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oad construction and repair is a crucial driving force in UK infrastructure spending, and the smart motorway concept has been accelerating the demand for the necessary machines still further. BOMAG, with an extensive portfolio of products across the entire road life cycle, is ideally placed to meet that demand, and has the pedigree to prove it. In 1957, for example, it was this manufacturer who first developed a double vibratory roller with all drum drive. Fast forward 60 years and a company owned by the Fayat Group since 2004 can now boast a range like no other, from a 55kg tamper up to a 55 tonne refuse compactor, with solutions in not only compaction – where it is firmly
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10 NOVEMBER 2019 I CPN
It is time to hit the road with the BOMAG Innovation Days. Construction Plant News attends one of the highways industry’s biggest events, where both machines and key trends take centre stage.
established as number one in the world – but asphalt application, cold milling, road maintenance, stabilisation, recycling and more. Indeed, given that its French parent company is itself an active user of the equipment, the business is intimately acquainted with the challenges both OEMs and end users currently face. That’s why, when it invites the big beasts of the black top business to come to its Boppard home, hundreds from around the globe will answer the call. A production
facility that spans 70 football fields sees a solution for just about every application roll from multiple assembly lines, and the BOMAG Innovation Days demonstrate many of their benefits to an eager and expectant audience. It is also a chance for the Rhineland-based manufacturer to prove it is setting the trends that others will follow, with developments in digital construction, autonomous machinery, alternative drive solutions, and low emission solutions all much to the fore.