Friday quiz: Finning sells refuelling arm | UK anti-dumping rethink Chinese excavators | What award did Volvo CE win?

1) Finning International confirmed it has closed the sale of 4Refuel, its mobile on-site liquid refuelling business, 4Refuel and Compression Technology Corporation (ComTech), to affiliates of private equity firm H.I.G. Capital. What reason did Finning give for the sale?

• To raise funds for a new acquisition
• To simplify operations and focus on core dealership activities
• As part of a broader corporate cost-cutting and restructuring

2) The UK’s Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) announced this week that it is reconsidering anti-dumping measures that it had previously recommended on certain excavators imported from China. The move comes after submissions from which two companies questioned its proposals?

• Sany and XCMG
• Caterpillar and LiuGong
• Sunward and Zoomlion

3) What prestigious award did Volvo CE’s L120 Electric wheeled loader win this week?

• The Red Dot Product Design Award
• The Industrial Designers Society Award
• The Palme d’Or

4) HSS The Hire Service Company CEO Jon Overman this week outlined the company’s new depot strategy. How did Overman begin his career at HSS?

• He was parachuted in by shareholders last year after it was announced that Group CEO Steve Ashmore would step down
• As an HSS delivery driver
• As a Saturday boy in an HSS store

5) Dingli-owned, US-based aerial work platform specialist MEC this week opened a new two-story, 8,000 square foot facility. What will it be used for?

• An engineering centre of excellence to foster innovation, collaboration, and next-generation product development
• A US-based manufacturing hub to enable the company to reduce its exposure to US trade tariffs
• A disaster recovery facility to restore critical IT systems and data if the company’s primary sites are compromised

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