Gamesa has started manufacturing of both its patented offshore Direct Drive wind turbine nacelles and patented IntegralBlades at its new manufacturing facility in Le Havre, France. The world’s first…

Renault Trucks has recorded significant business growth in 2021, with a total of 51,460 vehicles invoiced (+25%). In Europe, Renault Trucks confirmed good results, with a 41% increase in invoicing…

BMS Heavy Cranes A/S an d AS Manutention have announced a Joint-Venture Agreement in order to strengthen the position of the company its on the French market. The Joint-Venture, ASM…

The MIPIM Awards, an internationally renowned real estate competition rewarding projects completed or under construction around the world, revealed their winners at the 31st edition of MIPIM. Among a wide…

Renault Trucks and Geodis join forces to design an electric heavy truck dedicated to urban logistics, meeting the requirements of city-center freight transport. With a complete range of electric vehicles…

Osprey Group has recently transported a new low pressure rotor, weighing 257-tonnes, for the world’s most powerful steam turbine at Hinkley Point C, in Somerset. The new low-pressure rotor forms…

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Group, the Norwegian-Swedish global leader in equipment and vehicle logistics, is leading a major funding round for Swiss founded start-up Equippo, a full service marketplace for used construction…

Sarens has been involved in the load-in, load-out, transport, and storage of several monopiles and transition pieces for the St. Nazaire Offshore Wind Farm since January 2021. The work is…

Port of Dunkirk has been chosen by the French industrial company Verkor for the construction of its first Gigafactory dedicated to the development of low-carbon automotive battery cells. The first…

Enerpac hydraulic cylinders will have a key role in the final construction of the ITER fusion tokamak in 2024. On completion of assembly of the tokamak’s vacuum vessel sectors, nine…

The Western Strasbourg bypass (A355) in eastern France was commissioned. Recognised as a public interest on 23 January 2008, this 24 km long road represents the most extensive motorway project…

The French transport, heavy lift, industrial moves and logistics company, Bovis, has used a combination of Enerpac SCJ-50 Cube Jacks and an Enerpac ETR-Series Trolley System to overcome low factory…

AD Ports Group and France-based CMA CGM Group have announced the signing of a 35-year concession agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, a new terminal will be established in…

Bolloré Logistics has announced plans to move its employees at the Fos-sur-Mer branch to a new 4,680 sq. m site. This new property enjoys a strategic location within a 70,000…

Eiffage, through its subsidiaries Eiffage Construction and Eiffage Énergie Systèmes, has obtained contracts from the Société du Grand Paris, worth almost €97 million, to develop as general contractor the La…

Doosan Infracore Europe has announced changes in the company’s dealer network in France with the appointment of Somatec MTPI and Sofemat as new Doosan dealers in the East and West…

The AMCS technologies teams commissioned the anti-collision system between a Demag AC55-3 mobile crane and one of the four Wolff 7534.16 tower cranes on the site dedicated to the construction…

AMCS technologies’ DCS 61-S anti-collision systems will equip 18 Potain tower cranes at the French wind farm site. Located between 13 and 22 kilometers off the coast of Fécamp in…

The demand for non-polluting machines is growing in Europe, particularly in France. In order to meet the economic challenges of this market, the Loxam Group has invested in Haulotte equipment…

DP World’s container terminal in Southampton welcomed the CMA CGM JACQUES SAADÉ, the world’s first 23,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) containership to be powered fully by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).…

After several months of development and testing in real conditions, AMCS technologies introduces its anti-collision solution between tower cranes and mobile cranes. The anti-collision management of the AMCS technologies solution…

The Swiss founded start-up Equippo is introducing a new online auction concept, breaking with the “buyer beware” business model of traditional auctioneers. Equippo offers a 100% “Money Back Guarantee”, allowing…

The population’s need for data exchange and communication is constantly growing. To meet these needs, a national plan for the implementation of a fibre optic network has been put into…
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