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Molson Green expand the range of market leading environmental equipment with the addition of CBI horizontal grinders and industrial chippers. With Molson Green already representing leading brands in this sector, including Terex Ecotec and Terex Finlay, the addition of CBI (a Terex brand) is a natural fit as the Group expands product offerings within the UK’s recycling and forestry markets. Established in 1988, CBI machines have built a strong worldwide reputation for delivering high levels of throughput with exceptional reliability. The company offers complete lines of horizontal grinders, industrial woodchippers,…

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Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, leader in 3D scanning technology today announced a reality capture solution for a variety of industries. By combining Boston Dynamics agile mobile robot Spot with the industry-proven Leica RTC360 3D laser scanner, scanning time spent by human operators is significantly reduced by programming the devices to repeat automated scanning paths through sites. This requires minimal monitoring by the user, allowing for increased scanning efficiency, productivity, and flexibility when planning reality capture tasks. Professionals in many different industries such as construction, manufacturing, facility management, public safety,…

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The first Liebherr excavator in the world with a factory-fitted Leica machine control system has gone into service with a UK civil engineering contractor. An R 934 G8 crawler, the first to leave the factory in France since Liebherr and Leica Geosystems joined forces last year, has been added to the fleet at Derbyshire business Brad-Pave. It is equipped with the Leica 3D passive system soon to be updated to include automatic inclination/rotation function. The company, which employs just four people and specialises in road construction, deep drainage and earthmoving,…

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A JCB Hydradig wheeled excavator is playing a key role in supporting a £72m Government-backed project to transform UK construction through digitally-enabled modern methods of construction. The machine is working within the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Coventry, as part of a Construction Innovation Hub (Hub) technology project called Big Yellow Robots. As the construction industry moves increasingly towards manufactured and offsite construction techniques – to increase efficiency, cut build times and reduce construction costs – the sector requires a new generation of equipment to assemble and install those offsite…

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