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JCB today announced an order for 50 of its innovative Hydradig 110W wheeled excavators from a major UK hirer – just weeks after it was launched. The deal from Kent-based H.E. Services (Plant Hire) was secured at the Bauma const... Read Full Article

The steel crisis has highlighted the strategic importance of key energy intensive industries to the UK and the need for action to be taken to ensure competitiveness with other European and global suppliers. The challenges of the steel industry are... Read Full Article

Innovative and complex processes used to extract plastics from end-of-life vehicles impressed a local MP during a tour of Axion Polymers’ Salford recycling plant in March.Rebecca Long... Read Full Article

2015 has been the most successful year ever for Hyundai Heavy Industries Europe. Sales numbers and turn-over reached an all-time high with more than 5,000 units sold and 8% growth in turn-over for construction equipment and forklifts. Despite the ... Read Full Article

Following successful trials the London Borough of Havering has installed the VOPS2 Overload Warning System from Vehicle Weighing Solutions Ltd (VWS) to three of its Scarab Minor Sweepers with a view to fitting the system to the Authority’s l... Read Full Article

 Mineral Products Association (MPA) is launching a new publication, ‘Ready-mixed concrete: Essential, Local, Sustainable’, highlighting how versatile and vital the material is to the construction industry, why the industr... Read Full Article

The newly expanded Kason Kek-Gardner will make its first public appearance at the April 2016 Powtech Show in Nuremberg, since the merger of UK-based Kek-Gardner and USA-based Kason Corp. in Q3 2015, it was announced by George Tunnicliffe, Kason Ke... Read Full Article

Solids handling specialist, Ajax Equipment, will be exhibiting the latest developments in bulk handling including bidirectional screw feeders, lump breakers and hoppers in Hall 3A, stand 3A-479 at POWTEC... Read Full Article

Unveiled at Bauma 2016 and available to markets that require Stage IV / Tier 4f emissions standardsState-of-the-art technology for road construction, horticulture and landscaping, as well as for general earthmoving applications... Read Full Article

Iveco joins CASE Construction Equipment at the BAUMA 2016 exhibition, one of the world’s most important trade shows for the Construction industry, to present the New Eurocargo 4x4 truck and showcases its full range of vehicles fo... Read Full Article

Standard for all hydraulic quick couplers on Liebherr hydraulic excavators From mid-2016 also standard for Liebherr quick couplers on other manufacturers’ hydraulic excavators All quick couplers which hav... Read Full Article

Measham based bulk handling equipment specialist – Hewitt Robins International has recently expanded their operation with the addition of a new on-site paint shop.The new 110m² facili... Read Full Article

Banner Contracts (Halnaby) Ltd have recently been appointed as new Tesab / Trackstack dealers, covering a geographical area from the Scottish Borders down to Aberystwyth / Kings Lynn. Banner Contracts is a family run business based in the North Ea... Read Full Article

Wheelwash was approached by Thyssenkrupp to deliver a total wheel washing solution to their new steel making operation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After completing the full tender process along w... Read Full Article

CASE Construction Equipment introduced the upgraded of user interface of its SiteWatch™ telematics portal at the BAUMA 2016 exhibition. The portal has been redesigned using HTML5 and the latest web development technologies and is now at the ... Read Full Article

Doug Oberhelman, Chairman and CEO of Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT), unveiled “the Age of Smart Iron” today at bauma 2016 – the world’s largest construction industry trade show. “The Age of Smart Iron” describes C... Read Full Article

Bradfords Group, the South West’s leading supplier of building materials and plant equipment, has announced its first ever investment into Kubota construction machinery.The deal, which was struck before but announced on stand at the... Read Full Article

Fuchs will introduce an entirely new, versatile, high-capacity port material handler at this year’s bauma 2016, April 11-17. The MHL390F global unveiling on the Terex Booth FM.711, represents a new capacity class entry for Fuc... Read Full Article

bauma 2016 sets the stage for Terex Washing Systems (TWS) to bring the world of aggregate and sand washing and classifying solutions to its global customers in the ... Read Full Article

The latest product to be launched by global materials washing specialist CDE is set to be unveiled at the world’s largest trade show this week in front of an audience of over 500,000.The patented range of Infinity screens will be ma... Read Full Article