Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

Parker Hannifin, the global leader in motion and control technologies, has recently opened the Parker Motion Systems Experience Centre in Offenburg, Germany on 15th September 2026, giving customers and channel partners a single location... Read Full Article

How smarter sourcing can reduce risk and strengthen resilience against supply chain disruptions...The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) reports rising “supply chain anxiety” among businesses ... Read Full Article

Nuclear Transport Solutions’ (NTS) rail division, Direct Rail Services (DRS), has strengthened its commitment to operational excellence with the arrival of cutting-edge driver training simulators.The new simulators will play a key r... Read Full Article

SGI Composites celebrates 30 years of composite manufacturing, engineering and innovation from its Colchester headquarters.Founded in 1996, the company now provides complete GRP solutions from survey and technical design th... Read Full Article

Heidelberg Materials UK is supplying an innovative lower carbon concrete solution to form the basement floors of the redevelopment of 33-35 Piccadilly in London....It is the first time the company’s evoBuild low carb... Read Full Article

Triangle Tyre will continue to build its presence in the European Off-the-Road (OTR) market with its participation at Le Dig Tour Lyon 2026, taking place on 24–25 September in Saint-Bonnet-de-Mure, near Lyon, France.The company will... Read Full Article

RFG today welcomed the Government’s announcement of an interim target for rail freight growth of 40% by 2040, which complements the already established target of 75% by 2050. Government has also published targets for growth in different comm... Read Full Article

More than 20 major machines from Stevens Equipment Rental are helping RJ McLeod turn one million tonnes of excavated sandstone into reusable site material on the Kishorn Port expansion, one of the UK’s most significant dry dock project... Read Full Article

Solids handling equipment specialist, Ajax Equipment, has supplied one of the UK’s leading providers of resource management with three ash handling systems and a large ash conditioner for the processing of Air Pollution Control Residues (APC... Read Full Article

Holcim UK has succeeded in securing a raft of new supply contracts to support the rejuvenation of public roads across England.The UK’s leading sustainable building materials supplier won a tot... Read Full Article

John F Hunt Hire Centres has strengthened its growing rental fleet with the addition of 26 Kubota mini and midi excavators, as it continues to expand capacity in response to sustained customer demand. The investment, worth approximately £1.3... Read Full Article

Coating a piece of metal isn't just a case of spraying some paint on it and calling it a day. Get it right, and you end up with a finish that looks good and holds up for years. Get any stage wrong, and the whole thing can... Read Full Article

Industrial operations specialist Leonard has unveiled a refreshed corporate identity designed to signal more than a change of name, but a renewed commitment to removing more people from high-risk shutdown environments in the cement, metal, waste-t... Read Full Article

Select Plant Hire has further strengthened its long-standing relationship with JCB with a £5 million investment in new equipment - reinforcing its commitment to supporting major UK construction projects with modern, high-performance machiner... Read Full Article

PlantWorx 2027 is taking shape, with new live demonstration features, three dedicated indoor theatres, growing industry association involvement and a programme of new partnerships being developed ahead of the event’s NEC Birming... Read Full Article

Global building materials solutions supplier Cemex has supplied a high-quality lower carbon concrete, integral to the sustainable redevelopment of 65 Crutched Friars - a transformational 20-story former office building in the heart of the Ci... Read Full Article

JCB has made its LiveLink telematics system standard on all mini excavators and site dumpers - giving customers instant access to connected machine data from the day their equipment is delivered.The new move forms part of JCB Aft... Read Full Article

DiPerk Power Solutions has expanded its in-house training across engineering and customer-facing teams, bringing recognised Perkins technical courses into the business and introducing hands-on engine training for non-technical colleagues to st... Read Full Article

In an environment where carbon fiber dust moves as relentlessly as the work itself, you need a reliable air compressor. Hexcel, a global leader in advanced composite materials, needed an air solution that could outsmart the conditions around it. W... Read Full Article

Brentford and Triangle Tyre agree a two-year partnershipStapleton’s Tyre Services also signs as Local Delivery PartnerThe partnership will strengthen Triangle Tyre’s international brand awarenes... Read Full Article