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2021 in demolition - part 3

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Throughout the holiday period, D&Ri will be looking back at some of the stories we have covered in the past 12 months. Today, March

Wooldrigde's Volvo EC750EL high reach excavator Wooldridge’s Volvo EC750EL high reach excavator

Projects
Wooldridge Demolition, United Kingdom, takes delivery of a Volvo Construction Equipment EC750EL demolition excavator, puts it into operation at regeneration scheme in London

Products
Liebherr France hands over its largest demolition excavator yet, an R980 to German contractor AWR Abbruch...Brokk launches “world’s biggest” demolition robot...Finland’s Metso Outotec introduces two new products to Nordtrack crushing and screening range...and there is a newly developed jaw crusher from Kleemann of Germany as well

People
Scott Homrich becomes president of US National Demolition Association

Any Other Business
The United Kingdom’s National Federation of Demolition Contractors launches a web-based mental health hub and wellbeing service

Latest News
Volvo CE and Metzner in first all-electric deconstruction project
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) and Metzner Recycling has completed the world’s first zero-emission industrial-scale deconstruction
Metso inaugurates hydrogen-powered plant
Pre-reduction pilot plant uses hydrogen as the sole reducing agent
Steelwrist launches “next-generation” tiltrotator control system
Sweden-based OEM Steelwrist has unveiled QuantumConnect, its new tiltrotator control system platform
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