A 20 tonne JCB JS200 tracked excavator at work at a landslide site in the Pakistani province of Muzaffarabad.

CVC Ferrari launches new generation
PIACENZA, Italy
Italian manufacturer CVS Ferrari has introduced its fourth generation reach stacker.

CVS Ferrari says the Ferrari 400, which comes three years after the Ferrari 300, will become a benchmark for competitors because it has "the latest features in terms of environmental standards, performance, fuel consumption and Can bus technology".

Can bus technology is a communication system that enables machine diagnostics. Proponents of the technology say it involves fewer parts than conventional drive systems and provides reliable transmission of data.

JCB lends Indonesia a hand
ROCESTER, United Kingdom
Telehandler manufacturer JCB will donate three machines and aid to help clean-up operations in the wake of last month's earthquake in Java, Indonesia.

Two backhoe loaders and a robot skid steer loader will be deployed through community aid organisation Oxfam. The machines, shipping costs and local support are valued at about GBP300,000 (USD547,109).

The earthquake, which struck 25km from Yogyakarta city last month, measured 6.3 on the Richter scale.

CHEP parent sells Cleanaway to US firm
SYDNEY, Australia
Brambles, the parent company of leading pallet and container pooling service provider CHEP, is selling its Australian and New Zealand waste management business and its Australian industrial service provider.

Brambles sold Cleanaway Australia and New Zealand and Industrial Services Australia to an affiliate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, a US private equity firm, for AUD1.83 billion (USD1.35 billion) in cash.

Don Argus, Brambles chairman, said the group's strategy was to focus on CHEP and Recall, its information management business.