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Veteran Robbins goes back to work in Faroe Islands

05/11/2010
Veteran Robbins goes back to work in Faroe IslandsIn an era when the retirement age does nothing but increase, a 26 year-old Robbins main beam TBM keeps on proving the point. The 3.35 m-diameter machine has already completed 25 km of drives in the characteristic basalt of the Faroe Islands, and will be working until March, 2013 on its current Eidi II project. Owners SEV, the utility agency for the Faroes, envisage several further projects for this robust old-timer over the next 10 years. Read the full press release. 44/10.



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