Wear Parts & Maintenance

Volvo Penta has doubled the warranty on Genuine Volvo Penta Parts and Accessories that are purchased and installed at a Volvo Penta dealer — creating even better protection for customers.

The Swedish company offers a comprehensive 12-month warranty on Genuine Volvo Penta Parts. But now the company has extended that warranty to 24 months for parts and accessories that are purchased and fitted at an authorised Volvo Penta dealer. Not only is the part itself under warranty, but the labour involved in fittin

Weir Minerals has launched three products from its global BDK range of industrial valves across its European region, which includes North Africa and Kazakhstan.

The move sees Knife Gate, Diaphragm and Resilient-Seat Butterfly valves made available in response to demand from customers.

Following the roll-out, Weir Minerals expects the products to be used in several countries in a diverse range of applications.

Customers globally use BDK valves to handle slurries in the mining and minerals industries

Martin Engineering has formed a new business unit in Russia, created with an initial focus on applications for conveyor technologies, flow aids and engineered vibration.
The new business unit will be based in Moscow.
The company says it continues to expand its presence in the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, initially targeting industries that include coal and mining, cement, gas and oil.
Staffed by native Russian speakers to facilitate communication with customers, the new group is alre

Comer Industries closed 2014 with a consolidated turnover of €361 million - a growth of 6% on 2013. This result, the highest ever recorded by the Italian power transmission product manufacturer, was achieved despite the uncertainties of the markets and the first signs of crisis in the agricultural sector.

In the year just ended, Comer Industries completed the rebuilding of the Reggiolo industrial site affected by the earthquake in 2012. The new €12 million industrial complex covers more than 20,000m² of

The 2014 winner of the international Swedish Steel Prize is Belaz from Belarus.

The prize was awarded for the company’s “innovative and new construction” for axle suspension and slewing bearings for the world’s largest dump truck. The new construction takes full advantage of the properties of high-strength steel.

“Belaz has boldly gone beyond the boundaries of what has earlier been considered possible using available technology,” says Gregoire Parenty, chairman of the jury and executive vice president