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An automated bagging line designed and installed by Pacepacker, which places, weighs, forms, stitches and palletises up to 4,000 tonnes of potatoes into 25kg sacks in one season, has enabled Merseyside chip shop potato grower, Baxters High Brow Pr... Read Full Article

Caterpillar together with its Italian dealer CGT will exhibit the latest products and solutions at Samoter 2011 under "Successful Together" — a theme highlighting continued focus and full commitment to supporting the business success of Cate... Read Full Article

Despite a slight improvement in 2010, UK aggregates production is at its lowest level in nearly 50 years. Last year, production was around 160 million tonnes, a figure not seen since before 1965. As a result of the recession, around 70 pits and qu... Read Full Article

New conveyor architecture helps Alaska coal terminal increase throughput, while significantly reducing dust.[Seward, AK] -- The Port of Seward has completed a conveyor system upgrade for its coal handling operations that has ra... Read Full Article

A joint Swecon (Volvo Construction Equipment's Swedish dealer) and Sandvik Mining and Construction customer event held in the first week of October attracted many of the leading contractors from the Nordic region.Over 400... Read Full Article

The environment at some of the UK's most pristine nature reserves has been given a helping hand by a special eight tonne Kubota KX080-3 excavator, which has been significantly modified to enable it to work effectively in these precious landscapes.... Read Full Article

Following extensive comparisons and appraisals of mobile dust suppression equipment in the UK - and after a site demonstration of a DustBoss DB-60 - Metal + Waste Recycling Limited has taken deliver... Read Full Article

With the LR 13000, which is currently under construction at Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH, Liebherr is extending the range of crawler cranes - onwards and upwards. The new flagship unit, with a maximum lifting capacity of 3,000 t at 12 m outreach, us... Read Full Article

Once again, Liebherr is exhibiting at this year's Scotplant (Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh - 26th to 27th March), displaying a representative example of Liebherr's high-technology equipment. On show will be two wheeled industrial rehand... Read Full Article

Aggregate Industries gains a high performance managed transport platformAggregate Industries (AI), produces a range of aggregates, re... Read Full Article

In a decisive move to streamline its maintenance costs on mobile plant, Glenrothes based Skene Group Ltd has signed up to Volvo Construction Equipment's Blue customer support agreements for all their twenty two Volvo machines.The decisio... Read Full Article

22nd September 2009: Global building materials company CEMEX today opened a new cement grinding and blending plant at the Port of Tilbury in Essex. For CEMEX, which is the biggest Mexican investor in the UK, this shows a strong commitment to t... Read Full Article

Visiting Paris in springtime was made fashionable by the 1952 musical "April in Paris" starring Doris Day and Ray Bolger. Today, April represents just the start of the busy tourism season that keeps the French capital, and the country's largest city,... Read Full Article

Global economic crisis hit demand for equipmentOrganic order intake declined 33%.- 37% decline including cancellations in mining.- Stable demand for aftermarket products and services.... Read Full Article

Le Barbare', or the barbarian, the biggest wheel loader in the Caterpillar range, had already clocked up a respected 48.000 hours of heavy duty in the Belgian quarry Carrieres d'Antoing when a need for a bit of rejuvenation was identified. To carry o... Read Full Article

Caterpillar has released new software that expands the capabilities of the AccuGrade grade control system, the Cat® factory integrated, sensor-independent solution for machine control and guidance.New more capable configurations are offered... Read Full Article

OTR Tyres Ltd, the UK's leading earthmover tyre specialists, are maintaining their enviably high manufacturing standards with continual investment in machinery, processes and performance.Strategic investment has seen the company upgrade a numbe... Read Full Article

Caterpillar, together with its French dealer Bergerat Monnoyeur, will be showcasing its newest technological innovations at Intermat 2009, at Parc des Expositions in Paris-Villepinte, France, from 20 to 25 April 2009.The Caterpillar stand... Read Full Article

 28th January 2009:  Leading building materials provider, CEMEX UK is supplying over 40,000 cubic metres of ready mixed concrete for Britain's biggest greenhouse developmen... Read Full Article

Organisation of the product division electromechanical level measurement forbulk materials is running smoothlyOn 1 October, MBA Instruments GmbH acquired the level measurement technology division of MAIHAK A... Read Full Article