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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

John Reeve Plant Hire Ltd of Eastry near Sandwich, Kent has broken a long standing tradition by purchasing its first new Volvo compact excavators in the guise of two five tonne ECR50D’s.Needing to replace a couple of ageing machines... Read Full Article

It hardly seems like seven years since the very first OilQuick unit in the UK supplied by ECY Haulmark back in 2008 was installed onto a Komatsu PC240 in Caerphilly, South Wales. ECY Haulmark recently revisited Bond Demolition to catch up with tha... Read Full Article

A.W. Jenkinson Forest Products of Clifton near Penrith, has rekindled a long standing association with Volvo construction equipment products by placing an order for ten Volvo loading shovels.Half of the deal for seven Volvo L120H’s,... Read Full Article

Riverside Machinery Ltd have recently delivered a new CityEquip Hook Lift Jaw Crusher to Sahara (Melksham), Swindon. Manufactured in Germany the crusher is hugely popular with small contractors an... Read Full Article

JCB LiveLink - the company’s advanced machine monitoring system - thwarted thieves when they broke into an Italian dealer premises and stole a brand new midi excavator.The culprits struck at 2.13am at the depot of dealer MCO in Mont... Read Full Article

Con Mech Engineers have over 65 years of success in ground engaging tool production. Part of the Con Mech Group of companies, Con Mech Engineers is a family business with a £12m turnover. Con Mech promotes its very own range of wear part rep... Read Full Article

This is the PTO Tractor Driven Jaw Crusher. Simplicity and versatility, this product is ideal for project work of any scale and can be utilised for a variety of applications. Running costs are min... Read Full Article