IFAT 2024

Highlights at IFAT 2024

Conservative design central to meeting tailings standards

The pressure on International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) member mining companies to comply with the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM) is growing, with the first deadline...

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Issue 05/2015 Flow property evaluation of bulk materials

Consider the Density

Flow property evaluation of bulk materials

In the past, flowability evaluation occurred according to easily determinable bulk material parameters, e.g. acc. to the slope angle. Further progress was made by experimental studies using silo models on the basis ...

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Issue 03/2022 High level of participation

Construction and mining machinery industry getting ready for bauma 2022

More than 8 months before bauma opens its doors in Munich from October 24 to 30, 2022, the world’s leading trade fair for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines,...

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Construction equipment industry expects slow recovery

After a record year in 2023, sales of construction equipment produced in Germany fell in 2024 by 21 % in real terms and 20 % in nominal terms. The biggest decline was in construction equipment, down...

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Construction equipment industry stands on solid ground

The order intake in the construction equipment industry allows manufacturers with production sites in Germany to look forward to 2022 with peace of mind. When companies will be able to achieve...

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Construction equipment sector secures jobs in a difficult environment

The general meeting of the VDMA Construction – Equipment and Plant Engineering on 3 March 2021 drew a positive conclusion for the past and current year. Central topics were the economic situation, the...

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Construction equipment sector starts the new year with momentum

The manufacturers of construction equipment with production in Germany are showing themselves to be virtually unimpressed by the current crises. A strong year-end spurt enabled them to increase...

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Issue 01-02/2017

Construction machine shower from Switzerland

With the commissioning of the world’s first demucking system, MobyDick HD-1, around ten years ago, FRUTIGER laid the foundation for a new line of business – the automatic cleaning of heavily...

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Issue 07-08/2017

Construction Machine Training in the 21st century with Komatsu

Komatsu sets new standards in driver training. With a simulator equipped with state-of-the-art technology – here for a hydraulic excavator of the 30 t class – it is now possible to go through a...

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Construction machinery and building materials plant sectors ride roller coaster

It could be even better. The order intake is booming. But delays in the supply chain as well as a lack of raw materials and rising material prices are leading to delivery problems and uncertainties in...

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