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The Executive Hire Show Celebrates its 10th Year with a record number of exhibitors!The 10th ann¬¬ual Executive Hire Show is taking place on the 10th and 11th February 2016 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, UK. Once again it’s... Read Full Article

Is the sentiment of Robbie Tough, Managing Director of R Tough Plant Hire Ltd, Carluke Lanarkshire as he takes delivery of a brand new Volvo EC380E into his fleet. Since establishing his plant hire business nine years ago, Managing D... Read Full Article

L Lynch Plant Hire, the UK’s biggest operated plant rental company, based at Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, has expanded its extensive hire fleet with an order for over 150 crawler and wheeled excavators from Doosan Construction Equipment... Read Full Article

International construction equipment manufacturer Chicago Pneumatic has chosen GT Trading as its newest authorised dealer in Sweden. With more than 25 years’ experience in the construction market, the company has been chosen to expand Chicag... Read Full Article

LiuGong Europe and Portsmouth based UK dealership Construction Plant & Machinery Sales (CPMS) have signed an exciting sponsorship deal with Motocross team Cab Screens Husqvarna for the forthcoming 2016 season, during which time the team will b... Read Full Article

A worldwide leader in bulk material handling technology has announced the formation of a new global business unit, which will focus specifically on the powerhouse, and products designed to clean the boil... Read Full Article

With the continuing success of Prolift as an access provider based in the South West of England the company have recently invested in ten new Manitou Access Platforms to meet the demands of their customers from their depot locations of Wellington,... Read Full Article

In the UK, the rental company, MTS Group, has provided free-of-charge a new Bobcat E17 compact excavator along with a range of other hire equipment for use in the Big Build for Veterans Project carried out by the team on the popular BBC programme,... Read Full Article

Starting in November 2015 Sennebogen is strengthening its distributor network in the UK! Molson Green will join in the SENNEBOGEN team and take over the distributorship for material-handling machines for industries such as Waste, ... Read Full Article

J.J. Mullins (C.E.) Ltd, based at Farnworth in Greater Manchester, has purchased the UK’s first Doosan DX235LCR-5 24 tonne Stage IV compliant reduced radius crawler excavator. The new Doosan DX235LCR-5 excavator was purchased from Wigan-base... Read Full Article

The first opportunity to see the mammoth PRODEM PRB700 in action.Weighing in at a huge 7 tonnes, it is the largest hydraulic breaker available on the UK attachment rental market. Sent out via the BPH hire team, this huge monster is being ... Read Full Article

A brand new twenty two tonne Volvo EC220E crawler excavator has been delivered to Mackoy Ltd of Chandlers Ford Hampshire as the company continues to expand its groundworks and civil engineering business in the house building and industrial sectors... Read Full Article

Shell continues to invest and grow its bitumen business in Europe, as many smaller players continue to slow operations due to tough market conditions. Shell ... Read Full Article

When presented with the challenge of designing a Slide Gate Valve for the arduous and demanding duty of handling Frac Sand, Mucon responded by developing a technically superior solution.The Requirement:To develop... Read Full Article

Siwertell, part of Cargotec, has secured a contract to supply a sixth unloader for the Mai-Liao power plant in Taiwan. Five large Siwertell unloaders are currently in operation supplying coal to the 4,200 MW facility, the third largest in the coun... Read Full Article

The new Cat® 340F hydraulic excavator has a maximum operating weight 42 800 kg (94,350 lb.) and is powered by a Cat C9.3 ACERT™ engine, which meets EU Stage IV emission standards and has a net power rating of 226 kW (310 hp). The 340F&rs... Read Full Article

Bobcat has launched the company’s new EVO generation of Stage IIIB/Tier 4 interim rotary telescopic handlers, providing a major step forward in the design of rotary telehandler products worldwide. The new EVO range from Bobcat comprises four... Read Full Article

Mark Dutton, Sales Manager at Cautrac reports on a new 360-degree rotating tracked dumper.During the soil removal process and at one end or another of the dumper driver’s haulage route the driver has to maneuver the loaded machine t... Read Full Article

In issue five of Finning News, an article entitled - ‘Mine in a Line’ looked at the scale of the HS2 project, which will see 60 million cubic metres of earth processed by a fleet of plant and equipment. To find out more a... Read Full Article

JCB has further improved its growing JS range of excavators, with the introduction of the JS370 and JS300 crawler excavators. EU Stage IIIB/ US Tier 4 Interim engines deliver low emissions with proven fuel benefits. The heavyline machines also ben... Read Full Article