World News Highlights

PANAMA CANAL/PANAMA, 2016 – The expansion of the second most important waterway in the world is finished. Since the end of June 2016, large container ships can now also pass through the around 80 km long Panama Canal which connects the Pacific with the Atlantic.

For Peri formwork and scaffolding technology, it meant that the largest individual order in the 47-year history of the company had finally been completed.

AMMAN/JORDAN, 2016 – Longstanding customer Comedat puts Terex Trucks’ rigid dump trucks to work in phosphate mines in Jordan: With a partnership that dates back to the 1970s, Jordan’s largest phosphate mining contractor, Comedat, is using 90 Terex Trucks machines across three sites to mine phosphate in the north and south of the Middle Eastern country.

PEORIA/USA, 2016 – A new addition to the range: The Cat 14M3 motor grader builds on the solid design of predecessor models with a larger engine, increased fuel efficiency, improved machine balance, enhanced transmission performance, advanced electro-hydraulic steering, more powerful telematics, and added operator-safety/convenience features.

BAIENFURT/GERMANY, 2016 – The Kiesel Lift Star (KLS) combines a basic machine in three different tonnage classes ranging from 30 to 50 tonnes with either a mono-block or a multi-use boom. The result: up to 50 percent more lift power and pulling force compared to other machines of the same tonnage. The Kiesel technology and development company K-TEG has developed this system solution to deliver lift power for civil engineering and canal construction.