Wall Street closes for good friendly economic data

NEW YORK (Dow Jones) - After three days in a red ground, Wall Street on Thursday supported by surprisingly strong economic data closed positive. Searched were mainly financial and pharma stocks. Only the technology-heavy Nasdaq, the rates were changed after yesterday's outperformance on average, barely.

The Dow Jones index of 30 industrial stocks climbed by 0.7% or 58 points to 8556. The S & P 500 rose 0.8% and 8 points on 918th The Nasdaq Composite closed unchanged at 1808 points. Implemented were 1.01 (Wednesday: 1.32) billion shares. It had 1743 gains against 1255 losers, 105 tracks closed unchanged.

"More than anything else will make better economic data continued to ensure that the setbacks in this market not be very strong," commented one analyst. Each time the seller had ventured out to be, come back better news, he added. He is confident that it will go up because the economic tide has made it seemingly imminent and will have other politically initiated stimulus packages.

Journalists journey to energy efficiency

"Innovation is both the use of fossil fuels such as coal, gas and oil, as well as the inexhaustible sources of energy absolutely necessary if we are to achieve our climate change objectives. They bring dynamic growth along the entire value chain from extraction to conversion until use. In the energy created sustainable jobs, "said Minister Dr. Axel Horstmann journalists during today's journey. The focus of the day trip focused on the geothermal heat pump technology with high-efficiency power plant components and innovative drive systems for wind turbines and mining equipment. Stages of the journey is a heat pump in settlement Hamminkeln, Balcke-Dürr GmbH in Oberhausen and the group Eickhoff Bochum.

Heat pumps settlement "to the old school" in Hamminkeln-Mehrhoog

In Hamminkeln formed under the auspices of the German Federal settlers on a 12,000 sqm plot a settlement with three detached houses and twelve semi-detached houses. The energy needed for heating rooms and hot water supply is provided exclusively with geothermal energy using heat pump technology.

Construction Directory Mascus Expands in Europe

Cross-border sales solution for used construction equipment is growing

   Wien (ots) - Not only the number of advertisers and users increases, the team behind the success Mascus Portal (www.mascus.de) gets reinforcement. By Mark Gross with immediate effect a long-time professional responsibility as Country Manager for Mascus in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In addition to the marketing of the remaining structure of the portal will be one of its main tasks. For the continuous structure provide the customers and prospects: the number of visitors could be quadrupled since January 2008. A huge boost for the Internet marketplace for used construction, forestry and agricultural equipment. Among the customers are since the start in Germany known retailers to launch their reach with ads on a Europe-wide level.

 

   Mark Gross sees an exciting task: "With pleasure I go about the task of a portal such as ads or get further ahead, we want to offer here, especially in the area of DA-CH a roof, which makes trading even more attractive." says the 38-year-old. In addition to the Cologne newspaper group and the Danish group Søndagsavisen Gross has worked for various companies in the insurance industry. Gerhard Fabini, already since January 2008 in the team Mascus serves as executive sales manager Throughout Central and Northern Germany. The good service makes up much, so the number of dealers selling ads increased 60 percent from January to October 2008th "The cost argument most convincing - we offer unique reach in Europe on terms of a local newspaper ad," says Gerhard Fabini.

 

   In addition to the strong team the Vorarlberg media company behind the portal. Matt Moosbrugger, responsible for the investment subsidiary VM Digital for niche portals, "offering special solutions such as ads for dealers and buyers only value fast, targeted and successful search marketing are the focus.". Over 50,000 ads shape the environment in all fields of construction and forestry sector. Commercial vehicles are also available to the dealer, the ads have already discovered. About 30 European countries will be reached, the portal is to be used in 25 different languages.

 

   Mascus.de's largest virtual marketplace for agricultural forestry and construction equipment as well as commercial vehicles in Europe. So relieved www.mascus.de trade, the search and retrieval of vehicles, machines and accessories. Commercial and private buyers and sellers can use the system, no commissions are due. Sellers must only pay a small fee. For a half a million visitors a month to know the service and the range in Europe to appreciate. Damascus serves as yet more than 30 European countries in 25 different languages. In 2001, the portal - originally destined for the northern region of Europe - in Scandinavia founded.

 

 

 

 

Theft a problem for used earthmoving equipment industry

BAB A8 near Leipheim: With stolen trailer Construction of highway construction site - Police asked for help

A stolen road roller particularly brazen thieves have struck in recent days, the highway construction site near Leipheim. In two cases, self-propelled earthmoving equipment worth a total of approximately 150,000 euros were stolen.

In the first case, a Takeuchi excavator manufacturer, worth € 40,000 was stolen from the site. The excavator was locked in a Behelfszufahrt the motorway A 8 was parked between the junction and the junction Leipheim Elchingen, in the local construction sites. On the night of 20 21:11:08 on the equipment was apparently short-circuited with a low loader and taken away.

Prospects for farm equipment industry

The farm equipment industry is again in the mid Chancen1999 sales declined by five percent - in demand in Central and Eastern Europe fell by one third - too cautious German farmers

Green Week, Agriculture Hall: Away from the crowds that push their way through clouds of mist sausage, fish sauce and garlic have issued farm equipment dealer. A pair of red tractors standing around, in front of green trailers for grain and straw. The farmers look right, but later bought.

The majority of German farm equipment manufacturers looking anyway with mixed feelings in the new millennium. According to preliminary estimates, German farm equipment and tractor manufacturers in 1999 sold five percent less than last year (7.5 billion DM), mainly because of the crisis in Central and Eastern Europe. Could they sell them there in 1998 machines worth over one billion DM, the demand broke last year about a third one.

old milling machine from scratch renovated

MSG machine service Gera
40 year old milling machine from scratch renovated
As at 31 December 1994 closed the factory gates of the Union, the era of development, design and manufacture of Großbohrwerken, machining centers and flexible machine systems in Gera was over. Gerhard Stohl, however, managing partner of SK-Maschinen Handels GmbH in Tönisvorst, wanted to use the expertise and bring back life into the venerable halls.

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The upgraded Waldrich Siegen portal milling machine.
Image: Springfield

In March 1996 he founded the MSG machine service Gera Ltd. Today the company offers a wide range of mechanical engineering technical services ranging from trading in used machinery to the contract manufacturing of machine parts, especially the processing of large parts. MSG also upgraded engines, is also the preference in the field of heavy machinery.

Contract manufacturing is an important pillar of the MSG-business
"With our equipment we are able to machine beds and other large parts of both as new parts to work for engineering companies as well as parts on behalf of other providers of modernization support to pass," said Dieter Rudert, head of order processing and production for MSG.

One way to achieve high accuracies, Rudert sees the use of milling machines, "where we can such as machine beds direct mounting on the machine table. That is, we edit the machine bed in the position in which it will later also be installed. In addition, milling machines are suitable to process in an efficient, five sides of a workpiece in one setup. For this reason, we have recently received a third portal milling machine, which was to renew from the ground up. "

Portal milling machine retrofit as a reference
"The renewal of the 40-year-old milling machine," said MSG representative Hans-Helmut Tillmanns, "has brought us not only an additional machine, the mouse has also shown that we are capable of large machines work up an efficient manner and to . modernizing From this power to benefit other companies. Therefore, we now also offer refurbishment services for large used machinery. "

were from the forest-rich Siegen-milling machine worked practically only the castings, so stand, beds, and cross beams. Tillmanns: "To make the machine for the expansion of our service offerings fit, we have the machine bed by 8 m and the two tables extended by 2.5m."