CONTENTS

• CLAAS CONTINUES TO INVEST IN TRACTOR PLANT
• CNH ANNOUNCES JOINT VENTURE IN RUSSIA
• CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY SALES IN ITALY FALL BY 46 PER CENT IN THE
• FIRST NINE MONTHS
• FRENCH PUBLIC WORKS INDUSTRY DECLINES BY SIX PER CENT
• HITACHI TAKES OVER TCM
• JCB LAUNCHES SMALLEST EVER TELEHANDLER
• JOHN DEERE BEGINS $500 MILLION INVESTMENT PROGRAMME IN RUSSIA
• NORWEGIAN CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT MARKET DECLINES IN FIRST HALF
• THE NETHERLANDS: A MARKET REVIEW
• SAME DEUTZ-FAHR OPENS RUSSIAN PLANT

• FINANCIAL RESULTS
  • THIRD QUARTER
    • ATLAS COPCO – SWEDEN
    • CATERPILLAR – USA
    • CNH – NETHERLANDS
    • DEERE & COMPANY – USA
    • TEREX – USA
    • VOLVO – BELGIUM