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Kubota, the global manufacturer of world-class engines, is showcasing a number of its industry leading industrial diesel and alternative fuel products at this year’s IMHX Show, demonstrating the company’s innovative solutions to the ... Read Full Article

It is five years since Boughton Engineering, Britain’s longest established designer and manufacturer of hook-loaders, skip-loaders and close-coupled trailers, became part of private family-owned Skan Group Holdings, based in the West Midland... Read Full Article

When a bucket elevator manufacturer was experiencing reliability problems with its backstop clutches, resulting in intensive maintenance and frequent replacement, it turned to Tsubaki for a solution. Replacing the trapped roller design with a spra... Read Full Article

By Roger Harris, Regional Sales Manager at FANUC UKWhat determines the choice of palletising robot to handle product X at point Y on the line? With a choice of 20+ FANUC robots arms all capable of performing palletising tasks, Ro... Read Full Article

Caterpillar Inc. is pleased to announce the availability of the PM620 and PM622 Cold Planers. The machines are high-production, highly maneuverable half-lane milling machine that perform controlled full-depth removal of asphalt and concrete paveme... Read Full Article

The Hyster® Special Projects Engineering Department has delivered a flexible solution to enable a Hyster® ReachStacker to overcome the challenge of handling varied load types.“The customer needed to use the same ReachStacker... Read Full Article

Irish Salt Mining and Exploration’s Carrickfergus mine plays a vital part in keeping the UK’s road network open during winter, with Terex Trucks surefooted articulated dump trucks hauling extracted salt – whatever the weather.... Read Full Article

Kubota, the leading compact construction machinery manufacturer, has unveiled its latest edition KC250H-4 tracked carrier, with the new model set to raise the bar with its three-way tip capability.The Kubota KC250H-4 is a truly versatile ... Read Full Article

Civil engineering company, WD Lewis based in Mid Glamorgan, Wales has recently signed a deal worth over £100K with Northern Ireland based attachment manufacturer Hill Engineering for 20 TEFRA Quick Couplers and 60 Titan ... Read Full Article

Doosan Bobcat EMEA will be showing its extensive range of Bobcat compact machines and attachments for horticulture, landscaping and construction on Stand 336 in Hall 07 at the GaLaBau 2016 in Nuremberg in Germany from 14th to 17th September 2016. ... Read Full Article

Leading European industrial wholesaler and manufacturer, Distag QCS (UK) Ltd, has opened a new purpose-built hydraulic hose assembly plant at its Farthing Road facility in Ipswich. This new facility compliments their established hose production fa... Read Full Article

Ritchie Bros. to Become Preferred Provider to Caterpillar and Participating Dealers for Caterpillar Equipment Upon Closing of Ritchie Bros.' Acquisition of IronPlanetStrategic Relationship to Accelerate Ca... Read Full Article

 In addition to the sales and support of ZEMIC’s wide range of standard and special-purpose strain gauges, Variohm EuroSensor supplies user-customised designs from its distribution partner with industry leading lead times. ... Read Full Article

The EW160E wheeled excavator is the latest Volvo machine to get the LEGO® Technic treatment. A replica in everything but size, the new model boasts 1,166 individual elements and a built in pneumatic drive system.After almost two years... Read Full Article

Keith Miller, chairman of earthmoving attachments manufacturer, Miller UK is preparing to take on an epic charity cycling challenge in Italy next week as part of the Virgin Strive Challenge.During the gruelling 746km challenge, which star... Read Full Article

JoinPoint Limited, the leading Leicester-based plant hire firm, has announced a significant purchase of 18 new Bell Equipment B30Es, as it responds to customer demand for new, reliable earthmoving equipment capable of delivering both performance a... Read Full Article

Can be used with most commercial lifting meansRUD Chains offers over 500 different tested and certified lifting and lashing points which cover a working load capacity range of 0.6 to 250 tonne. RUD’s lifting equipment is us... Read Full Article

Is the sentiment of Brian Henderson, Plant and Environmental Manager for Kirkcaldy based Thomas Menzies Builders Ltd as the company take their first Volvo EC55C compact excavator from recently appointed utility dealer for Central and Southern Scot... Read Full Article

Installation and fitting of tyre protection chains is a dangerous and strenuous job that can easily result in injuries to the fitter and chains. The EASY-R-LOCK system has been designed to make the fitting process safer, easier and faster process.... Read Full Article

Mud, muck and machines: the stratospheric growth of Collins Earthworks, the UK construction company that has gone from strength to strength in recent years, thanks largely to its ever-growing fleet of Volvo Construction Equipment units.  ... Read Full Article