With signs of improvement in global equipment sales, including a few bright spots in the U.S., the equipment market saw consolidation and new developments in autonomous equipment in 2016.
With a self-imposed deadline looming, Terex Corp. has called off talks with Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co. for the China-based equipment maker to acquire the U.S.-based company. Terex had announced on May 16 that it would be selling its material-handling and port-solutions [MHPS] business to Finland-based Konecranes for $1.3 billion, and that deal is expected to close in January 2017.
Equipment manufacturer Terex Corp. announced May 16 that it is ending its plan to merge with Konecranes, and will instead sell its material-handling and port solutions [MHPS] unit to the Finnish-based company for $1.3 billion.
One of the largest mergers in the world of construction equipment has been put on hold. U.S.-based Terex Corp says it is halting all merger activities with Finnish-based Konecranes while it considers an acquisition offer from China-based Zoomlion.
China-based Zoomlion may have ruffled some feathers when it offered to buy Terex Corp. for roughly twice its share price, but according to sources with Terex the long-planned merger with Finland-based Konecrane is still moving along.
China-based equipment manufacturer Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co. has made an unsolicited offer to acquire U.S.-based Terex Corp., possibly upsetting a merger of the company with Finland-based Konecranes.
As the world's largest construction equipment trade exposition, the Bauma show draws in half a million people to Munich every three years to see the latest developments in heavy iron. But attendees to the show on April 11-17 next year will also see a renewed focus on mining equipment, according to show organizers.
