Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

Since establishing his new company just two years ago, Matthew Donaghy, the proprietor of Glasgow based Emmatt Construction Ltd, has fulfilled a boyhood dream of owning a Volvo excavator as he takes delivery of a brand new EC160E. &l... Read Full Article

Freightliner welcomes the publication of the Rail Freight Strategy by the Department for Transport. Recognising the positive benefits that rail freight delivers for the UK economy and its role in helping to reduce carbon emissions, we are delighte... Read Full Article

Rail freight company Freightliner and model train manufacturer Dapol are joining forces to honour Britain's war dead for the 100th anniversary of the armistice and raise money to help ex-servicemen and women.Under the scheme, titled Proje... Read Full Article

CASE Construction Equipment announces a new exclusive agreement with Hyundai Heavy Industries for the production and development of mini-excavators. Under the agreement, which also includes OEM supply, component and spare parts supply to CNH Indus... Read Full Article

Kubota, the global manufacturer of world-class engines, showcased its capabilities to the materials handling sector for the first time at this year’s IMHX Show, demonstrating the comp... Read Full Article

 Eight JCB apprentices are celebrating their graduation with foundation degrees – without running up massive student debts. The group chose to ‘earn while they learn’ by becoming higher apprentices at JCB rath... Read Full Article

Says Trevor Goodwin, Managing Director of Already Hire Ltd as he takes delivery of a further batch of compact excavators and two new DD25B asphalt rollers from Volvo Construction Equipment’s utility dealer SM Plant Ltd. Joining... Read Full Article

Pneumatic Conveying 2016 – 29 November 2016 – One Birdcage Walk, LondonUsed across many industries, pneumatic conveyance systems are often critical elements in ... Read Full Article

Hyundai dealer Willowbrook Plant Services, based in Corby, Northamptonshire has been supplying Hyundai excavators to plant hire company Emmitt Plant since 2013. The company now run a 25-strong fleet of Hyundai machines ranging from 12.5 tonnes up ... Read Full Article

National Bulk Equipment, Inc. (NBE). This process-specific NBE bulk bag unloader with chain-style tubular drag conveyor is engineered and built to withstand ri... Read Full Article

Under the technical leadership of AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH, the Cypriot cement producer, Vassiliko Cement Works, is constructing over the next 18 months an additional clinker silo with a capacity of around 100,000 tonnes, at its works cl... Read Full Article

Regional contractor Windisch has put five Terex Trucks TA300 articulated haulers to work shifting 1.4 million cubic metres of earth on the A5 motorway extension in Austria.Five Terex Trucks 28-tonne capacity TA300s have been selected by l... Read Full Article

After fathering three boys, digger company boss Scott Hardwick is so ecstatic at the prospect of finally becoming a dad to a baby girl that he has added a pink JCB mini excavator to his fleet. Scott Hardwick, 33, who owns Barnsley-ba... Read Full Article

Leading hirer to the road building and maintenance sector – MAC Surfacing - has purchased its second Wirtgen W210i large milling machine following significant demand for heavy-duty 2-metre planers from its customer base.The new addi... Read Full Article

JCB Chairman Lord Bamford has indicated a fresh attempt on the world diesel land speed record could be made in the future – if the one set by JCB exactly a decade ago is ever broken. He was speaking at an event last night to ce... Read Full Article

Robson Handling Technology Limited is the new name for the modern, progressive, long-established Sheffield business, Geo Robson & Co (Conveyors) Limited. Providing end-to-end handling solution capabilities, the change of name reinforces the me... Read Full Article

Dry Processing Research Institute Vito NV located in Belgium has bought several items of Laboratory Magnetic Equipment from Master Magnets to evaluate the magnetic properties of different minerals in their research. To test dry, free... Read Full Article

Over the last few years SCHADE’s projects have focussed strongly on the power sector, but its latest two orders have come from the cement industry.In July SCHADE, an AUMUND Group company, won the order to supply two bridge type recl... Read Full Article

A broad range of advanced technologies for safer and more productive bulk handling will be on display at MINExpo INTERNATIONAL® 2016, as Martin Engineering unveils new and improved component designs ... Read Full Article

Angus Donald, the president of Donald Rigging Ltd, has marked a decade since he ordered the first ever 300t HT300 hydraulically powered heavy track skidding system—five years before manufacturer Hydra-Slide was even incorporated.Bef... Read Full Article