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Freightliner becomes the first UK rail operator to build European Standards compliant new box wagons from a significant proportion of recycled materials, as Freightliner Heavy Haul places into use a new fleet of wagons made using parts from re... Read Full Article

Shell has announced the immediate availability in France of Shell Bitumen Fresh containing the award-winning Shell Bitufresh which has been specially formulated to reduce the odour of ... Read Full Article

Matpro Machinery recently provided a new Backers Star Screen machine for Forth Resource Management (FRM), to facilitate the separation of compost in all weather conditions. FRM have sites all across Scotland and primarily deal with t... Read Full Article

This self-contained, high-volume bulk material packaging system processes up to 50,000 pounds/hour of combustible materials of varied physical characteristics, including: interlocking flakes and free-flo... Read Full Article

CASE Construction Equipment received a Bronze Level World Class Manufacturing (WCM) certification for its European Excavator Hub in San Mauro, Italy following an independent audit. This achievement comes on the back of the brand’s investment... Read Full Article

Bosch Rexroth’s Glenrothes manufacturing site has been presented an award for outstanding achievement by industry association, Scottish Engineering.The manufacturer of hydraulic motors exports in excess of 95 per cent of its prod... Read Full Article

Volvo Penta will begin production of 5 and 8-liter industrial engines in India, aimed at the Indian market, next year. The company has already been supplying engines for industrial and marine applications, to customers in the country for more than... Read Full Article

Tulloch Developments Ltd, the largest civil and marine engineering contractor in Shetland in Scotland, has purchased a new Doosan DL450-5 wheel loader from Inverurie-based Balgownie Ltd, the local Authorised Doosan and Bobcat dealer. A family comp... Read Full Article

Earthmoving attachments manufacturer, Miller UK, has been recognised for its commitment to innovation after winning the Commercial Innovation of the Year award at the Construction News Awards.The award was won in conjunction with plant hi... Read Full Article

Shell Bitumen paved the way for more than 200 students from 29 countries around the world to put their energy efficient vehicles through their paces at the Shell Eco-marathon Europe by laying the temp... Read Full Article

A Lancashire Plant Hire company has cemented its relationship with a long established supplier of Hyundai machines - snapping up their second machine in just a matter of months.MJ Teale Plant Hire Ltd purchased their first machine from Ta... Read Full Article

Freightliner is delighted to announce the launch of its 23rd daily rail service from the Port of Felixstowe, increasing the total number of daily trains from the port to 32.The service will operate to/from the Freightliner rail port at Do... Read Full Article

The JCB 1CX-T tracked backhoe loader is proving hugely popular for a Welsh plant hirer - as a cost-saving, single-machine solution to a wide variety of tasks.Haverfordwest-based TJ Wales Plant Hire bought the machine from local dealer Hol... Read Full Article

Warrington based attachment specialists ECY Haulmark are delighted to announce a new dealer agreement between themselves and FRD Furukawa has been signed. The new agreement will see ECY Haulmark becoming the exclusive sole dealer for Furukawa brea... Read Full Article

Kelston Sparkes, a leading South West earthworks contractor, has once again become the first UK business to complete the purchase and delivery of the latest Cat® 730C2 articulated truck model, in a connected fleet deal with Finning UK and Irel... Read Full Article

Richard Budge, the businessman who was crowned “King Coal” after he successfully spear-headed the purchase of State-owned British Coal’s mining assets in England when the industry was privatised over 20 years ago, died today (Mon... Read Full Article

Two new Volvo ECR88D reduced swing compact excavators have been delivered to the West Midlands based Site Services business of Interserve, the international support services and construction group, by Volvo Construction Equipment’s utility d... Read Full Article

“Going.., going.., and I …, sold it to the gentleman in the back! What’s your buyer number, Sir?” On May 10 heavy equipment auctioneer Ritchie Bros. held its third UK auction of the year in Donington Park (Derby). The thre... Read Full Article

Continuous non-contact level measurementThe robust stainless steel construction makes the NR 3000 extremely suitable for all kinds of industrial applications. The unit operates at a high frequency of 78 GHz. This delivers... Read Full Article

The Stormajor® was originally installed in 1988 at the port for stockpiling oil rape seed, barley, wheat and malt. Forth Ports and SAMSON Materials Handling decided that bringing the St... Read Full Article