China-made tunnel boring machine to be exported to Italy

STORY: China-made tunnel boring machine to be exported to Italy DATELINE: May 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: ZHENGZHOU, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the tunnel-boring machine 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG ZHIGUO, General manager of CREG 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): FEDELE ARMENTANO, Construction manager of Consortium Messina Catania Lot Nord STORYLINE: A China-made environmentally friendly tunnel-boring machine (TBM) rolled off the production line Tuesday in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province. It will be exported to Italy for the construction of a railway tunnel in Sicily. The machine, manufactured by China Railway Engineering Equipment Group Co., Ltd. (CREG), has a total length of 135 meters and a weight of over 1,900 tonnes. By adopting green technologies, the machine is able to cut energy use and reduce the dust and noise created during its operation. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG ZHIGUO, General manager of CREG "Firstly, the manufacturing process of this machinery is