Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

More productivity, more features, and tier 4 final compliant LAS VEGAS -- March 8, 2017 - Komatsu America Corp., a leading global heavy equipment manufacturer, introduced the new PC170LC-11 hydraulic excavator at the CONEXPO... Read Full Article

March 7, 2017, Las Vegas, USA– Today, LiuGong, a global leader in manufacturing a full line of extreme duty equipment showcases its revolutionary new product – the Vertical Lift Wheel Loader at this year’s CONEXPO-CON/AGG show. T... Read Full Article

6 – 18 May or 14 – 16 November: (includes optional practical session on Day 3)Course fees from £765 per delegate*The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology... Read Full Article

LAS VEGAS, Nev. March 9, 2017 – A new report released this week found that the equipment manufacturing industry supported about 1.3 million jobs and contributed over $159 billion to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the United States in 20... Read Full Article

Sometimes looking at a challenge from a different angle can offer a more efficient solution.Family owned Ridgway Rentals serves customers the length and breadth of the UK, even as far afield as Jersey and the Outer Hebrides. The ... Read Full Article

MW Groundworks of Tarbrax, South Lanarkshire, has taken delivery of Volvo number six for its specialist contracting and land clearance businessThis time the company has added an additional Volvo EC140E to its fleet, joining an existing EC... Read Full Article

In co-oporation with SAMSON Materials Handling (under the roof of the AUMUND Group of companies) AUMUND France has placed an order at STAMA (Société de Transit d’Agence ... Read Full Article

If you’ve not already signed up to attend two Volvo showcase events this month, now is your chance. Register for your opportunity to test drive a range of excavators, an A45G articulated hauler, an L150H wheel loader and two of Volvo Trucks ... Read Full Article

Hanson has re-opened its ground granulated blast furnace slag grinding plant at Teesport Docks in Middlesbrough, creating 20 new jobs.The plant was mothballed in 2009 during the recession, but a continuing upturn in construction activity ... Read Full Article

Leading drives and controls specialist Bosch Rexroth, has launched a new interactive communications platform which is set to play a key role in the adoption of smart manufacturing in the UK. As part of the company’s Industry 4.... Read Full Article

Utranazz, The Concrete Equipment Specialist, has supplied UCF Pumping in Guernsey with a custom-made Sermac 4ZR20 truck-mounted concrete pump that has been manufactured to meet specific size and weight r... Read Full Article

Caldwell Construction Ltd of Stoke on Trent has taken delivery of 28 more Volvo crawler excavators since March of this year, as it continues to expand its groundworks and civil engineering business within the house building sectorIn all, ... Read Full Article

Award winning demolition attachments from ROTAR are proving to be a welcome asset to the growing success of Midlands based Collins Demolition.Collins Earthworks Group has been managing earthmoving projects for over 10 years. Based in the ... Read Full Article

RJB Civil Engineering Ltd, based at Bacup in Lancashire, has purchased the first Doosan wheeled excavator and trailer combination in the UK from Wigan-based Norwest Plant Ltd, the Authorised Doosan and Bobcat dealer for North-West England and Nort... Read Full Article

The second of five highly efficient hydraulic cranes destined for Associated British Ports (ABP) facilities across the UK has arrived at ABP Swansea.Supplied and installed by the country's largest independent provider of port equipment, C... Read Full Article

There will be a full array of Bobcat equipment at the CONEXPO-CON/AGG Exhibition being held in Las Vegas in Nevada, USA, from 7-11 March 2017.Bobcat will exhibit a variety of equipment on two booths - G4476 and G4876 - located in the Gold... Read Full Article

At CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017 Caterpillar will launch new Cat® Connect hardware and software to enable equipment managers to connect all of their assets—from the largest earthmover to the smallest generator, and including both light and heavy-... Read Full Article

M J Teale Plant Hire is a privately-owned haulage and plant hire firm which has been operating in Blackpool, Wyre and the Fylde Coast, Lancashire for over 40 years. Employing over 40-people, the company specialise in Recycled ... Read Full Article

Eagle Plant Hire has recently agreed a significant new deal with Scottish based compact equipment dealer Young Plant Sales to enhance its Kubota fleet by 21 new Kubota excavators.The plant hire company has placed a larger order that sees ... Read Full Article

Despite an overall fall in the volume of freight moved by rail in recent years, the aggregates industry has increased the proportion of its total output transported to market this way. This is expected to increase as more depots have recently open... Read Full Article