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Jordan is building its first oil shale power station in Attarat, 50 kilometres east of Al Qatranah. As soon as the two 235 MW plant units are commissioned, AUMUND technology will also be in operation here. Working closely with WorleyParsons Beijin... Read Full Article

Reinhard Klant is the new Earthmoving product line manager at Continental Commercial Specialty Tires (CST)Klant has been with Continental for 30 years, most recently occupying the role of sales manager for the Benelux marketsHe succeed... Read Full Article

Doosan Construction Equipment will be showing a wide range of new products for the first time at the Bauma 2019 exhibition. The new products include the Stage V DX27z, DX35z, DX62R-3, DX63-3 and DX85R-3 mini-excavators, the new DX250WMH-5 25 tonne... Read Full Article

JCB has launched its first ever full electric mini excavator, the 19C-1E - a powerful compact model with zero exhaust emissions and one that is considerably quieter than a standard machineUtilising leading-edge automotive battery technolo... Read Full Article

Utranazz, the concrete equipment specialist, will use The UK Concrete Show 2019 to launch one of the UK’s only fully mobile wet concrete batching plants equipped with a load cell weighing system. The K960, t... Read Full Article

The UK’s largest independent equipment dealer, Molson Group is awarded SafeContractor accreditation.With sites across the UK, Molson Group has had a year of rapid growth throughout 2018 and into 2019.  This fast-paced growth ha... Read Full Article

In December 2018 Elite Precast Concrete were contacted by Richard Roseveare, owner of specialist groundwork and civil engineering company C-Shore Ltd to discuss what might be the quickest, easiest and most cost effective method of stopping further... Read Full Article

The successful partnership between AUMUND France and AUMUND China has resulted in large orders for AUMUND in Algeria for two new cement plants at Zahana and Bechar. Decades of customer support, in particular strong after-sales service by AUMUND Fr... Read Full Article

“Our drive to bring all our engines up to EU Stage V compliance presented us with a series of challenges, but with the development of current technology alongside new engineering advancements made our journey to a successful conclusion a smo... Read Full Article

Universal Electric Corporation (UEC), is a pioneer in electrical power distribution and a world leader in the development of customisable power distribution systems. For more than 85 years, Universal Electric Corporation has been manuf... Read Full Article

Collins Earthworks Ltd of Kirby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, has taken delivery of a Volvo EWR170E reduced-swing wheeled excavator for one of its top machine operators - Liam Schofield.“Good machine operators and in particular, exc... Read Full Article

East Lothian based A M Dagg (Plant Hire) Ltd has opted for another Volvo excavator – this time a fourteen-tonne EC140E, thanks in part to the good service and reliability of an older EC140B it replaces after 17,000 trouble-free hours. ... Read Full Article

According to insight from Systematics International, 2018 was a successful year for UK construction equipment sales. More than 24,000 units were registered demonstrating year-on-year growth of more than 4%.Mecalac Construction Equipment U... Read Full Article

Doosan Infracore North America, LLC, a leading manufacturer of heavy construction equipment, is proud to announce it is opening a new 100,000-square-foot parts distribution center, serving its dealers and Doosan customers in the United States and ... Read Full Article

Bobcat has announced a spectacular achievement in 2018 for the company’s market-leading E10 one tonne mini-excavator with the 10,000th unit rolling off the production line in the same year as it celebrates its 10th Anniversary. The E10, now ... Read Full Article

Elite Precast Concrete Ltd are the largest manufacturer of interlocking concrete blocks and traffic management / security barriers in the UK. Elite operate from two factories in Telford where all of the precast concrete products are manufactured u... Read Full Article

Continuing to lead the way in fast and efficient road surfacing, Aggregate Industries’ Contracting division recently laid a whopping 1,800 tonnes of an ultra-low noise asphalt at Brampton Hut ... Read Full Article

ECCO Safety Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Neil Johnson for the position of Area Sales Manager who will cover the West Midlands, Wales and Ireland.Neil joins ECCO Safety Group following a 6 year career at Maypole as Natio... Read Full Article

Following a year of fast paced growth which included the opening of a new Depot in Inverness and the addition of several new brands, Young Plant Sales has been renamed Molson Young Plant Sales as part of a re-branding exercise being completed by M... Read Full Article

Looking to purchase new excavators for their plant hire fleet, Operations Director John Deeble and Managing Director, Jerry O’Donovan, of Active Plant Hire Ltd took a detailed look at the specification and key performance indicators of t... Read Full Article