Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

Unexpected spinoffs from binder development for sustainable lower temperature asphalt include products that can deliver – for example – faster reopening of full depth refurbished carriageways, even in the middle of winter. A case in po... Read Full Article

Back in the summer the HUB team were invited as guests to attend the Shell Eco-marathon Europe. Held for the first time in London, this year’s theme was ‘Make the Future London” which was attended by more than 30,000 guests to th... Read Full Article

Elite Precast Concrete were approached by Midlands-based contractor Currall, Lewis and Martin (Construction) Ltd (CLM) to provide their high strength interlocking Legato blocks as part of the Salt Barn refurbishment project being carried by Kier C... Read Full Article

Broster Environmental Ltd, a family owned business, have taken delivery of a new Neuenhauser 2F Wheeled Star Screen for their composting operation based in Todmorden, Lancashire.Supplied by UK dealer Riverside Machinery Ltd the machine is... Read Full Article

Who else could help build the first Volvo Cars production facility in the United States? South Carolina contractor Landmark Construction has called on the help of 30 Volvo CE machines.The picturesque 17th century seaside town of Charlesto... Read Full Article

Euroblend’s Fast Dry 70 Batching Plant supplied to Amix, part of the Armstrongs Group and installed in 10 days…Lancashire-based concrete and aggregates business Amix has just taken delivery of its second Euroblend Fast... Read Full Article

Discover Customized Dredging Solutions that Boost Efficiency, Lower Operating Costs...Louisiana-based DSC Dredge, LLC, will have its experts available in Central Hall booth #C20523 at CONEXPO-CON/AGG, March 7-11, 2017, in Las Veg... Read Full Article

Riverside Machinery Ltd are pleased to announce; John Whiting Ltd have recently taken delivery of a new Portafill 5000 screening plant.John Whiting Ltd, a family owned company based in Colc... Read Full Article

Powys County Council has invested almost £450,000 in JCB compact equipment for highway maintenance work across the region. The equipment – which includes JCB mini excavators, skid steer loaders and tandem vibratory roller... Read Full Article

The LH 120 M mobile material handler recently delivered to the Port of Ridham by Liebherr-Great Britain Ltd is significantly transforming the way the port handles a wide variety of dry cargoes.Situated on the River Swale, the Port of Ridh... Read Full Article

One of JCB’s longest-standing customers in the world has invested in a brand new fuel-saving machine - nearly half a century after founding his family firm with a second hand JCB backhoe.Peter Andrews cut his teeth as a machine driv... Read Full Article

The HUB visits N.Ireland... Rapid International Ltd is recognised as one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high quality equipment for the concrete, construction and environmental industries. Loca... Read Full Article

Total and the prestigious French engineering school Ecole des Ponts worked together with the online training platform Coursera to offer to a broad-based audience the possibility of acquiring a basic understanding of the scientific, technical and e... Read Full Article

Fosseway Hire, a UK based plant and tool hire service company, has increased its Kubota fleet to three following the recent purchase of a KX57-4 mini-excavator from Kubota Construction Equipment dealer Lister Wilder.The company has been p... Read Full Article

So says Tim Olver, owner of Liskeard based Tim Olver Plant Hire as he takes delivery of his first Volvo excavator – the 22 tonne EC220E. The new Tier IV compliant EC220E was chosen after a successful demonstration after Tim Olv... Read Full Article

At the 14th Congress of Asia Network for Quality (ANQ) held in Vladivostok, Russia on 21-22 September 2016, LiuGong received the ANQ Recognition for Excellence in Quality Practice (ARE-QP) Award, the highest award in quality management in Asia.... Read Full Article

On 11 November, Armistice Day, Freightliner locomotive 66418 was named ‘Patriot’ in honour of railway workers who lost their lives in World War 1.The naming ceremony, which took place at Freightliner’s new maintenance fa... Read Full Article

Since 2008, AAF International has worked closely with a coal fired electric power generating facility on providing dust collection solutions for a variety of applications. AAF began this relationship with the installation of several RotoClone W un... Read Full Article

Walsh Plant Services, a southern service dealer of Kubota equipment, has renovated an original KH10 mini-excavator, the first ever model produced by the manufacturer in 1979, to celebrate the significant milestone of Kubota selling its 50,000th ex... Read Full Article

After over 12 years of heavy use, the Bugatti Circuit of Le Mans has undergone renovation to replace its top layer of asphalt. Despite the excellent structure of the existing track, the renovation was necessary because of the performance needs of ... Read Full Article