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Service Pump Limited, based in Wigan, commit to major investment as the company introduces a new range of Generac Pumps to its extensive fleet.As one of the leading suppliers to the Construction... Read Full Article

JCB is today celebrating a major milestone in its long record of innovative machine design – the 40th anniversary of the Loadall telescopic handler.First launched on October 20th 1977 the machine mechanised lifting and loading tasks... Read Full Article

A new Flexicon Bag Dump Station with explosion-proof electrical system contains dust emitted from manual dumping activities, compacts empty bags and conveys the material to an elevated destination.Bags are staged on the bag tray and trans... Read Full Article

The name Explore Plant Hire may be a new one in the industry, but the people and the business behind that name will be familiar to many. Established in 2015, the immediate focus for Explore was to provide logistics and transport services to their ... Read Full Article

The quality of transport infrastructure plays a critical role in the success of a town, city, region or country. And the UK government has made improving transport a key priority, not only to increase our competitiveness, but also to ensure that w... Read Full Article

Problems with obtaining or controlling the discharge of bulk materials is a common occurrence in many industries. Our series of industrially focussed short courses look at the storage, hand... Read Full Article

Excavator giant JCB helped TV personality Guy Martin to engineer a tribute to the role tanks played in helping change the course of the First World War. Now the story of the tank’s role and its modern-day recreation will be told in a Channel... Read Full Article

 A Scottish plant hirer has hailed its new 10-tonne JCB 100C-1 excavator as the optimum combination of size and power – perfectly bridging the gap between 8 and 13-tonne models – to fill a profitable niche in the market f... Read Full Article

A new model 700-THX-50-ARI Rotary Batch Mixer from Munson Machinery blends abrasive materials such as concrete, premix, mortar mix, glass/cullet, fibreglass, refractories, tungsten powder and ceramics, in one to three minutes with minimised abrasi... Read Full Article

Dana Incorporated announces new product introductions and product line extensions for its Brevini® brand in industrial markets. These developments reflect Dana’s comprehensive, ongoing initiative to integrate the operations and brands of... Read Full Article

ALLU is proud to announce Igarreta Maquinas is its new distributor in Argentina. The company will not only be supplying the comprehensive range of ALLU Transformer and Soil Stabilization equipment, but will also be providing full aftermarket care,... Read Full Article

Hyundai construction machinery dealer Young Plant Sales, based in Doune Scotland, has recently supplied three 14-tonne HX140 crawler excavators to Grangemouth based, Jarvie Plant Group. The machines went straight out on hire and are working on var... Read Full Article

Reid Plant Hire of Kingussie in the Scottish Highlands has opted for its first Volvo compact excavator in the guise of an a zero swing ECR25D..Tempting proprietor Neil Reid to finally opt for an alternative make from what he&rsqu... Read Full Article

Cumbrian plant and construction equipment supplier, Taylor and Braithwaite, recently held a hugely successful birthday charity ball, which raised over £34,000, for Cancer Research UK.The spectacular evening, organised by CBA Events,... Read Full Article

Rapid International Ltd (County Armagh) has recently supplied noted London concrete contractor, MixIt Ltd, with its fifth Rapid pan concrete mixer. MixIt is one of the largest and well-known concrete contractors in Southern England and has been se... Read Full Article

Marubeni-Komatsu announces the new PW118MR‐11, a quick and precise “tight tail” midi excavator with a powerful EU Stage IV engine, 6% less fuel consumption and an unrivalled compactness and lifting performance.Sturdy and... Read Full Article

CASE Construction Equipment has added performance with increased operating capacity, and upgraded emission standards of its four most technologically advanced skid steer loaders and compact track loaders. Technical updates mean that all four 90 hp... Read Full Article

Utranazz, the concrete equipment specialist, has announced it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement for the UK and Ireland with Turbosol for their portfolio of concrete, screed and mortar products. As part of the new agreement Utranazz is... Read Full Article

“Traditionally all job waste was taken off the work site and back to our yard. This was then loaded onto wagons and taken to landfill. This was costing us rather than making us money!.”L&T Stone, based in Wigan, is a lands... Read Full Article

Finlay Hire is helping take the strain out of high-profile city centre rail works for Skanska BAM.The civil engineering company is seeing significant efficiency on site after hiring a Tesab Trackstack 8042T from Finlay Hire – part o... Read Full Article