Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

LGH Europe is on track to close its financial year with its largest ever programme of fleet investment, marking a decisive push into higher‑capacity, precision‑engineered lifting solutions. The expanded port... Read Full Article

Cemex Spain has provided its cement solutions through Hormigones y Morteros del Sol for the construction of Paseo del Mar, a new restaurant and leisure centre located in the port of Torrevieja, Alicante.Inaugurated in June 2026 and pro... Read Full Article

We’ve installed and commissioned a new concrete batching plant at our Nursling site near Southampton, expanding our award-winning, high-performance Collard-branded ready-mix concrete offering across the South Hampshire area.The new ... Read Full Article

Bobcat employees across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) have joined colleagues around the world to support local communities through Doosan Bobcat Community Days, the company’s global volunteering ... Read Full Article

Event week from September 19 to 24, 2026, at the Austrian production and development site in Hörsching near LinzPacked program: demo shows, factory tours, expert talks, testarena tours, equi... Read Full Article

• Each train currently carries 19 wagons and approximately 1,425 tonnes of material.• Each 1,425t train delivery is the equivalent of 70 rigid lorry movements or 52 articulated vehicles.• The route is expected to d... Read Full Article

Pneumatic conveying is a very commonly used method for transporting bulk solids – from large scale ship bulk cargo unloaders,... Read Full Article

Equipment rental giant Flannery Plant Hire has added 62 Kubota KX016-4 mini excavators to its massive industry-leading plant fleet, to meet the needs of a specific utility customer. Each of the machines has been paired with an Ifor Williams Digado... Read Full Article

HammerTek Corporation, manufacturer of the SMART ELBOW® deflection elbow, has expanded its operations into Europe with the opening of their headquarters in Barcelona, Spain, according to Basil Ledet, General Manager, HammerTek.... Read Full Article

Arriva Shipping, based in Ølen, Norway, has operated a specialized fleet of modern cargo vessels for more than 50 years. The family-owned company primarily transports bulk cargo and timber thr... Read Full Article

Tarmac has supported the first direct deliveries of aggregates by rail for the new Sizewell C nuclear power station, which is currently under construction in Suffolk.Working with Heavy Haul Rail and DB Cargo UK, Tarmac is organis... Read Full Article

1st October 2026 marks the next stage of the global leader in volumetric concrete mixers Cemen Tech’s growth strategy, with Volumech changing its name to Cemen Tech as the company strengthens its presence across the UK, Europe, Africa a... Read Full Article

Tarmac recently welcomed Anett Bertram, Dutch Minister for Infrastructure and Water Management, to its Santon Asphalt Plant in Scunthorpe to show how materials created during steelmaking can be given a n... Read Full Article

Signs mutual sales partnership for compact construction equipment to strengthen product portfolios of both companiesTargeting €825 million (KRW 1.3 trillion) in compact segment sales by 2030 as a new growth engine... Read Full Article

One of the largest engineering programmes ever undertaken on Teesside's iconic South Gare breakwater is now underway, as PD Ports begins a multi-million-pound project to strengthen the structure against increasingly severe storm conditions.... Read Full Article

Launching today, steel producer Ovako’s new digital Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) tool is the first of its kind to use automated calculations that reduce months of manual work to a matter of minutes... Read Full Article

DCRail was named Business of the Year at this year’s Rail Freight Group (RFG) Awards, after demonstrating excellence in sustainability, safety and driving rail freight growth.The judges praised the company’s investment in p... Read Full Article

Award-winning collaboration continues to deliver carbon savings, remove lorries from roads and drive innovation across UK logistics...Direct Rail Services (DRS) and Tesco have celebrated 20 years of partnership, a milest... Read Full Article

 Heidelberg Materials UK has achieved its ambition to produce zero concrete waste at its Greenwich plant in London.The milestone confirms the site’s credentials as a circular construction materials supply hub.... Read Full Article

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