All 2024 Articles

Big spike in Belt and Road construction and investment, as strategy shifts
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China’s Belt and Road engagement hits record high in first half of 2025
Is battery-electric still the best zero-emissions machinery option for contractors?
OEMs are investing in different power technologies for heavy construction equipment. Is battery-electric still best for contractors?
Bauer Group reports revenue growth in 2024 despite ongoing global challenges
Bauer cited a number of external factors that shaped the global environment in 2024
Sales up for Sany as it focuses on globalisation
Sany has reported 2024 revenues of US$10.88 billion, with international markets accounting for 64% of its core business, a 12% increase year-on-year
4 things we learned from Komatsu’s latest financial results
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Komatsu’s predictions on the impact of tariffs and its plans for strategic growth
Global construction equipment sales to hit low in 2025, recover from 2026
Global construction equipment sales are forecast to hit their lowest point in 2025, according to Off-Highway Research, with growth expected to return from 2026
Balfour Beatty’s US order book jumps 26% amid focus on buildings business
Balfour Beatty has seen its US order book rise by 26% in 2024, as the country proved one of the two main drivers for the UK-based infrastructure group’s future work
How China is winning more construction work through the Belt and Road Initiative, as deal sizes rise
Chinese companies won a total of US$70.7 billion in overseas construction contracts in 2024 via the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), as the size of those deals increased.
Palfinger optimistic despite revenue fall
Sales in 2024 down by 3.5%, but sees 2025 recovery
Improved construction sales at Bouygues partially offset residential decline
Increases in sales in French conglomerate Bouygues’ construction and Equans divisions partially offset a sharp fall in its residential division in 2024
Fluor appoints new CEO as David E. Constable becomes executive chairman
US contractor Fluor Corporation has appointed chief operating officer Jim Breuer as chief executive officer (CEO) as of 1 May 2025
Skanska offloads BokLok modular housing factory
Skanska sells BokLok factory to Surewood after losses in 2024
PODCAST: Kubota Execs Talk Autonomous Tech at CES 2025
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Todd Stucke and Brett McMickell highlight the technology behind the company’s smart autonomous solutions
Sales down in 2024 for Volvo CE
Sales drop for OEM but it highlights reasons to be positive for the future
Property investment and construction starts fall sharply in China
China’s economic growth stronger than expected in 2024, but property and construction sectors remained weak
Updated: How the positions of the world’s top OEMs have changed in 2024
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How the hierarchy of the world’s biggest construction equipment OEMs has changed up to 2024
What construction law changes will there be across the EU and UK in 2024?
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Construction ERP software experts have outlined the legal developments that may be in store for 2024 to help the industry prepare for what lies ahead
What is in store for the construction machinery sector in Italy this year?
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2024 will see partly contrasting global trends