We have reached an agreement with German heavy transport manufacturer Goldhofer to provide advanced radio remote controls (RRC) for the next three years.

Cavotec Micro-Control develops and manufactures high quality, advanced radio remote control systems that meet the vast majority of requirements for applications within the offshore, onshore, mining, maritime and process industries. Products range from standard hand-held push button terminals to more sophisticated and custom designs.

At Goldhofer, our RRC systems will allow operators to remotely steer of heavy-duty transport vehicles. Goldhofer vehicles have a payload range from 20 to 10,000 tons and already maximize production capacity with computer controlled production planning.  The application of our RRC’s will further enhance the Goldhofer product offering.

We’ve won two orders for ground support systems and associated equipment from Shanghai Hongqiao International and Guangzhou Baiyun International airports in China, as part of the airports’ expansion programmes.

At Shanghai Hongqiao, Cavotec is supplying 57 coilers and 26 vault access covers as part of the airport’s expansion. The programme includes a 250,000m2 terminal building and a new 3,300 metre long runway. Hongqiao’s expansion is due for completion for the World Expo in Shanghai, which runs from May 1 to October 31, 2010. Hongqiao is China’s fourth busiest airport, handling more than 22 million passengers in 2007.

Guangzhou Baiyun International is China’s second busiest airport, handling just under 31 million passengers in 2007. Cavotec will deliver 28 coilers for the second phase of Baiyun’s Terminal 1 development programme. On completion, scheduled for the end of 2009, the terminal will cover an area of some 500,000m2.

Again, another report and another record year-end Order Intake, up 11.1 percent over Q4 2007, on top of a strong year-end order book, up 21.4 percent over 2007.

The Group’s year-end Order Intake was worth €36.0 million, with a year-end Order Book worth €46.1 million. Order Intake for the 12 months also rose, up 9.6 percent to €146.5 million.

Highlights included two significant panzerbelt orders in the Middle East, including two Ship Transfer Carriages for Dubai Maritime City. The Airports business unit recorded additional orders for fuel pits, coilers and vault access covers with customers across the globe from the UK, Kenya, India, Greece and the US.

Cavotec Meyernick, Cavotec’s recent acquisition, contributed significantly to Q4 order intake and order invoicing activities.

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We’ve secured an order for the delivery of 53 integrated ground support systems and associated equipment with Saudi Oger, one of the major construction companies in Saudi Arabia.

The order includes 53 in-ground pit systems, of which five are pop-up pits – units that
emerge from the tarmac when required, and retract flush with the apron surface after use – and 24 converters, and associated materiel.

The systems will be installed in two aircraft hangars in the Saudi capital Riyadh, and the
coastal city of Jeddah.

Our in-ground systems supply aircraft with fuel, power, water and pre-conditioned
air, eliminating the need for service vehicles, diesel generators, cables and hoses that
typically cover much of the area around parked aircraft.