Articles by Neil Gerrard

Why is LiuGong Access betting on new telehandler range for growth?
Premium Content
Published on: 11 September 2025
Telehandlers have never truly taken hold in China - at least, not yet.
China’s Sany Heavy Industry turns to Asia and Africa to drive strong growth in H1 2025
Published on: 11 September 2025
Sany Heavy Industry increased revenue in H1 2025 to US$6.2 billion
Expanded US tariffs threaten €2.8bn of EU construction equipment exports
Published on: 08 September 2025
Expanded US tariffs are expected to impact €2.8 billion of annual EU construction equipment exports to the United States, according to the Committee for European Construction Equipment (CECE).
Develon unveils new wheeled material handler
Published on: 28 August 2025
Develon has launched the DX270WMH-7, a new wheeled material handler designed for recycling, demolition, timber and scrap applications
Certification win opens new markets for Powr2’s battery energy storage systems
Published on: 22 August 2025
US-based battery energy storage system (BESS) manufacturer Powr2 has gained access to new mobile power markets 
Images | Mammoet completes two-day operation to move historic Swedish church
Published on: 21 August 2025
Mammoet has completed the relocation of the 113-year-old Kiruna Church
New partnership aims to cut UK utility strikes with real-time radar technology
Published on: 19 August 2025
Plant hire company Lynch has established a new partnership with RodRadar
Sany’s global ambitions: building a “number one” brand through tech, talent, and localisation
Published on: 18 August 2025
Sany president, Yu Hong Fu, on increasing sales in a time of tariffs and construction slowdowns
Tariffs and materials prices knock US contractors’ confidence
Published on: 14 August 2025
US backlogs strong but confidence on profit margins dips
Interview: How Sany plans to avoid price wars by doubling down on R&D
Premium Content
Published on: 08 August 2025
Sany Heavy Industry president Mr. Yu Hong Fu speaks exclusively to Construction Briefing
Electric, agile, and global: LiuGong’s new president sets sights on growing sales to rental firms
Published on: 05 August 2025
Interview with LiuGong’s newly appointed president and vice chairman Luo Guobing and outgoing president Zeng Guang’an 
Case expands 20th mini excavator to range with new model
Published on: 15 July 2025
Case Construction Equipment has added a new 3.9-tonne diesel-powered model to its mini excavator line-up
Cat and LiuGong prompt UK to reconsider anti-dumping measures on Chinese excavators
Published on: 14 July 2025
The UK’s Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has announced that it is reconsidering anti-dumping measures that it had previously recommended on certain excavators imported from China
HD Hyundai targets $11bn in revenue as it merges construction entities
Published on: 02 July 2025
HD Hyundai Construction Equipment and HD Hyundai Infracore are set to merge to form a new entity called HD Construction Equipment
Caterpillar updates hydraulic excavators for 2025
Published on: 19 June 2025
Caterpillar has released its 2025 Annual Product Update (APU) for the complete Cat hydraulic excavator series
UK heading for reset on infrastructure delivery amid further HS2 delay
Published on: 18 June 2025
The UK government is preparing to release two reports on the to signal a reset on how major infrastructure projects are delivered
Eurozone construction activity decline accelerates but buyers turn optimistic
Published on: 05 June 2025
Survey of buyers reveals optimism for future of Eurozone construction, despite gloomy picture in May
UK contractor’s trial of solar and hydrogen cuts diesel use by 20,000 litres
Published on: 04 June 2025
Kier trials solar power with hydrogen fuel cell backup to power construction site in Somerset, UK
Load More