If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got,” said Albert Einstein with reference to the need for innovation.
The great German-born 20th century theoretical physicist, who developed the much discussed and dissected theory of relativity, would be delighted to know that innovation is very much at the forefront of the modern quarry equipment manufacturing industry. This magazine has devoted many pages to eye-catching projects, such as the world’s first 3D printed excavator, known as Project AME (Additive Manufactured Excavator), the introduction of all-electric powered crushing and screening plants, and ever more sophisticated quarry plant fleet analysis software solutions.
Albert would, no doubt, also approve of similar global-scale innovation in the world’s building materials sector.
Remaining in France, this issue of ABE includes a feature based on my visit to