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The company using written-off Tesla batteries to power construction sites
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Allye Energy’s Alistair McNeil on using repurposed Tesla batteries to make battery energy storage systems which can power construction sites
Case bets on electrification, autonomy and rental expansion to navigate market headwinds
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Fabrizio Cepollina, head of construction equipment for EMEA, CASE Construction, talks autonomy, electrification, and why preference is shifting towards rental.
Supermarket sweep: how Avesco Rent’s new CEO is bringing the Aldi effect to rental
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Cornelia Kuratli on her new role as Avesco Rent CEO in Switzerland
Interview: Noblelift and its new powered access division
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Eddie Precision gears up for global push
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Eddie Precision plans to set up an aerial platform division amid a major investment in new production facilities outside China
AI boom spawns data centre gold rush in new cities
Where are Europe’s new hotspots for data centre construction?
“The next three years will be even harder,” LGMG chairman on the challenges facing the company at home and abroad
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Yu Mengsheng, the chairman of Lingong Heavy Machinery (LGMG) on the challenges facing the MEWP market in China and overseas
The Chinese garbage truck manufacturer looking to expand into the global access market
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Chinese manufacturer Infore Environmental Technology outlines plans to expand into the global access market
Going local: JLG president on how tariffs are speeding up regional production plans
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JLG president Mahesh Narang on the challenges of 2025
The way of the dragons: Chinese construction OEMs chase overseas growth
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Sany, XCMG, Zoomlion and Lovol outline ambitious plans to grow overseas sales
Interview: Hyundai looks to partnerships, tech and hydrogen to drive growth
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Cheol-gon Choi, President and CEO at HD Hyundai Construction Equipment talks to Andy Brown about smarter equipment and different power options
“We could see a niche in the market” NXGen boss reports spike in demand for specialist re-rentals
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Spotlight on specialist cranes and SPMT re-rental business NXGen
Podcast: The EQ shift in construction leadership
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Jevon Wooden on emotional intelligence’s role in boosting employee engagement and business performance 
Electric or hydrogen? JCB says the answer depends on what - and where - you’re building
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JCB on hydrogen, electric machines and US expansion
Rental firms scramble to cope with Iberian grid collapse
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Iberian outage places timely focus on power resilience
Debating rates: EU revises tariffs for Chinese-made MEWPs following anti-subsidy investigation
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MEWP anti-subsidy tariffs announced by EU
Kiloutou chief “anxious” about global ESG roll-back
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Olivier Colleau on the CAMD carbon reduction initiative
Green means go: Nixon Hire CEO on the switch to becoming a sustainability specialist
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CEO Graham Nixon — son of founder John Nixon — updates IRN on the company’s progress since implementing its new strategy.
Podcast: expanding a rental venture in South Africa
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Stephanie Erasmus, owner of Kwick Access, explains the challenges and opportunities
Video: Caterpillar CTLs on show at Bauma
OEM tells IRN what makes the machines rental friendly
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