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THE Chinese People's Liberation Army has donated earthmoving construction equipment worth US$1 million to the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, a development that will go a long way in alleviating accommodation problems in the force. The heavy plant equipment that includes a grader, bulldozer, front-end loader, two tipping trucks and a toolbox would be used for clearing and levelling new construction sites, opening access roads and excavation of ponds in the construction of sewer systems for ZDF personnel. The equipment was presented to deputy secretary for policy, Public Relations and International Affairs in the Ministry of Defence Mr Patrick Machaya on behalf of Defence Secretary Mr Trust Maphosa by Chinese defence attaché Senior Colonel Tian Jianjun at a brief ceremony at Pomona Barracks yesterday.
BEIJING, Oct. 12 (Xinhuanet) -- The Amish of West Nickel Mines, Pa. don't believe in using modern machines or technology, but it was heavy construction equipment that razed the one-room schoolhouse Wednesday where a gunman fatally shot five girls and injured five others. The Amis h relied on an outside demolition crew with heavy machinery to bring closure to the painful chapter in their peaceful community. I think the Amish leaders made the right decision," Mike Hart, a spokesman for the Bart Fire Company, said as loaders lifted debris into dump trucks to be hauled away. It seems this is a type of closure for them," Hart said, as a group of mostly Amish gathered to watch as the schools bell tower toppled and the walls crumpled.
MOSCOW, October 13 (Itar-Tass) - Vladimir Putin convened a visiting session of the presidium of the State Council in Yaroslavl, to discuss ways of developing the network of roads in the country. "To brush up on the theme ahead of the meeting, Putin visited the construction site of a new 700-meter long bridge across the Volga, and an exhibition of road construction equipment.
Putin has called for spending extra budget revenues on financing infrastructures. There have been incessant arguments where the snowballing reserves should be put to use. It is beyond doubt, if the resources are to be spent somehow, they must be spent on infrastructures roads, ports, airports and communication links, Putin said at a meeting of the State Councils presidium. I would place the roads before anything else.
Wayne's main strip is newly-paved, with wider streets and re-layed sidewalks thanks to the hard work of construction crews. But, it's the businesses along those streets that kept the downtown alive during a bumpy construction season. Construction equipment stills decorates the streets in this Northeast Nebraska town. Reminders of a project that shut down the part of Highway 15 that runs through the heart of Wayne, Nebraska. But, while the road was closed, the real heart of the downtown kept its welcome sign on the door. Randy Pedersen, Wayne Business Owner says, "I think if all of us have made it through that, I think we'll continue to thrive and business will definitely improve with the new street, I think." Dozens of businesses endured months of heavy construction right outside their doors.
ExxonMobil will create 55 jobs by installing $20 million worth of plastics-producing equipment in a north Baton Rouge warehouse.Construction of the ExxonMobil Chemical project will begin in October and wrap up next spring. The 55 workers, largely process operators, will average more than $45,000 in annual income. Training will ramp up in early 2007 as 40 constructions workers complete the installation in a 500,000-square-foot warehouse at ExxonMobil’s plastics plant, on Howard Road near La. 19. The company already produces a variety of plastic goods in pellets that emerge from a polymer process. The new equipment — which will power several production lines — takes the process further and customizes blends of plastics for automotive and consumer goods manufacturers.
BURKERT Fluid Control Systems will display its latest product range on Stand 2311 during the Queensland Manufacturing Technology Exhibition (QMan) at Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, October 17-19. New products include the latest electro-pneumatic automation system modules designated "intrinsically safe" for explosion hazard zones, a new series of modular solenoid, process and pneumatic valves, and advanced fluid control instrumentation. Burkert Fluid Control Systems manufactures automation equipment including industrial sensors, instruments, controllers, pneumatic actuators and process valves in Germany. These intelligent products can be linked or networked to PLC and DCS systems to provide innovative process control solutions. All the company's products are engineered to a modular concept, designed to facilitate smart customisation to key markets and industries with applications including analysis, automotive, biotechnology, chemical, electronics, semiconductors, cosmetics, food and beverages, machine construction, medical and pharmaceutical, textiles, packaging and water treatment.
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