USA, Dec (EPC News): In a move to improve the competitiveness and overall industrial efficiency of Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE), the company has decided to consolidate its North American industrial operations by removing excess industrial capacity in the Americas.

Mumbai, Oct (EPC News): Putzmeister Concrete Machines Pvt. Ltd. - a 100% subsidiary of Putzmeister Concrete Pumps GmbH, has now launched a 42m Boom Pump (BSF42) on an Indian truck – the second in a row. Last month, it introduced the upgraded version of its stationary pump model BSA 1404HD for RMC contractors and Infrastructure companies. This month, it has introduced its 42m Boom Pump.

Mumbai, Oct (EPC News): Although the third quarter remained, as expected, challenging in terms of profitability, there are some positive signs indicating that the decline in demand has bottomed out and that we are now beginning a gradual recovery. These signs are the most obvious in the Group’s second largest region in terms of sales, Asia, where the economic growth is also reflected in demand for the Group’s products.

Latham, Oct (EPC News): The nation's second largest Coca-Cola bottler will install 40 hydrogen-powered forklifts at its Charlotte, North Carolina production center. Plug Power Inc. a leader in providing clean, reliable energy solutions, announced that it will provide its class-1 sit down counterbalanced GenDrive(TM) fuel cell solution to Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated early in 2010.

Mumbai, Oct (EPC News): Putzmeister Concrete Machines Pvt.Ltd. - a 100% subsidiary of Putzmeister Concrete Pumps GmbH, recently introduced an upgraded version of their most popular stationary concrete pump model BSA1404D. “This upgraded version BSA1404HD is a high pressure pump that caters to concrete pumping to 80~100m building heights. This pump has smaller towing length for better manoeuvrability in narrow areas – thus are most suitable for RMC pumping contractors and infrastructure companies”, said Putzmeister’s Managing Director Schmid Lindenmayer