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Over 65 years of manufacturing excellence was on show at SCOTPLANT 2016 when Terex Trucks’ showcased the latest haulers to roll off the production lines of its Motherwell manufacturing facility. Local manufacturing excellence g... Read Full Article

JCB will show a full range of it’s a tailor made machines for the quarrying, construction and recycling industries across two stands – in... Read Full Article

For the third year running, CEMEX employees are becoming more active and walking off the ‘wobble’ by taking part in the 2016 CEMEX Pedometer Challenge, starting on Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May.“In CEMEX, as in the rest of... Read Full Article

At bulk material loading and transfer points, conveyor belts are exposed to severe wear caused by the additional effect of the high impact energies of materials involved - particularly ones with lar... Read Full Article

It is not often that a company can manufacture its own milestones, but that is exactly what Hills Quarry Products has achieved when it produced its millionth cubic metre of ready mixed concrete this month.Group director, Peter Andrew,... Read Full Article

Bell Equipment UK has made a major investment in its workshop capability with the opening of its new service and maintenance centre. At the same time, the company has brought its service back in-house covering England and Wales, leaving United Pla... Read Full Article

Peter Tom CBE, Chairman of Breedon Aggregates, will deliver the following statement at the Company's Annual General Meeting at 2.00pm today: "Trading in the first three months of 2016 was in line with our expectations, despite a slo... Read Full Article

Pushing performance at highest level due to proactive performance adaptation Cost Effective and efficient due to hydrostatic drive and selectable ECO mode Modern comfort cab with completely redeveloped operator... Read Full Article

Schaeffler has supplied a special purpose induction heating device for large workpieces to TAKRAF GmbH, a manufacturer of bucket wheel excavators, stackers, crushers and conveyors for mining applica... Read Full Article

Johan Kerstell has been appointed Executive Vice President, Head of Human Resources and member of Sandvik’s Group Executive Management. He will start his new position on June 1, 2016.Johan Kerstell, 45 years of age, has been with Sa... Read Full Article

Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Makoto Yamazawa as its new President and CEO as of 1 April 2016. He is also the new regional CEO of Hitachi Construction Machinery for Europe, the Middl... Read Full Article

Gordon McLeod Plant Hire and Marubeni Komatsu have been loyal to each other for 19 years. It’s a relationship that stretches back to when Gordon McLeod Plant Hire took their first Komatsu PC210LC-6 from us, nearly 2 decades ago. Since then, ... Read Full Article

Continuing to offer Success Through Experience, they have brought in a new team member, a familiar face in the industry, Allan Black, who holds over 36 years of industry experience, including 19 of years working with Marubeni-Komatsu... Read Full Article

Kubota UK has signed a new partnership with Northampton Saints that will see the market leading machinery supplier become an elite sponsor of the Aviva Premiership rugby team for the next two seasons.Kubota’s logo has been seen on t... Read Full Article

Volvo Construction Equipment is not just the leader in articulated haulers – it created the market in 1966. As the concept reaches its historic 50 year milestone, Volvo is still creating machines that go where others fear to tread. ... Read Full Article

Anaconda Equipment International, the Northern Ireland based manufacturer of screening and conveying equipment, will launch the DF514 Tracked Screene... Read Full Article

Weir Minerals has strengthened its crushing and screening expertise in Europe with the appointment of a new dedicated Product Manager for comminution ... Read Full Article

Burgh Plant Hire from South Africa has become the first customer to place an order for not just one but three of the hotly-anticipated Volvo A60H articulated haulers at Bauma 2016.Following months of discussion and speculation in... 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

IntroductionReliable level control is essential in the harsh environment of the quarry screen-house, where freshly-mined and crushed stone is sorted by size. However there are many challenges that this vital monitoring equip... Read Full Article