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Genesis
Attachments
have appointed
Jason Palvere
to the newly
established
position of
national account manager –
demolition. In this post, he
is tasked with developing,
managing andmaintaining
programmes and services
intended tomeet demolition
contractors’ needs. He
was formerly US southeast
regional manager for
Genesis.
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Ruchin
Garg
has been
appointed to the
post of business
development
manager for
the Gulf by CDE
Global. He is to oversee the
development of the CDE
project portfolio in Saudi
Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Jordan,
Bahrain, Qatar and Oman and
joins the CDE team having
previously been involved in the
development of the CDE Asia
mining business in India.
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Cherry
recently
announced the
promotion of
Zach Stark
to the position
of divisional
manager of its Industrial
Division. He has been with
the company for nine years,
starting as a burner and
ground-man straight out
of college. He eventually
worked his way up to project
manager before assuming his
new responsibilities.
PEOPLE NEWS
Nuclear agreement
formalised
The initial cooperationagreement
betweenSellafield andTEPCO
FDEChasnowbeen formally
ratifiedwith full signing taking
placeonMonday29September.
The cooperation agreement
enables the transfer of knowledge
and experiencebetween
TEPCO,who are chargedwith
decontaminating theFukushima
plant thatwas devastatedby an
earthquake and tsunami in2011,
andSellafieldLtd, theNuclear
Management Partners’ owned
company that is responsible for
cleaningup theEurope’smost
thewide rangeof businesses that
are integral to theprogresswe are
making. It is alsovery important
thatwehave theopportunity to
learnnew skills, techniques and
methods that arebeingdeveloped
byTEPCOduring theirwork at
Fukushima”
“SinceMaywehave already
hosted anumber of visits to
SellafieldbyTEPCO colleagues
andprovided enhancedvisibility
for local suppliers. Someof
thesediscussions have led to
improvements in laboratory
analysis techniques byTEPCO
and toSLgaining fresh insights
inbothprojectmanagement and
design engineering techniques.”
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complexnuclear site, inCumbria.
Itwill provide improved
visibilityof the skills available
from small andmedium sized
enterprises (SMEs) engaged
in the SellafieldLtd supply
chain, andprovide access for
theUK to advancementsmade
at Fukushimaover the coming
years.
SellafieldLtdManaging
DirectorTonyPrice reinforced
the significanceof the agreement.
He said: “We aredelighted that
theCooperationAgreement has
been signed. It is very important
thatwe are able to share the
greatworkbeing carriedout at
Sellafieldbyour own staff and
WackerNeuson is set to begin
production of skid steer and
compact tracked loaders in the
USA in the first quarter of 2015.
A new production line is currently
being put together at the company’s
Menomonee Falls facility in
Wisconsin, which once complete
will initially be used to produce four
models - the SW24 and SW28 skid
steerswith payloads of 1,090 kg
(2,400 lb) and 1,273 kg (2,800 kg)
respectively and the ST35 and ST45
compact track loaderswith payloads
of 1,591 kg (3,500 lb) and 2,045 kg
(4,500). The company said that a
local development team is currently
working on furthermodels towiden
the range the plantwill produce.
The USA is the largestmarket for
skid steer loaders. “Our strategy
is ‘in the region for the region’.
So itmakes sense for us to build
skid steer loaders in the region
where demand is strongest –North
America,” explained CemPeksaglam,
CEO ofWackerNeuson SE.
Date set for ICEF
The International Construction Equipment Forum (ICEF) will be held
in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on 2 and 3November, 2015. The
conference and awards dinner is intended as a global meeting
place for buyers and users of construction equipment.
Organised by KHL Group, the publisher of
D&Ri
and
IC
magazines, ICEF follows on from the International Construction
Economic Forum that was held in Amsterdam inNovember 2013.
Speakers that have been confirmed +to date at the event
include Carl Lockwood, Volvo Construction Equipment senior vice
president for strategy & business development, Scott Hazelton,
IHS Global Insight managing director of construction& industry
practices, andMichiel van
Ramesdonk, De Lage Landen VP,
global fleet customer accounts.
For full details of ICEF, visit
JCB adds to Indian
capacity
JCBhasopened twonew factories
in Jaipur, India, representing
an investment of £62million
(US$100million). Theopening
of the factories comes as
JCB celebrates 35yearsof
manufacturing in India,where
itnowhas five facilities. JCB
chairmanLordBamfordwas
joinedbyVasundharaRaje, chief
ministerofRajasthan, at the
official openingof the twonew
plantsona46.5Ha (115acre)
site,whichwill provide93,000
m
2
1million ft
2
ofmanufacturing
space.
When fullyoperational the
factorieswill employ1,000people
andmanufacture components
aswell as skid steer loaders and
telescopichandlers for the Indian
market. Theywill alsoprovide
JCBwithadditional backhoe
loadermanufacturing capacity.
LordBamford said, “I could
neverhave imaginedwhenwe
first startedout in India35years
ago thatwewouldbecomeas
successful aswehave.Oneof the
keys to that is to continually invest
for growthand that is exactlywhat
wehavedonewith these twonew
factories in Jaipur."
"Thegrowthof JCB Indiahas
beenphenomenal and Indiahas
beenourbiggestmarket for seven
years.With the support of the
RajasthanGovernmentwe can
expand furtherwith the twonew
plantshere in Jaipur.”
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All the presentations thatwere
made at the conference during the
2014World Demolition Summit
onNovember 6 are available for
download in pdf format.
To access the papers, go to
and
click the ‘previousWDS’ button on
the topmenu bar. Thiswill give you
access to the papers from all six of
the previous events.
